Een analytische studie naar de arbeidsmigratie van Turkije naar West-Europa, in het bijzonder naar Duitsland en Nederland (1960-1974)

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For the first time in its history, Turkey became a source country for immigrant laborers when many Turks went to Western Europe in the early 1960s. The recruitment of Turks to work in West Germany & the Netherlands, where they became the largest segment of the immigrant labor pool, was due to the end of the labor surplus in southern Europe. The number of Turks in West Germany increased from 184,000 in 1969 to 648,000 in 1973; & by 1974, there were 62,000 Turks in the Netherlands. The main factors responsible for emigration from Turkey were economic in nature. The economic expansion begun in the 1950s was to some extent offset by a rapidly expanding population. Underemployment remains a big problem. Most of the Turkish immigrants are displaced agricultural workers with little education from central Anatolia. However, their educational level is often superior to that of their peers remaining in Turkey. Those Turks with higher qualificational levels tend to seek employment in Germany. 4 Tables, 129 References. Adapted from the source document.