114,000 PEOPLE SHELTERING IN TURKEY: RUSSIANS 2.5 TIMES MORE THAN UKRAINIANS
In the war between Russia and Ukraine, which has lasted for more than 3 years, 81,635 Russians and 32,785 Ukrainians, citizens of the two countries who had to migrate, continue to live in Turkey with a residence permit.
According to the data of the Ministry of Interior, the number of foreigners living in Turkey with a residence permit was 1 million 76 thousand 643 as of March 13. With a residence permit in Turkey, there are 120,301 Turkmenistan, 84,085 Azerbaijan, 81,635 Russia, 76,601 Iran, 73,178 Syria, 68,341 Iraq, 58,208 Uzbekistan, 43,934 Kazakhstan, 36,897 Afghanistan, 32,785 Ukraine nationals.
114 THOUSAND 420 RUSSIANS AND UKRAINIANS
In Turkey, which received intense migration from the two countries after the Russia-Ukraine war, 114 thousand 420 Russians and Ukrainians continue to live with a residence permit. In the war that has lasted for more than 3 years, the number of Russians and Ukrainians in Turkey with a residence permit has decreased by nearly half compared to the first year of the war. After the war that started on February 20, 2022, this number was recorded as 201 thousand 533 on January 19, 2023, and 137 thousand 829 on December 31, 2023. During these dates, the number of Russian citizens decreased from 154 thousand 297 to 100 thousand 847, and the number of Ukrainian citizens decreased from 47 thousand 236 to 36 thousand 982.
81 THOUSAND 635 RUSSIANS, 32 THOUSAND 785 UKRAINIANS
The number of 81,635 Russian nationals with a residence permit in Turkey is approximately 2.5 times the number of 32,785 Ukrainian nationals. The number of Russian nationals with a short-term residence permit in Turkey was recorded as 41,803, and the number of Ukrainian nationals was recorded as 21,454. Russian nationals ranked first in the number of foreigners with a family residence permit in Turkey. The ranking of foreigners with a family residence permit in Turkey is as follows:
"Russia 16 thousand 469, Ukraine, 6 thousand 570, Uzbekistan 15 thousand 629, Azerbaijan 14 thousand 402, Turkmenistan 10 thousand 121, Morocco 9 thousand 122, Iran 8 thousand 435, Syria 6 thousand 864, Kyrgyzstan 5 thousand 330, Iraq 4 thousand 945"
NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS IN ANTALYA
In Antalya, one of the provinces that received intense migration after the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, the number of people with a residence permit in the city, which was 157 thousand 575 on January 19, 2023, decreased to 117 thousand 52 on December 31, 2023, and to 108 thousand 506 as of March 13, 2025.
