Overview of Migrant Situation in Turkey
According to the latest available figures from the Turkish Directorate General for Migration Management (DGMM) currently there are approximately 3,5 million foreign nationals present in Turkish territory seeking for the international protection.
Most of them are Syrians 3,208,131* who are granted with the temporary protection (TP) status, while according to UNHCR another greater group of the foreign nationals seeking Turkish humanitarian and international protection are 324,115** asylum-seekers and refugees consisting of different nationalities, but mainly coming from Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia and other countries.
In addition, there are 591,982* foreign nationals under residence permit holder status including humanitarian residence holders.
*Data source DGMM
**Data Source UNHCR