Research Article / Araştırma Makalesi Cite as/ Atıf: Erdem, U. & Şahinoğlu, T. (2023). Uluslararası iş gücü göçünün Türkiye ekonomisine etkileri. Turkish Studies, 18(4), 1515-1536. https://dx.doi.org/10.7827/TurkishStudies.70416 Received/Geliş: 02 June/Haziran 2023 Checked by plagiarism software Accepted/Kabul: 25 December/Aralık 2023 © Yazar(lar)/Author(s) | CC BY- NC 4.0 Published/Yayın: 30 December/Aralık 2023 Uluslararası İş Gücü Göçünün Türkiye Ekonomisine Etkileri * The Effects of International Labor Migration on the Turkish Economy Uğur Erdem ** - Tuba Şahinoğlu *** Abstract: The spread of international migration movements around the world and the increase in the effects of these movements on countries keep the migration debates on the agenda. International migrations, which are largely based on economic reasons, affect the destination and source countries economically, socially, politically and culturally. When Turkey is considered within the scope of international migration regimes, while it is a country that gives labor migration to Western European countries, it has become a country of immigration as of the 2000s. Migration movements in Turkey are increasing due to both geographical location and economic, political and security problems of neighboring countries. In addition to the fact that Turkey has important sea routes, it causes intense immigrant inflows and being used as a transit country by immigrants as it connects the Asian, European and African continents. The increase in international migrant workers coming to Turkey after the 1990s reveals the importance of the economic effects of these migrations. In this direction, it is aimed to determine the relationship between the number of migrant workers granted work permit in Turkey and unemployment, inflation and economic growth. Monthly data for the period 2008-2020 were used in the analysis in which the relationship between macroeconomic variables and international migration was investigated. In the study, in which Time Series Analysis was used in the empirical analysis, a positive relationship was found between the unemployment rate and the immigrant labor force granted work permit in Turkey between the years 2008-2020, according to the ARDL limit test results. While no relationship could be found between the inflation rate and the migrant workforce, it was determined that economic growth was the Granger cause of the increase in the number of international migrant workers. Structured Abstract: The phenomenon of migration emerges as an active process that goes beyond national borders such as capital, financial movements and information flow. Today, the number of immigrants residing outside their own country has reached a total of 281 million people in 2020. According to 2020 data, 65% (182 million) of international migrants worldwide live in high-income countries. While 31% (86 million) are located in middle-income countries, the majority prefer high-middle-income countries. In addition, approximately 12 million immigrants reside in low-income countries. This number corresponds to * Bu çalışma Uğur Erdem tarafından Doç. Dr. Tuba Şahinoğlu’nun danışmanlığında 23.08. 2022 tarihinde Atatürk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü’nde hazırlanmış olan ‘’Türkiye’de Uluslararası İş Gücü Göçlerinin Genel ve Bölgesel Düzeyde Ekonomik Etkileri’’ isimli doktora tezinden elde edilmiştir. ** Sorumlu Yazar: Dr., Serbest Araştırmacı Corresponding Author: Dr., Independent Researcher 0000-0002-0875-5235 ugurerdem36@gmail.com *** Doç. Dr., Atatürk Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, İktisat Bölümü, İktisat Politikası Anabilim Dalı Assoc. Prof. Dr, Ataturk University, Social Sciences and Humanities, Economics, Economic Policy 0000-0002-5742-247X tsahinoglu@atauni.edu.tr