Internal migration is defined as changes in permanent residence addresses in certain areas within the borders of the country within a year. There are conditions required by economic development behind demographic movements such as rapid population growth and rural-urban migration.

While the population migrated between provinces in our country was 2,273,492 people in the 2007-2008 period, it was 2.3 million people in the 2019-2020 period according to the results of the Address Based Population Registration SystemWhile the share of the population migrating between provinces in the total population, which was 3.2% in the 2007-2008 period, has increased since 2018, it has decreased to 2.8% in the 2019- 2020 period. The foreign population in our country is not included in these figures.

The provinces with the highest number of migrations received in the 2019-2020 period were Tekirdağ, Yalova, and Muğla while those with the highest number of sending migrations were Gümüşhane, Bayburt, and Tokat ^[4].

GRAPH 4- MIGRANT POPULATION, 2008-2020

Source: TURKSTAT, Address Based Population Registration System results, 2007-2018 TurkStat; Turkey Statistics 2020 Brochure,

https://www.tuik.gov.tr/media/announcements/turkiye_istatistikleri_2020.pdf Note: The foreign national population in our country are not included.