Reshuffling Ethnic Composition of Cities by Migration in Syria

Abstract

In the literature, it is argued that the Arab Spring increased the motivation for democracy. According to those who support this idea, the Arab Spring started a conflict between the regimes and the citizens to bring democracy to the country. This expectation has turned into a Civil War in Syria, the conflicts that have been going on since 2011 have caused physical destruction in the country's cities, half of the population has become immigrants, and it has emerged as a result of the emergence of alternative governments to the regime and their taking certain cities and regions under local control. In this study, attention is drawn to the potential of a crisis in the Middle East that causes significant changes in almost every century, and the Arab Spring is considered to be a "trigger" rather than an "influencing". The trend of change triggered by the Arab Spring is the aim of ensuring the federalization of Syria on the scale of cities and regions. This hypothesis is examined in the context of urban forcibly displaced persons (IDP) mobility and the change in the population profiles of their cities.