Turkey is currently hosting more than 200 thousand Syrian citizens in 20 temporary accommodation centers that have been established and managed in 10 cities for more than 2 and a half years. AFAD developed high standards for the construction and management of accommodation centers in order to meet all humanitarian needs of our Syrian guests. The facilities and services provided in the temporary accommodation centers are much beyond the standards seen anywhere in the refugee camps. AFAD temporary accommodation centers are constructed with standards where normal life is not disrupted; regular education continues, kindergarten is available for all children, and health service is provided at same standards available to Turkish citizens. There are even adult training programs for refugees in order equip them with better qualities and those who does not have any occupation gains sufficient skills for employment. Turkey does not only provide temporary accommodation for Syrian refugees in Turkey, but also prepares them for the post-crisis period. AFAD has created standards books for construction and management of temporary accommodation centers so that the service is standardized in all centers. The same standards developed for Syrian temporary refugee accommodation centers will be used for disasters accommodation centers AFAD will manage in case of likely disasters in Turkey.
AFAD conducted an extensive profiling survey with Syrian refuges living in temporary accommodation centers and outside the centers in various cities in Turkey. Survey aims to (1) collect data to improve the conditions and quality of the service in the temporary accommodation centers, (2) obtain demographic socio-economic and socio-cultural information about the Syrian refugees, (3) do a needs assessment for the humanitarian needs of the Syrian refugees living in various cities outside the temporary protection centers.
The profiling survey is carried out as face to face interview in the accommodation centers in Adana, Adiyaman, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Malatya, Mardin, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa. Survey includes questions on demographic and socio-economic profile, accommodation, security, health, education, nutrition, water and cleaning, and expectations for the future. The survey in temporary accommodation centers collected information from 7,860 refugees in 1,420 households and the survey for refugees living in various cities outside the temporary accommodation centers includes data from 7,340 individuals in 1,160 households.