Aşkın 233 Registered and Unregistered Statelessness Syrians in Turkey The problem of the statelessness that the Republic of Turkey faced shortly after its establishment allowed it to have important experience. Between 1933-1945, during National Socialism in Germany, A. Hitler canceled many individual citizenships, mostly for Jews, and a part of them came to Turkey, which started the debate on Haymatlos. The word “Heimatlos” in Germany passed to Turkish as Haymatlos(z) and was used to express the position of stateless people. Even still, this concept, especially used by Turkish security units, has increased the state’s experience of developing a systematic way to intervene and solve structural problems. This will mark the origin of the encounter with the stateless phenomenon of the young republic (Arslan, 2014, p. 124). Many years passed up to now has also strengthened the process of gaining institutional culture and system for Turkey in terms of migrants, especially from the Balkans and the Middle East by taking mass immigration. Following the “Arab Spring” that erupted a few years ago, social rebellions have caused political changes, which has appointed Turkey’s policies towards the migrant masses from Syria, and the inheritance of the previous corporate heritage determined the direction of the following developments. Turkey worked in coordination with the UN to create a database after the decision to take the Syrian immigrant population. Firstly, the information was compiled by GOCNET and then coordinated with POLNET, the database was created with the two mentioned software. In particular, the registration procedures of the Syrians were performed, and some information necessary for them to be able to access the basic humanitarian services in a healthy way was recorded, and the identification numbers were given to foreigners. Today, with this system in Turkey, information such as location, transition, marital status, childbirth is recorded (UNCHR, 2016, p. 36). After the displacement of migrants, they update this information via The Directorate General of Migration Management (DGMM) and inform the authorised units so that the circulation within the country is also recorded. This way, Syrians within the scope of temporary protection are required to apply and update their information to take advantage of the necessary transactions when they move in the country. With these records, which are provided by authorised units (DGMM), it is possible to reach the number of Syrians in the cities in Turkey. Another important aim of this system recording Syrians is to solve the security problem and minimise informality (Mackreath and Sagnnic, 2017, p. 20). In this way, as a result of coordinated studies with the General Directorate of Security, the registration, renewal or determination of persons in the search lists are arranged. However, the need to register the Syrians who have moved to Turkey carries the purpose of providing the necessary services, also, the desire of the newborn children to be registered also constitutes an important dimension of the subject. According to the ombudsman institution report (2018, p. 113.153), from the date of the Syrians began to migrate to Turkey until the date of December 2017, a total of 276.158 birth was reported in Turkey. Syrian infants born in Turkey before the war have could be registered as a citizen of Syria, via the Syrian Consulate in Turkey by asking and confirming the documents. However, it is seen that the alternative false identities have been started to be produced, as the Syrians consider their consulate to be a potential danger, with the fear of to be deciphered. The cost of these identities, which have been obtained in exchange for approximately 1000 dollars, and on the other hand, the idea of to be registered as opposition by the Syrian consulate has led to the absence of identity and nonregistration, especially for newborn babies. It is seen that this system is reduced to an easier and risk-free dimension in the advancing process in Turkey. Therefore, it was provided that a father and Copyright @ 2020 BORDER CROSSING Transnational Press London