REPRESENTATI ON OF REFUGEE / IMMIGRANT IN TURKEY’S PRESS AND MAINSTREAM MEDI A

Abstract

After the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa, outbreaks of the civil war occurred and the world was faced with the biggest refugee crisis after the Second World War. According to June 2016 data, 13 million Syrians migrated and were forced to take refuge after the outbreak of war in Syria in 2011( www.aa.com.tr). Turkey is one of the shelter countries. Over 3.2 million Syrians are living in Turkey as of July 2017 (www.igamder.org.). The refugee crisis is one of the major problems in all over the world. Refugees, who leave their countries for survival, face problems such as admittance/rejection, legal disability, and cultural integration. These problems are reflected in media with criminal cases and political discourses. Media is influencing the perception of public opinion in the case of cultural integration. In this case, the approach of media to refugee crisis gains importance. How does media in Turkey deal with cultural differences? News in the matter of refugee crisis published on Newswire in between 1.07.2017-17.08.2017 was examined with the analytical approach of content and critical discourse analysis. News about refugees is dealt up to which content, "what kind of perception can this news create in public opinion" are questions to be answered accordingly on this research.

Keywords

• R efugee
• immigra nt
• integration
• Newswire
• disco