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TURKISH MEDIA’S RESPONSE TO THE 2015 ‘REFUGEE CRISIS’
TURKISH MEDIA’S RESPONSE TO THE 2015 ‘REFUGEE CRISIS’

Author(s): Çağlar H. Başol, Fulya Memişoğlu
Subject(s): Media studies, International relations/trade, Evaluation research, Migration Studies, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Rasim Özgür DÖNMEZ
Keywords: Turkey; Europe; Refugee Crisis; Syrian Refugees; Mediatisation;

Summary/Abstract: In 2015 the forced displacement of Syrians entered a new phase with the sharp rise in the numbers of refugees arriving at Europe’s shores mainly through the Eastern Mediterranean route. Grabbing widespread media and public attention, this unprecedent refugee influx and its surrounding events are commonly dubbed as ‘Europe’s refugee crisis’, which as some scholars highlight, is a ‘re-contextualised’ version of already existing processes of politicisation and mediatisation of immigration. This paper intends to contribute to the debate on ‘mediatisation of refugee crisis’ by giving an insight on the role of Turkish media in telling its readers what to think about the ‘refugee crisis’ during this period of particular significance. The paper relies on a content analysis of frontpage articles from three Turkish newspapers (Birgün, Hürriyet and Yeni Akit) between July and November 2015. By limiting our analysis to ‘small data’, we look closely how these newspapers on different sides of the political spectrum react to the spread of the refugee crisis to Europe and its implications on Turkey.

  • Issue Year: 11/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 192-233
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: English
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