Predicting Acceptance of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Group Norms and Competitive Victimhood as Mediators of Sub versus Common Ingroup Identity and Intergroup Contact

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Güler M., Ünver Aba H.

Examining Complex Intergroup Relations, Cakal Huseyin,Husnu Shenel, Editör, Routledge, London/New York , London, ss.175-196, 2022

  • Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Yayınevi: Routledge, London/New York 
  • Basıldığı Şehir: London
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.175-196
  • Editörler: Cakal Huseyin,Husnu Shenel, Editör
  • Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Migration movements have been experienced since old ages. Wars, violence, con-flicts, economic deprivation or natural disasters disrupt lives and forces people to move from one place to another (i.e., region or country), sometimes voluntarily, sometimes involuntarily. There are currently 26 million refugees who have fled to and have been living in neighbouring countries (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR, 2021). Currently, 3.653.619 million Syrian refugees have been under temporary protection in Turkey after the Syrian crisis in 2011 (Directorate General of Migration Management, 2021). The Turkish gov-ernment adopted an open-door policy that has caused a sudden increase in the number of Syrian refugees since the early phases of the Syrian war. Refugees lived only in camps for a while right after their arrival and then spread across the country and settled in towns and cities. Therefore, differences between Syrian refugees and host communities in terms of language, lifestyle and culture have become more visible, which resulted in the lack of trust towards them and perception of suffering a loss of rights. All these factors together played a negative role in the social accep-tance of Syrian refugees. In addition, Syrian refugees are becoming more settled each passing day, and their return intentions are reducing by the time. Some national survey reports indicate that attitudes towards Syrian refugees are mostly negative and are perceived as threatening. Accordingly, there is also strong opposition to granting Turkish citizenship to Syrian refugees (Erdoğan, 2014; Karasu, 2016).