Turkish Daily Press Framing and Representation of Syrian Women Refugees and Gender-Based Problems: Implications for Social Integration

Nilüfer Narlı, Mine Özaşçılar, Işıl Zeynep Turkan Ipek

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Abstract

Based on a content analysis of 856 news items sampled from Turkish local and national dailies between January 2013 and December 2015, this study investigates the media coverage and framing of Syrian women refugees in Turkey. It identified13 categories of gender-based problems related to different forms of violence, sexual abuse, specifically cases of forced and early marriage as second wives, and forced prostitution, and reproductive health challenges, which were analyzed through the texture of 6 distinct frames, extracted from the news data by the use of frame analysis tools. Then the study develops hypotheses regarding the type of media framing of Syrian refuge women in Turkey, their mental health and social integration into the host society.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-21
Number of pages21
JournalJournal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
Volume18
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jan 2020

Keywords

  • Syrian women
  • Turkish print media
  • framing of Syrian women refugees
  • gender-based problems
  • social integration of Syrian women

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