Abstract
Relying on the Zizekian notion of the theft of enjoyment, this paper analyzes how discourses on refugees’ experiences of home, neighborhood, and belonging are represented in conventional Turkish media during the early period of the Syrian Civil War. It examines various newspapers in Turkish media and employs a critical analysis of the issues concerning Syrian refugees, particularly Syrian refugee women and children. This paper explores how these discourses produce and reproduce awareness about the Syrian refugees in Turkey. The article argues that earlier discourses on Syrian refugees in Turkey revolve around specific characteristics framing Syrian refugees as figures of “the theft of enjoyment”. Refugees are discursively constructed as figures threatening homes and neighborhoods. After critically examining the media pieces, the article asserts that Syrian children are portrayed as ruining neighborhood peace and threatening the local “way of life”, while Syrian refugee women are depicted as figures who “steal Turkish husbands” and “destroy homes”. Therefore, both home and neighborhood as micro-social structures contribute to the discourses on the Syrian refugee “other”.
Keywords
theft of enjoyment conventional Turkish media Syrian refugees in Turkey Syrian women and children home belongingShare
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- Authors: Nurbanu Yaşar, Arş. Gör., İstanbul Üniversitesi
- Year: 2024 (December) / Volume: 2 / Issue: 2
- Page: 5-22
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