ABSTRACT
Syria’s civil war has resulted in a large influx of refugees to neighbouring European countries, with Turkey bearing the brunt of the burden. Initially, they sought refuge in refugee camps in Turkey’s southeast. As the conflict grew and intensified, the refugee population grew and began to settle in neighbouring provinces, negatively impacting Turkey’s socioeconomic and security situation. This chapter will employ neo-classical realist theory to examine Turkey’s role in Syria, from civil war mediation to refugee management. The goal of this chapter is to apply what Turkey has learned about managing Syrian refugees to the Afghan and Ukrainian immigrant crises. This chapter will also investigate the dynamics of xenophobic construction in the media, as well as their relationship with the social, economic and political conditions that have a negative impact on refugees around the world.
