TURKEY'S UNEXPECTED GUESTS: FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES EXPERIENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF “OTHER”

Because of the recent developments in the world and the new requirements of the country’s social-economic developments, Turkey came to the position which creates a “transit area” to immigrants and on the other hand “migration-receiving” country. Therefore, Turkey become a hosting of a more permanent immigrant population. In this regard, Turkey will have to deal with the issue of international migration in the near future much more. Thus, it’s important how the people evaluate the issue of immigration, foreign immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers today. Hence, in this article, some research results which offering some tips to how the people evaluate the issue of immigration and foreign immigrants in the World and Turkey have been analyzed. In addition, some examples of the concrete discourse and actions in some internet-based media blog and forum which reflects the attitudes of the people constructing towards the refugees in Turkey which faced with a heavy influx of Syrian refugees today is examined. In this respect, it’s focused on the issue of how the local community affected by the Syrian refugees. Therefore, the issue of how the people evaluate the immigration, foreign immigrants and refugees in Turkey and the perception in society created by these phenomena is tried to be examined.