Özet:

What are the factors that influence the Turkish society’s attitude towards Syrian refugees? Your study focuses on this question that is often asked in Turkey but is very little researched in the academic summer. The study, which is conducted by the KONDA Research and Consultancy and which uses the data of the study of approaches to Syrians with representative capacity at the national level by combining environmental factors, for the first time in the context of Turkey directly tests the theories of inter-group contact and group threat. According to the findings of the study, negative approaches to the Syrians in the provinces near the border with Syria are above the country's average. In addition, negative approaches tend to decrease in participants who meet more frequently with the Syrians in their daily lives, according to the presumptions of the contact theory. However, this decrease applies in cases where the Syrian population represents a small portion of the province population. In cases where the Syrian population at the province level is above 10% of the total population, more frequently contact makes the opposite effect, increases negative approaches. The explanation of the group threat theory is limited. The theory is only an explanation for approaches in the years such as Hatay and Shanlıurfa where the Syrian population is high and the unemployment rate is high. Finally, the relationship between political party preference and approaches has also been shown to be dependent on the economic crisis expectations of the participants.

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