Abstract:

In this context, the study examined how Afghan migrants and asylum seekers were presented in the Turkish press as the U.S. decision to withdraw from Afghanistan and the new migration movement that emerged due to the complications of the Taliban's reinstatement also affected Turkey. The newspapers selected for the study, Cumhuriyet and Sabah, which have different editorial strategies, were selected for July 10–24 and August 5–19, 2021, with a 15-day period for both months. As part of the study, the news articles were examined using the content analysis method and considering the framing theory. In this context, how newspapers create and present news about Afghan immigrants and asylum seekers in the migration movement that affects the social fabric of Turkey, whether newspapers comply with the publication policy in these presentations, how intensively the news is reported in which month, in which direction the topics are emphasized when the topic is covered in July and August were investigated. Based on the obtained data, Cumhuriyet and Sabah newspapers were compared, and it was found that both newspapers format their news in a framework that is consistent with their editorial policies. During the investigation, it was found that Cumhuriyet newspaper was the media institution that reported the most on the issue. At the same time, it was found that there were significant differences in the topics that the Cumhuriyet newspaper covered in July and August. The Sabah newspaper, which covered the issue more broadly, had only a small number of news stories. The newspaper's topics were considered positive in the form of discourse

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