Abstract
This article deals with how Syrian female refugees are intersectionally invisibilized in Turkey as refugees and as women. The main aim of this study is to understand the dialectics of (in)visibilization of Syrian female refugees. Therefore, using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), we analysed discourses in social media as well as popular discourses by Turkish and Syrian women in Ankara. We concentrate on the relation between the discourses produced in the host society and the particular way of how Syrian female refugees are portrayed and invisibilized. We wanted to know how powerful these discourses are in the host society when it comes to the (in)visibilization of Syrian women and their bodies. Furthermore, we wanted to understand the intersectionality of discrimination and invisibilization of Syrian female refugees. This study shows how discriminatory discourses are internalized and circulate also among women. Moreover, we show how different forms of invisibilization are usually related to marginalization, but in some cases can even be used as a means to escape discrimination.
Highlights
The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the most noteworthy humanitarian crises in this millennium
Our data collection started with a decision with important consequences for the outcome regarding the visibility of Syrian refugees
Regarding the discourse of local women and Syrian refugees, we found that local women are more inclined to repeating the dominant discourses rather than constructing them
Summary
The Syrian refugee crisis is one of the most noteworthy humanitarian crises in this millennium. The official numbers are contested (DÜVELL, 2019), the Turkish government and the UNHCR speak of 3.6 million refugees currently living in Turkish territory (UNHCR, 2020). It is the number of refugees and the geostrategic position of Turkey that attract international interest. The fear of an uncontrolled impact was so prominent that newspapers were not allowed to write about the topic, and conducting academic research on Syrian refugees in Turkey was proscribed. Like in most humanitarian crises, women face different, and often more, difficulties than men
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