ABSTRACT

This article focuses on the intersection of class and race in exploring Syrian refugees’ experiences of racism and the perceptions of the receiving society in Turkey. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Syrian refugees and the receiving society members who represent both low- and high-income profiles in Istanbul, Ankara, Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa, the article answers the question of whether racism is linked with class in Turkey. I argue that racism against Syrians in Turkey is driven not only by linguistic differences and supposed distinctions between cultural identities, but rather by the wealth and status of the refugees and those with whom they interact with in the receiving society. I further argue that these attitudes to class and race are, in Turkey, shaped by the neoliberal policies that deliberately favour the most prosperous and educated Syrian refugees.

摘要

本文重点探讨阶级和种族的交汇处，以探讨叙利亚难民的种族主义经历和土耳其接受社会的观念。通过对代表伊斯坦布尔，安卡拉，加济安泰普和桑努尔法的低收入​​和高收入人群的叙利亚难民和接收社会成员进行深入访谈，文章回答了种族主义是否与土耳其的阶级联系在一起的问题。我认为，对土耳其叙利亚人的种族主义不仅是由于语言上的差异和假定的文化身份之间的差异所驱动，而且还取决于难民及其与之在接收社会中互动的人的财富和地位。我进一步指出，在土耳其，这些对阶级和种族的态度是