The media often dictates how we categorise “us” versus “them”. It’s the media that chooses to ignore the “other”, or report on it in a limited way. It’s the media that makes the “other” the subject of negativity, or a target of hate speech.
In Turkey, the government opened its borders in 2011 when the war started in Syria. Syrians were welcomed as “guests”, as “brothers” who needed shelter. But when their return to their homelands was delayed, the four million Syrians living in Turkey became the target of political agenda.
