Representation of Turks in German media: A sociological analysis of anti-Turkish exclusion and discrimination in Germany’s far-right media

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2025-9-24

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Bayır, Nazire Tuğçe

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This study aims to analyze the discriminatory and exclusionary representation of Turkish migrants living in Germany in German far-right media outlets. Data in the study were collected through qualitative content analysis from a sample of four far-right media outlets, namely Compact-Magazin, PI News, Junge Freiheit and Deutsche Stimme, by utilizing case study as the research design. The data were interpreted through the analysis of six main themes: securitization and criminalization, boundary making and symbolic exclusion, ethnonational belonging, opportunity hoarding, cultural neo-racism and incompatibility, and contested citizenship. The findings reveal that far-right media do not merely reflect existing social prejudices but actively produce and amplify them through sophisticated discursive strategies; this process transforms Turkish migrants from a social group into a securitized threat and an incompatible “other.” It allows construct racial and ethnic hierarchies, come up against multiculturalism, and justify exclusionary policies.

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Turkish Migrants, Germany, Far-right Media, Media Representation

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/116010

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis