This case study was prepared as part of the Invisible Violence Forum During the Syrian Conflict, held in Berlin on January 22–23, 2025. The forum was organized by a number of Syrian organizations working in the public sphere, with the aim of shedding light on the manifestations of structural and symbolic violence in the Syrian context and analyzing their expressions and impacts from an intersectional perspective.

The Invisible Violence Forum in Berlin brought together the following organizations: Ettijahat – Independent Culture,
Al-Jumhuriya, Syrian Center for Policy Research, Syria Untold, Dawlaty, Syrian Female Journalists Network, Women for Common Spaces.

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Tags: Invisible Violence Forum, SCPR, Syria, Syrian refugees, Türkiye

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This article argues that the spread of visible violence against Syrian refugees in Turkey was preceded and enabled by years of invisible violence exercised by major Turkish media outlets through inadequate, negatively biased, and hate-driven coverage of refugee issues in general, and Syrians in particular. The article therefore analyzes the legislative and institutional environment in which Turkish media operates, from which this invisible violence emerged, as an attempt to contribute to collective reflection on possible solutions to address the growing crisis of hatred against Syrian refugees in Turkey.