Racism, Turks, and Syrians

Umit Ozdag Represents Creeping Racism Towards Syrians in Turkey

The economic crisis in Turkey is paving way for the emergence of anti-immigrant politicians in the mold of Geert Wilders. Syrians have become victims of hate speech.

Abdullah Ayasun
8 min readJan 4, 2022
A picture from Istanbul. (AP)

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Abdullah Ayasun

New York-based journalist and writer. Columbia School of Journalism. 2023 White House Correspondents' Association Scholar. Twitter: @abyasun