EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL ATTITUDES: A STUDY OF SYRIAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY

18/11/2016 14:00
Turkey

How does exposure to violence in a civil war affect political attitudes? Does the identity of the advocates for a peaceful resolution of conflict affect civilian support for peace? We answer these questions with a survey of Syrian refugees in Turkey, who have left their country because of the ongoing civil war. Through face-to-face interviews of about 1100 refugees in Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Hatay and Istanbul, we examine how exposure to various types of violence affects Syrians' support for alternative solutions to the conflict, their threat perceptions, and support for different political actors in Syria. We also use a survey experiment to study how the identity of the advocates for peaceful resolution of the conflict in Syria affects refugees' support for peace.