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Abstract
This paper examines the way in which news reports and op-eds published in daily newspapers in Turkey handle the
issues of asylum and refugees. The paper aims at revealing the patterns of discriminatory discourses towards refugees and also
seeks an answer to the question of how much a discourse that will facilitate the acceptance of refugees and that will help them to
be perceived as equipped with public rights finds a place in the Turkish press. The study examines the newspaper discourse on
matters of immigration and asylum that is built within the news reports and op-eds of 7 national and 7 local newspapers from 1
June 2017 to 30 November 2018. The texts were first subjected to content analysis and then the selected news reports were treated
based on the main components of the news discourse.

This paper attempts to describe the conditions necessary for the furthering of democracy in Turkey by focusing on a certain conception of democratic legitimacy that goes beyond formal arrangements. It argues that the effective participation of citizens in democratic procedures is necessary for the consolidation of democracy in public life. To defend this argument, the theoretical background developed in deliberative models of democracy is followed. The quality of 'talk', as a constitutive feature of democracy, is explored by following the critical perspectives in deliberative theory that focus on the discursive mechanisms of exclusion and on power relations intrinsic to deliberative procedures. For this purpose, the deliberative processes in a series of 'working group meetings', carried out as a part of the Local Agenda 21 project, are analysed. The democratic capacity of deliberative experiences and public dialogue is analysed by examining the inclusion/exclusion of opposing ideas, different identities and discourse styles during these working groups meetings.