Examining Complex Intergroup Relations

Dr Hüseyin Çakal is an Assistant Professor of Social Psychology in the School of Psychology at Keele University in the United Kingdom. His work has covered the dynamics of collective action and prejudice reduction strategies, effects of social identity and intergroup contact on health and intergroup emotions among advantaged and disadvantaged groups. He has a passion for policy-oriented research on extremely disadvantaged communities in the least accessed regions, for example, South East Asia, Latin America and in the Middle East. Dr Shenel Husnu is a Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus. She is a trainer of peace education for Turkish and Greek school children which promotes contact and cooperation between both communities. Shenel’s research interests include intergroup relations, gender and LGBTI+ issues. She has a number of publications in prejudice reduction techniques and their application to the Cyprus conflict.

List of Contributors

Acknowledegments

Editor’s Introduction

Part I: Intergroup Relations: The Traditional Minorities

1 Fathoming Forgiveness: Armenians and Turks in Turkey

2 Perceptions of Discrimination and Social Contact among Alevis and Sunnis in Turkey: Findings from Two Field Studies

3 Disability and Discrimination: Microaggression Experiences of People with Disabilities in Turkey

4 How Does Culture Relate to Benevolent and Hostile Sexism?

5 Young People’s Attitudes toward Old People: Prejudices, Stereotypes, Inter-group Evaluations, and Frequency of Contact

6 Missing the Good Old Days or Connecting to the Globe: Investigating Outgroup Attitudes through Collective Nostalgia and Global Identification

Part II: Intergroup Relations: The New Minorities

7 Acculturation and Adaptation of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: The Role of (Dis)Concordance of Acculturation Orientations and Identity Threat

8 Acceptance of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: The Roles of Perceived Threat, Intergroup Contact, Perceived Similarity, and Temporary Settlement

9 Identities and Attitudes Toward Syrian Refugees in Turkey

10 "Syrian" Refugees at the Gaze of Kurds and Arabs in Mardin: Understanding Social Representations and Acculturation Expectations from a Decolonial Approach

11 Extended Contact with Turks and Syrian Refugees’ Intention to Migrate: The Mediating Roles of Ingroup and Outgroup Identification

12 Intergroup Contact Among Majority and Minority Status Groups in Turkey: Extending Theory and Practice

Part III: Intergroup Relations and Political Culture

13 The Social Representations of Peace and Attitudes towards Human Rights in Turkey

14 Military Coups, States of Emergency and Their Effects on Political Culture and National Identity in Turkey

15 Routes to Collective Action Among Opposition Voters: Testing Efficacy, Anger and Injustice in Turkey’s Repeated Elections

16 Collective Action and in Turkey: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go Next?

17 Conclusion

Index