THE PERCEPTION OF DISCRIMINATION IN TURKEY
on women murders, sexual harassment, violence against women, insufficient
representation of women in politics and business could have a minimal impact
on the constitution of perception of discrimination. The fact that pioneering
feminist figures fighting with discrimination against women not finding any
place except HDP within the political institutions, and the fact that other parties
with 85-88 per-cent voting potential do not vitalize the issue in the production
of political discourse seems to be factors of the situation.
LGBTI+s constitute another group that they are subjected to discrimination in common belief. 36.28 per-cent says that LGBTI+s are always or usually discriminated.
This ratio is the same as refugees/migrants being subjected to discrimination at always or usually. While 17.86 per-cent states LGBTI+s are sometimes discriminated;
45.86 per-cent says they are rarely or never subjected to discrimination.
In the focus group meetings, people answered "to whom you will not rent your
house?" question as refugees/migrants and LGBTI+; with the same ratio. Interlocutors used sentences like; "they harm the house", "you cannot know who will come
and go from the neighbourhood", "immorality will be dispersed everywhere".
The last topic is politics, which is thought as one of the biggest causes of discrimination. 42.02 per-cent considers that there is always or usually political discrimination in Turkey. While 20.68 per-cent of the interlocutors think
that sometimes there is discrimination, 37.1 per-cent believe that there is rarely
or never political discrimination. As we mentioned above, conducting fieldwork
just before the Presidential Election may have an impact on the proportion of
those who think there is usually or always political discrimination. However,
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