The Role of The Media in Securitization: The case of Afghan Migration to Türkiye After The Taliban Takeover in 2021

Migration, defined by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as "a person or a group of people crossing an international border or moving within a state, regardless of its duration, structure and reason", is a phenomenon as old as human history. In addition to the legal migration movements all over the world, refugees trying to reach other countries illegally are seen as a security problem in the country they went to. Afghan refugee movement, which had a rapid increase with the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan on August 2021 and the retreating of the USA from the region, became a security problem in Turkey. In this contex t, the leading question is that " what is the role of Turkish media on security and securitization while Afghan refugees are migrating to turkey?" This study focuses that, after the Taliban's seizure of power in Afghanistan, how the Afghan migration to Turkey quickly became a security issue with the effects of the media . This study makes use of the explanation of the securitization theory of the Copenhagen school, which makes important contributions to security studies and human rights while analyzing the securitization of migration in the sample country of Turkey. Keywords: Afghan immigrants, Copenhagen school, Taliban, Turkish media, Securitization