A sharp economic downturn that hit Turkey last summer with a currency meltdown has also contributed to the rising tensions amid competition for jobs in the country with high unemployment and inflation rates.
Official data announced on Monday showed that the youth employment hit record 26.7 percent, the highest since 1988.
Omar Kadkoy, a Syrian refugee himself and a research associate focusing on migration with the Ankara-based TEPAV think tank, said Syrian refugees are a convenient scapegoat and that the "negative shift of sentiment towards Syrians isn't recent."
"The current economic condition in Turkey exacerbates the resentment against the Syrians and with dwindling opportunities, refugees become the scapegoat," he told Xinhua.
Kadkoy insisted that the Turkish public should be presented with a transparent and comprehensive strategy regarding the future of the Syrian refugees.
"This strategy should contextualize Syrians out of the contested 'guest' image by putting forward a path toward a level living space," he said.
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