“…However, Turkey is also the nation with the lowest value (among 38 countries) on the Migrant Integration Policy Index (Huddleston, Bilgili, Joki, & Vankova, 2015), which measures the degree to which a given country endorses integration policies across multiple policy areas (i.e., labor market mobility, family reunion, education, health, political participation, permanent residence, access to formal citizenship, and anti‐discrimination policies). Recent studies with Syrian refugees in Turkey have indicated that experiencing ethnic discrimination is negatively related to maintaining one's Syrian cultural heritage, and is positively linked to adopting the destination (Turkish) culture among refugee adults (Bagci & Canpolat, 2020). In addition, Çelebi, Verkuyten, and Bagci (2017) found that high perceived ethnic discrimination is associated with poor physical and mental health among refugee adults who do not experience a sense of control, distinctiveness, and meaningfulness derived from their ethnic identity.…”