In the four-month period of Media Watch on Hate Speech project covering May-June-July-August 2017, 1910 columns and news articles targeting national, ethnic and religious groups had been analyzed. Since 62 publications generated hate speech against more than one group in different categories, these articles are analyzed in accordance with the number of featured groups/categories (more than once). Thus, the total number of analyzed items reached 1972. In all these analyzed content, 2446 hate speech items against 48 groups had been found.
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The graph below shows the distribution of number of hate speech items per week. Click on the related week for accessing examples of hate speech selected from the weekly findings and analyses of those examples.
May 1-7 May 8-14 May 15-21 May 22-28 May 29 - June 4 June 5-11 June 12-18 June 19-25 June 26 - July 2 July 3-9 July 10-16 July 17-23 July 24-30 July 31 - August 6 August 7-13 August 14-20 August 21-27
In May-August 2017,
- Jews are
- identified with violence and portrayed as enemies especially in articles covering Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalated on July and tension in Al-Aqsa Mosque;
- targeted by using Jewish identity in a generalized manner instead of using words referring to persons/institutions like “Israeli state”, “Israel” or “Israeli Defense Forces”;
- portrayed as the “hidden” power in “conspiracy theories” and presented as “a threat against Turkey”;
- associated with many persons and institutions that are mentioned with unfavorable references in media; Jewish identity is used an expression of insult.
- Syrian refugees are
- systematically mentioned with criminal actions like murder, theft and harassment;
- identified with security concerns and ‘terrorism’;
- presented as responsible for the unfavorable economic condition and unemployment;
- labeled as a threat against Turkey’s demographic structure and generally as source of unease and ‘tension’;
- presented as a threat against families and society (especially Syrian refugee women).
- Greeks are
- targeted because of “ship crisis” between Turkey and Greece started on July 3;
- labeled as ‘a source of threat for Cypriot Turks’ along with Cypriot Greeks in articles covering Cyprus conference started in Geneva on June;
- portrayed as enemies in reference to past incidents.
- Armenians are
- targeted in articles and commentaries concerning the dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia;
- mentioned with PKK and ASALA and identified with ‘terrorism’;
- labeled as the force behind “hostile” groups and persons.
- Cypriot Greeks and/or Greeks of Turkey are
- labeled as ‘a source of threat for Cypriot Turks’ in articles covering Cyprus conference started in Geneva on June;
- associated with violence and massacre on the basis of clashes took place in Cyprus in the past.
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