Within September 24-30, 2018, four articles that generate hate speech were selected. You can find these articles that contain hate speech against Syrians, Buddhists, Greeks and LGBTIs as well as the analyses written about them below.¹

1. In the article published in Antakya Toplumcu Halk with the title “Drugs found on the Syrian” , national identity is highlighted though it is not directly related to the incident. The article incites a negative perception by associating Syrians with crime.

2. The article published in Ortadoğu with the title “Genociders should be prosecuted” holds all Buddhists responsible for the attacks and violence in Myanmar with the title “Buddhists attack” and the following statement: “In the special session, it is stated that Buddhists commit violations of human rights against Rohingya Muslims like rape, torture, and arbitrary detentions.” Thus, Buddhists are associated with violence and portrayed as enemies.

3. The article published in Yeni Akit with the title “Cruel West”, reports Greek state’s practices concerning refugees by attributing it to Greek identity with the title “And this is the giaour Greeks”. In the article, Greeks are insulted with the word “giaour” and the perception of enmity against non-Muslims in Turkey is cemented with the word “giaour”, which is used as an expression of hatred and insult against non-Muslims in Turkey. Furthermore, remarks like “The ugly head of the west, which talks about civilization and emphasizes human rights, is exposed once again” used in the criticisms against refugee policies of the EU, Hungary and Bulgaria hold all Western societies responsible and reinforces negative opinions about westerners.

4. In the article published in Samsun Denge with the title “German foundations spread poison”, LGBTIs are repeatedly labelled as “perverts” as we see in the following remarks: “Financing PKK, heretic Alive associations, sources of evil in guise of woman rights advocacy and activities of perverted LGBTIs, Heinrich Böll Foundation now targets our youth” and “Getting ready to poison our youth, who are the future of Turkish nation, with homosexuality, Heinrich Böll Foundation uses its traditional ways.” The article represents LGBTIs as a “threat” against society because of their gender identity and sexual orientation. In this way, the newspaper contributes to normalization and spread of discrimination and violence targeting LGBTIs.

^{1. Within the scope of the media monitoring work focusing on hate speech, all national newspapers and around 500 local newspapers are monitored based on pre-determined keywords (e.g. Traitor, apostate, refugee, Christian, Jewish, separatist, etc.) via the media monitoring center. While the main focus has been hate speech on the basis of national, ethnic and religious identities; sexist and homophobic discourses are also examined as part of the monitoring work.}