Within July 29 – August 4, 2019, three articles that generate hate speech were selected from print media. You can find these articles that contain hate speech against Greeks and Armenians as well as the analyses written about them below.¹

1. The article published in Diriliş Postası with the title “Greeks have their eyes on THY [Turkish Airlines] now” covers drilling works in the Eastern Mediterranean. With the title “Greeks have their eyes on THY now” and the description “Greeks who cannot manage to stop Ankara from protecting its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean”, the article presents Greeks as enemies.

2. Yusuf Karaca, in his column titled “We have a new problem now: Syrians!”, deals with Syrian refugees’ presence in Turkey. He writes that he regards Syrian refugees as a threat considering the possibility that Syrians in Turkey “might be Armenian”. Karaca also writes, “Syrians nurture a terrible hatred, grudge. This is not normal. They have a century-old grudge. Some of them even talk about ‘beheading’. Those might be 1915 Armenians, mark my words! Under normal circumstances, when a Christian’s property is confiscated, the West rises. In the north of Syria, Christian properties are seized, but the West is silent. The West which says that we committed genocide because we resettled Armenians in Syria in 1915 does not say anything about YPG/PKK’s confiscation of Armenian lands in Syria. These lands are being sold to Jews, but no one sees. Do you understand what I mean?” With these remarks, while he labels Syrian refugees as “danger” due to the claim that they nurture “hatred” and “grudge”, he also targets Jews and Armenians with his theory based on the claim that Syrian lands are sold to Jews. While the columnist presents being Armenian itself as a “threat” throughout the column, he labels Syrians as a “source of danger” and reinforces enmity against both identities.

3. The article published in Bursa A with the title “What is it to you, Armenian!” covers an article about gas drilling work in the Mediterranean Sea. The article that is presented with the title “What is it to you, Armenian!” reinforces negative opinions about Armenian identity and foments the perception of enmity against this identity.

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.