In the four-month period of Media Watch on Hate Speech project covering January-February-March-April 2018, 1322 columns and news articles targeting national, ethnic and religious groups had been analyzed. Since 36 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 1358. In all these analyzed content, 1591 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:
22-28 April 15-21 April 8-14 April 1-7 April 25-31 March 18-24 March 11-17 March 4-10 March 25 February- 3 March 18-24 February 11-17 February 4-10 Febrruary 28 January - 3 February 21-27 January 14-20 January 7-13 January 31 December - 6 January
In January-April 2019,
Armenians are
- portrayed as enemies by being associated with violence and massacre in items covering Khojaly Massacre and April 24 Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day;
- mentioned with PKK and ASALA and identified with ‘terrorism’;
- targeted in articles and commentaries concerning the dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia;
- as a community, associated with violence in the narratives of ‘Turkish War of Independence’;
- labeled as the force behind “hostile” groups and persons.
Jews are
- as a community, identified with violence and portrayed as enemies in articles covering Israeli-Palestinian conflict and tension in Al-Aqsa Mosque;
- targeted by using Jewish identity in a generalizing 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.
Greeks are
- targeted in discussions about the trial of soldiers who took refuge in Greece after the July 15 coup attempt,
- presented as an “enemy” because of the tensions in Kardak;
- portrayed as enemies in reference to past incidents.
Syrian refugees are
- systematically mentioned with criminal actions like murder, theft and harassment, and thus coded as potential criminals;
- identified with security concerns and ‘terrorism’;
- targeted because of their presence in Turkey in articles and columns on “Olive Branch Operation”,
- labeled as a “threat” against Turkey’s demographic structure and generally as a source of unease and “tension”.
Greeks in Turkey and/or Cyprus are
- argeted due to gas and oil exploration works in the Mediterranean;
- associated with violence and massacre in reference to past clashes in Cyprus.
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