In the four-month period of Media Watch on Hate Speech project covering May-June-July-August 2019, 1299 columns and news articles targeting national, ethnic and religious groups had been analyzed. Since 14 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 1313. In all these analyzed content, 1575 hate speech items against 46 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:
26 August - 1 September 19 - 25 August 12 - 18 August 5 - 11 August 29 July - 4 August 22 - 28 July 15 - 21 July 8 - 14 July 1 - 7 July 24 - 30 June 17 - 23 June 10 - 16 June 3 - 9 June 27 May - 2 June 20 - 26 May 13 - 19 May 6 - 12 May 29 April - 5 May
In May-August 2019,
Syrians are
- systematically mentioned with criminal actions like murder, theft and harassment, and thus coded as potential criminals;
- identified with security concerns and ‘terrorism’;
- pointed as the reason for unfavorable economic conditions and unemployment;
- labeled as a “threat” against Turkey’s demographic structure and generally as a source of unease and “tension”.
Cypriot Greeks and/or Greeks in Turkey are
- targeted in political discussions about drilling work in the Mediterranean Sea as a community;
- associated with violence and massacre in reference to past clashes in Cyprus in news articles and columns on “Cyprus Peace Operation”.
Greeks are
- targeted in discussions about the trial of soldiers who took refuge in Greece after the July 15 coup attempt,
- portrayed as enemies in reference to past incidents;
- presented, together with Cypriot Greeks and/or Greeks in Turkey, as a threat against Cypriot Turks in article and columns on Cyprus.
Jews are
- 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 negative references in media; Jewish identity is used an expression of insult.
Armenians are
- mentioned with PKK and ASALA and identified with “terrorism”;
- targeted as a community during the trails for damages filed in the US against Turkey (in July) over confiscated properties during the Armenian Genocide;
- associated with violence as a community in the narratives of “National Struggle”;
- labeled as the force behind “enemy” groups and persons.
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