Within June 10-16, 2019, four articles that generate hate speech were selected from print media. You can find these articles that contain hate speech against Jews, Greeks, Germans and Armenians as well as the analyses written about them below.
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Bilal Dündar, in his column titled “History won’t forget the ones who become an instrument to Armenian politics”, criticizes mayors of Kars and Van for hosting officials from Armenia. With the title “History won’t forget the ones who become an instrument to Armenian politics”, these meetings are presented with reference to past events and enmity against Armenians is escalated. |
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In the article titled “Racist attack by Jews”, Milli Gazete covers the action of a group of Israeli citizens by attributing it to all Jews. Thus, it foments negative opinions about and feeling of enmity against Jewish identity. |
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In the article published in Vizyon Havadis with the title “Germans are afraid of Turkey’s success”, the following claims are attributed to all Germans: “Germans are afraid because Turkish tourism capital Antalya broke the record of tourist number in a season!” and “Starting to publish materials targeting tourism in Turkey, Germans also published things targeting Turkey and President Erdoğan.” Thus, it labels Germans as an “enemy” of Turkey and reinforces the perception of enmity against the identity. |
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The article published in Karar with the title “Greeks crossed the line” covers the debates concerning drilling works in the Mediterranean Sea. With the title “Greeks crossed the line”, the perception of enmity against Greeks is reinforced. |
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.