Within July 6-12, 2020, two articles that generate hate speech were selected from print media. You can find three articles that contain hate speech against Westerners and Syrians as well as the analyses written about them below. 

1.   In the article titled “The Istanbul Convention must be annulled”, the West is targeted with the description “worn, wizened, nullified, unable to meet the needs of its own community”. Also, the family system and values of the targeted society are insulted with the remark “It is beneath a society like ours with noble values”. It is also claimed that they are experiencing “corruption of values” and “moral deterioration”, and issues like violence against women, rape, and violations of rights are their problem.

2. In the article published in Bölge Gazetesi with the title “Syrian students”, they claim that 131.746 Syrian students got into university by lot for the academic year 2020-2021 and each will receive monthly 800 liras aid as if it is announced by the Student Selection and Placement Office, though it is a hypothetical and unfounded claim. Enmity and hatred are fomented with the remark “Children of Syrians” got into “universities by a lot without any exam, which in fact our kids deserve”.

^{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.}