Within March 6-12, 2017, five news articles that generate hate speech had been selected for the weekly report. You can find these articles that generate hate speech against Germans, non-Muslims, Christians, Romas and Syrians and the analyses below.1
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In Gaziantep Ekspres newspaper’s article titled “When is the urban transformation?”, it is stated: “People are reacting against the Syrian refugees who escaped from the war in their country and took shelter in Turkey. Residents of Yaprak and Çakmak neighborhoods complain about Syrian refugees. Citizens say, 'Syrians came and the unemployment increased. Our children are unemployed, while they have jobs. They make so much noise during the night that we cannot sleep. They even open shops. They don't pay any tax. We cannot walk in the streets comfortably with our children. After they came, criminal incidents increased. Police forces are at a loss. We want a solution for Syrians.'” With these remarks, Syrians are labeled as a socioeconomic threat and associated with crime. The newspaper, with an understanding of journalism that is not based on rights, doesn't cover Syrians' points of view and feelings, whereas it emphasizes the complaints of a group of residents. In this way, it escalates the existent prejudice and hatred against Syrians. |
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In “Haşarı Çocuk” (naughty kid) column of Adana 5 Ocak newspaper, the saying “The gypsies talk about their thefts for praising themselves” is put into circulation as the quote of the day. With this saying containing a negative judgment about Romani people, the newspaper reinforces prejudices and discrimination against them. |
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Ali Öncü, in his column titled, “Is the blood of Muslims that cheap?”, writes: “We ask for world’s help to save the Middle East. Christian countries seem like coming to help. Whom do they kill? Muslims, again. In this chaos, they sell arms to us for making us kill each other. They seize our underground sources. They rape our wives and daughters.” With these remarks, he labels Christians as the enemy and provokes the readers against them. He also writes, “Because of this, they declared that man a non-religious giaour.” He uses the word giaour, which is used as an expression of hate and insult for non-Muslims in Turkey, strengthening the perception of enmity against them. |
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1. Within the scope of the media scanning work focusing on hate speech, all national newspapers and around 500 local newspapers are scanned based on pre-determined keywords (e.g. Traitor, apostate, refugee, Christian, Jewish, separatist, etc.) by 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.
