Within February 13-19, 2017, five news articles that generate hate speech had been selected for the weekly report. These articles targeting Jews, Syrians, Greeks and LGBTIs are analyzed from a critical perspective.

Within February 6-12, 2017, four news articles that generate hate speech had been selected for the weekly report. These articles targeting Greeks, Armenians, Jews and Syrians are analyzed from a critical perspective.

Four news articles that generate hate speech had been selected from print media for the weekly report. These articles targeting Greeks, Armenians, Buddhists and Syrians are analyzed from a critical perspective. 

Within January 23-29, 2017, five news articles that generate hate speech had been selected from print media for the weekly report. These articles targeting Greeks, Armenians, Syrians, Cypriot Greeks and homosexuals are analyzed.

Between January 9 and 13, five articles that reinforce hatred and discrimination against ethnic, national and religious identities were found in print media and these articles are analyzed critically.

As part of the collaboration with Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Communication, students taking the course "Independent Interdisciplinary Work" participate in the media monitoring process.

The panel was held with the participation of Jonathon Lee, Communication Coordinator of European Roma Rights Center, and Turkey Coordinator of the Global Media Monitoring Project Prof. Dr. Nezih Orhon.

The  discriminatory discourse report is based on the media monitoring of the discriminatory discourse produced with regard to April 24th, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day between the years of 1995 and 2015.

The report covering January - April 2015 is based on the analysis of hate speech towards national, ethnic and religious identities along with content targeting LGBTI individuals and women.

With the contribution of Istanbul Bilgi University Children’s Studies Unit and Hayat Sende Youth Academy Association, the media-children relation and the representation of children under legal protection in the media were discussed.

Based on the prominent findings of the Media Watch on Hate Speech project, discriminatory discourse and hate speech in the media directed against religious and ethnic identities were discussed.

In the panel 'Combating Discriminatory Discourse: Theoretical Discussions & European Experience regarding Hate Speech Laws', the boundaries between freedom of expression and hate speech and European hate speech laws were discussed.

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