We analyzed the news articles targeting national, ethnic, and religious identity and containing hate speech with a critical discourse analysis in September 2021.  Here, you may access news clippings and detailed analysis.

You are invited to listen to the inspirational and unique stories of civil society organizations supported by the Hrant Dink Foundation’s Grant Program. #Ondemand ‘7 minutes with civil society’ is now on air.

The first online workshop on discussion of news items within the scope of Media Watch on Hate Speech project was held on November 17, 2020, with facilitation of Ebru Özdeş and Şeyma Özkan from the Project. 

Media watch report includes annual results along with quantitative and qualitative analyses of hate speech data for 2019 and the discriminatory discourse reports which focuses on a topics that stood out in 2019 is now available online. 

Based on the Positive Messengers project, which aims to combat online hate speech for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Europe, experiences about online tools and methods in combating hate speech were shared.

As part of the “Media Watch on Hate Speech” project, we have searched for alternative discourses to hate speeches producing and circulating the discourse of prejudice, discrimination, and violence. Alternative discourse is a rights-based discourse and understanding that combats hate speech.

Media watch report includes annual results along with quantitative and qualitative analyses of hate speech data for 2018 and two discriminatory discourse reports which focuses on two topics that stood out in 2018 is now available online. 

 As part of “Media Watch on Hate Speech” project, panel called “The rooted “other”s of media in Turkey” was held on November 19, 2019 in Anarad Hığutyucn Building with the contributions of Friedrich Naumann Foundation.

The workshop on discussion of news items within the scope of Media Watch on Hate Speech project was held on November 15, 2019 with the contributions of Friedrich Naumann Foundation.

You are invited to our panel with contributions of Arus Yumul, İdil Engindeniz, Kaya Akyıldız and with facilitation of Pınar Uyan Semerci. 

In the discussion workshop on news items focused on sexual violence, how sexual violence-focused news reproduces discrimination and how a rights-oriented language can be adopted was discussed, with facilitation of Şehlem Kaçar. 

In “Hate Speech in the New Media” panel, hate speech in new media and how to counter it is discussed with contributions of Zeynep Özarslan, Aras Türay and Nilay Erdem, with moderation of Orhan Şener. 

In the discussion workshop on news discourse, the role of the media in the production of discriminatory discourse and hate speech was discussed with facilitation of Dr. İdil Engindeniz, on October 15, 2019.

In the discussion workshop on news discourse, the role of the media in the production of discriminatory discourse and hate speech will be discussed with facilitation of Dr. İdil Engindeniz, on October 15, 2019. 

Media watch report covering the January-April 2019 period and including quantitative and qualitative analyses of instances of hate speech against national, ethnic and religious identities is published. English version of the report will be published in upcoming weeks.