Advisor
İdil Engindeniz Şahan
Language
Turkish, English
December 2016
108 Pages
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In the four-month period covering January-February-March-April 2016, 1084 columns and news articles and 1430 hate speech items targeting national, ethnic and religious groups had been found.
In this period, print media focused on issues such as the declaration of “Academics for Peace” (January 11), suicide attacks in Sultanahmet (January 12) and Taksim (March 19), anniversary of Khojaly Massacre (February 26), International Women’s Day on March 8, “Readmission Agreement” with the EU, clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia along Karabakh border (April 2-5), April 24 Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day, developments concerning 10 October 2015 Ankara Massacre, airstrikes by Russia in Syria and Syrian refugees who escaped from the civil war in their country and took shelter in Turkey.
When a distribution per targeted groups is made, it is seen that Armenians have the largest number of hate speech items against them with 391 items. Syrians follow them with 244 items and Jews has the third place with 195 items. Christians with 84 items, Cypriot Greeks and/or Greeks of Turkey with 77 items, non-Muslims with 44 items, the British with 42 items, Greeks with 31 items and atheists with 31 items follow them as the groups that are subjected to hate speech.
In the section where discourse targeting women and LGBTIs are analyzed, you can find qualitative analyses through a limited number of examples, which are selected with the purpose of exposing and questioning the patriarchal and heteronormative discourse which is rooted in journalism and used intentionally or unintentionally.
Please see the full report for accessing more detailed statistical data, full list of 1430 items containing hate speech and example articles and columns.
- Report name
- Media Watch on Hate Speech Report January - April 2016
- Original name
- Medyada Nefret Söylemi İzleme Raporu Ocak - Nisan 2016
- Price
- Free
- Pages
- 108
- Width
- 210 mm
- Height
- 295 mm
- Printing
- December 2016
- Language
- English
- Project Team
- Zeynep Arslan, Burak Demiryakan, Pınar Ensari, Ezgi Kan, Arican Paker, Funda Tekin
- Advisor
- İdil Engindeniz Şahan
Media Watch on Hate Speech Project is funded by Friedrich Naumann Foundation and MyMedia/Niras. The views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the funders.
- About Monitoring Hate Speech in The Media
- Monitoring Hate Speech in National and Local Newspapers in Turkey
- Hate Speech in Print Media
- Findings
- Examples from Categories
- 1) Exaggeration / Attribution / Distortion
- Refugees Don’t Want Turkey: This Is Just Ungratefulness / They Are Ungrateful - Sözcü
- The Second Bomber Turns Out To Be Syrian - Posta
- Dark British / Legal Correction Of Political Terrorism - Star
- 2) Enmity / War Discourse
- Commemorated The So-Called Genocide, Burned Our Flag - Korkusuz
- Whose Grandchildren Are Grandchildren Of Ottomans - Aydınlık
- Thoughts On Cyprus (1) - Gebze
- 3) Swearing / Insult / Denigration
- Apes Come From Humans - Vahdet
- It Is Not A Poem That Despicable German Reads, It Is Actually Swear - Hürriyet
- Vile Russians - Takvim
- 2) Symbolization
- Treacherous Signees Turn Out To Be Armenian Lovers - Yeni Akit
- Are We A Greek Team? - Haber Alanya
- Their Grudge Against Sivas Has No End - Yeni Akit
- 1) Exaggeration / Attribution / Distortion
- Other Disadvantaged Groups
- No Woman Can Walk Around Dressing Like A Prostitute - Vahdet
- Love Of Becoming Arabic And Persian - Ortadoğu
- Women’s Day - Konya Hakimiyet
- Homosexuality Is A Major Danger - Hürriyet
- Chp Municipality’s Shameful March 8 Move - Sabah
- Stop This Immoral Organization In Schools / Stop The Immoral Organization In Schools - Yeni Akit
- Items Found In National Press During The Period Between January And April 2016
- Items Found In Local Press During The Period Between January And April 2016
