Advisor

İdil Engindeniz Şahan

Language

Turkish, English

October 2016
114 Pages
Free

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In the four-month period covering September-Octomber-November-December 2015, 1016 columns and news articles and 1341 hate speech items targeting national, ethnic and religious groups had been found.

In this period constituting the third four-month period of 2015, a significant increase in the number of publications containing hate speech is found compared to the previous period. This increase can be explained by the developments like deepening of the social polarization, restart of the conflicts after the Suruç bombing on July 20, Turkey’s isolation period in international scene, diplomatic crises with other states and international institutions and media’s targeting of Syrians who escaped from the civil war and came to Turkey. Furthermore, this social and political backdrop provides insight to the ways of generating hate speech and causes certain groups to become targets over and over again.

When a distribution per targeted groups is made, it is seen that Jews have the largest number of hate speech items against them with 316 items. Armenians follow them with 217 items and Syrians has the third place with 202 items. Christians with 121 items, Cypriot Greeks and/or Greeks of Turkey with 79 items, Greeks with 59 items, non-Muslims with 41 items, the British with 38 items and atheists with 35 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 1341 items containing hate speech and example articles and columns.

Report name
Media Watch on Hate Speech Report September - December 2015
Original name
Medyada Nefret Söylemi İzleme Raporu Eylül - Aralık 2015
Price
Free
Pages
115
Width
210 mm
Height
295 mm
Printing
October 2016
Language
Turkish
Project Team
Zeynep Arslan, Burak Demiryakan, Pınar Ensari, Ezgi Kan, Arican Paker, Funda Tekin
Advisor
İdil Engindeniz Şahan
Translator
Cansen Mavituna

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
      • Husband’s Shock The Morning After The Wedding / Syrian Wife Defrauds - Pusula Haber Konya / Syrian Bride Vanishes With The Jewelry - Yurt Gazetesi
      • Bride Vanishes With The Jewelry - Yurt Gazetesi
      • If The Country Is At Stake! - Türkiye’de Vakit
      • Cruel Jew - Yeni Konya / Gory Footage / Brutal Terrorists! - Milli Gazete
    • 2) Enmity / War Discourse
      • They Will Exile Kurds And Bring Armenians Supporting Pkk - Yeni Akit
      • It’s Enough - Karadeniz Günebakış
      • What Will Greeks And Cypriot Greeks Tandem Pay To Turkish People Of Cyprus? - Önce Vatan
    • 3) Swearing / Insult / Denigration
      • Russian Bear Cuts Loose - Ankara Haber Vaktim
      • Something Should Be Done About Immoral Jews - Vahdet
      • Sacredness Of Cows - Anayurt
    • 3) Symbolization
      • An Act Pertaining To Giaour - Vahdet
      • Never-Ending Treachery Of Fox - Takvim / Establish A Foundation, If You Want To Evade Tax - Yeni Söz
      • Would A Spy Have A Holding And Tv Channel? - Aydınlık
  • Other Disadvantaged Groups
  • Examples by Categories
    • Profession Of Motherhood - Yeni Asya
    • Heartless Mother - Konya Takip
    • A Lamb In A Wolf Pack: Vaclav Havel - Aydınlık
    • Violence Against Women - Kocaeli Demokrat
    • Caution! Virus - Milli Gazete
    • My Husband Is Homosexual, Save My Daughter - Akşam
    • Hdp Passed The Threshold With The Support Of The Perverts / They Passed The Threshold With The Support Of Homos - Vahdet
    • People Have Retreated, Parks Are Transvestites To Enjoy! - Antalya Gazetesi
  • Items Found In National Press Between September And December 2015
  • Items Found In Local Press Between September And December 2015