Representation of Terror and Ethnic Conflict in the Turkish Press: An Analysis of the Peace Process in Turkey

Author(s)

Ayse Seda Yuksel Pecen

Abstract

This article explores the representation of the Kurdish issue in Turkey's media. It does so by focusing on four newspapers that are representative of different ideological stances and economic relations with the Turkish government. The time period is during two key events: the Kobani protests in 2014 and the elections in 2015. The research findings indicate that the media's framing of the armed conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK is a contested discursive site; one determined not only by ideological affiliation but also by the relative politico-economic autonomy of the media institutions from the central political power.

Organisation(s)

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Journal

Middle East Critique

Volume

27

Pages

207-219

No. of pages

13

ISSN

1943-6149

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2018.1443848

Publication date

03-2018

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

508008 Media analysis, 509010 Minority research

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cultural Studies, History, Political Science and International Relations

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/representation-of-terror-and-ethnic-conflict-in-the-turkish-press-an-analysis-of-the-peace-process-in-turkey(8df12c52-dfda-4bf5-9f2b-f7226fa5863d).html