Reporting Of Settlement Process In Turkish Press
Öz
The initiatives for the solution of the terror problem ongoing for many years in Turkey, has attracted
significant media interest. It was observed that media was not unconcerned with the developments
in the settlement process and they made news about the subject with different perspectives. That
situation puts forward the media’s efforts to dominate especially over the developments related to
national matters. In this process, the attitude of the media is determined by economical, political
and ideological factors. So much that, the news contents of different newspapers about the same
subjects related to the settlement process differentiated and their news texts had ideological
signs. That status shows that; ideological positions of the media organizations are effective on
the process of news formation.
In this study, it has been attempted to put forward how an attitude was adapted by the newspapers
towards the developments in the process. In this direction, the newspapers of Yeni Şafak,
Cumhuriyet, Habertürk, Radikal, Evrensel and Zaman; which are assumed to have different
ideologically positions, has been examined in the context of the study. Among the news involving
settlement process, the articles on the front pages of newspapers (headlines, subheadings and
other news on the front page) have been examined in terms of biasness, and the media have
been found to present a biased viewpoint contrary to the objectivity principles. The study, which
is based on qualitative and quantitative content analysis, has revealed that; the news, which deal
with the settlement process, were formatted according to a biased perspective, in terms of the
language used; words and news sources selected.
Anahtar Kelimeler
References
- Akbayrak, Murat (2013). “Devlet PKK Çözüm Süreci Kronolojisi”.Süreç Analiz, (4): İstanbul
- Almagor, R. C. (2002). İfade, Medya ve Etik (Translated by: S. N. Şad). Ankara: Phoenix Yayınevi.
- Arslan, Yeğen U.T. (2004). “Haberde Yeni Olan Nedir? ”. Haber, Hakikat ve İktidar İlişkisi. Çiler Dursun (der.) içinde. Elips Yayınları: Ankara.
- Atabek, Gülseren Şendur ve Atabek ,Ümit,(2007). Medya Metinlerini Çözümlemek İçerik, Göstergebilim ve Söylem Çözümleme Yöntemleri. Siyasal Kitabevi: Ankara.
- “Cumhuriyet” Newspaper (January 4 -18, February 24-March 3, March 12 - April 6; 2013)
- Dağtaş, Erdal and Yaylagül, Levent (2005). 11 Eylül Saldırısının Türkiye Yazılı Basınındaki Sunumu. Kurgu
- Dergisi. 21: 1-23.
- Dursun, Çiler (2004). Haber, Hakikat ve İktidar ilişkisi. Elips Kitap: Ankara.
- “Evrensel” Newspaper (January 4 -18, February 24-March 3, March 12 - April 6; 2013)
- Fairclough Norman (2004). Analysing Discourse Textual Analysis for Social Research, Routledge: NewYork.