Abstract
This study includes a critical analysis of the texts published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on its official website (who.int) on the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its place among the most important epidemics in history, which has been on the world agenda since the last quarter of 2019 and has reached a global dimension with an increased impact today. WHO, whose explanations regarding this epidemic are carefully monitored, makes statements to the global public at various times around the world. In this context, WHO's explanations about the existence of COVID-19 were analyzed with critical discourse analysis modeling in terms of representation and meaning. The importance of WHO's discourse in the media stems from its position as an public opinion leader worldwide. This situation has revealed the necessity of examining the discourses of WHO towards global public opinion in sociological and contextual level. These discourses, legitimized by news texts, ensure the reproduction of their representations in the real world. In order to examine these representations, the texts (news bulletins and statements) on the official website of WHO have been handled. According to the findings of the research conducted on a total of 87 texts between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020, WHO is not only publishing open, clear and transparent informative messages about COVID-19, but also sharing reliable information on unity, solidarity and joint power sharing on the epidemic. It has been concluded that WHO shares content and acts globally that reproduce its position as the public opinion leader in health services and all health-related issues.