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Representation of Turkish Identity and Norms in the Media: 2020 Karabakh War

Year 2024, Issue: 110, 21 - 50, 30.07.2024
https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.11002

Abstract

The Nagorno-Karabakh issue between Azerbaijan and Armenia became one of the most critical agenda items in the international community again in 2020, resulting in thousands of casualties from both countries due to the conflicts. This study discusses Türkiye’s attitude towards the 2020 Karabakh War in the context of international relations, based on the constructivist theory. It focuses on explaining how the country’s national identity, as well as the international norms it adheres to, played a decisive role in its current foreign policy implementation. To do this, news articles related to the 2020 Karabakh War were gathered from Turkish and Azerbaijani news portals and subjected to content analysis. The analysis findings revealed that both Turkish and Azerbaijani media heavily emphasized messages related to shared identities and norms that play a significant role in shaping the perception and identities of the parties involved in the conflict. Furthermore, the media depicted the war as a matter of national identity and sovereignty.

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There is no conflict of interest with any institution or person within the scope of this study. There is no conflict of interest between the authors.

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Türk Kimlik ve Normlarının Medyada Temsili: 2020 Karabağ Savaşı

Year 2024, Issue: 110, 21 - 50, 30.07.2024
https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.11002

Abstract

Azerbaycan ve Ermenistan arasında yaşanan Dağlık Karabağ sorunu 2020 yılında tekrar uluslararası kamuoyunun en önemli gündem maddelerinden biri hâline gelmiş, yaşanan çatışmalarda her iki ülkeden binlerce kişi yaşamını yitirmiştir. Bu çalışma, uluslararası ilişkiler bağlamında Türkiye’nin 2020 Karabağ Savaşı’yla ilgili medyaya yansıyan tutumunu yapılandırmacılık teorisi ekseninde tartışmakta, ülkenin ulusal kimliğinin yanı sıra bağlı olduğu uluslararası normların mevcut dış politika icrasında ne denli belirleyici unsur olduğunu açıklamaya odaklanmaktadır. Bu noktadan hareketle Türkiye ve Azerbaycan haber portallarında 2020 Karabağ Savaşı’yla ilgili yer alan haberler araştırma kapsamına alınarak içerik analizi yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Analiz bulguları Türk ve Azerbaycan medyasının haber tasarımında çatışmaya dâhil olan tarafların algı ve kimliklerinin şekillenmesinde önemli bir rol oynayan ortak kimlik ve normlarla ilgili iletilere yoğun olarak yer verdiğini ve medyanın savaşı bir ulusal kimlik ve egemenlik meselesi olarak tasvir ettiğini ortaya koymuştur.

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  • Alver, Füsun. “Etkileşim ve İletişim Pratiklerinin Analizinde Sembolik Etkileşimcilik, Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Medyatikleşme Konseptinin Sınırlılıkları ve Potansiyelleri.” Dijital (in) Ritmi İletişim, Medya ve Kültür Alanlarında Yeni Perspektifler, ed. Selma Koç Akgül, ve Betül Pazarbaşı, Hiperyayın, 2020, pp. 13-43.
  • Billig, Michael. Banal nationalism. Sage Publications, 1995.
  • Erlingsson, Christen, and Petra Brysiewicz. “A hands-on guide to doing content analysis.” African journal of emergency medicine, vol. 7, no. 3, 2017, pp. 93-99.
  • Gheyle, Niels, and Jacobs Thomas. Content Analysis: a short overview. Internal research note. 2017.
  • Giddens, Anthony, and Jonathan Turner. Günümüzde Sosyal Teori. Say Yayınları, 2013.
  • Hopf, Ted. Social construction of international politics: identities & foreign policies, Moscow, 1955 and 1999. Cornell University Press, 2002.
  • Neuendorf, Kimberly A. The content analysis guidebook. Sage Publications, 2017.
  • Onuf, Nicholas Greenwood. World of Our Making: Rules and Rule in Social Theory and International Relations. University of South Carolina Press, 1989.
  • Onuf, Nicholas. Rule and rules in international relations. University of Helsinki, Retrieved April 24. 2014.
  • Rosyidin, Mohamad. The Power of Ideas: Konstruktivisme dalam Studi Hubungan Internasional. Tiara Wacana, 2015.
  • Rowling, Charles M., Penelope Sheets, and Timothy M. Jones. “American atrocity revisited: National identity, cascading frames, and the My Lai massacre.” Political Communication, vol. 32, no. 2, 2015, pp. 310-330.
  • Şenol, Dolunay. Sembolik Etkileşim. Net Kitaplık Yayıncılık, 2020.
  • Shahin, Saif. “Right to be forgotten: How national identity, political orientation, and capitalist ideology structured a trans-Atlantic debate on information access and control.” Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, vol. 93, no. 2, 2016, pp. 360-382.
  • Skey, Michael. “‘A sense of where you belong in the world’: National belonging, ontological security and the status of the ethnic majority in England.” Nations and nationalism, vol. 16, no. 4, 2010, pp. 715- 733.
  • Song, Yunya, Chin-Chuan Lee, and Zeping Huang. “The news prism of nationalism versus globalism: How does the US, UK and Chinese elite press cover ‘China’s rise’?” Journalism, vol. 22, no. 8, 2021, pp. 2071-2090.
  • Ültay, Eser, Hakan Akyurt, and Neslihan Ültay. “Sosyal bilimlerde betimsel içerik analizi.” IBAD Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, no. 10, 2021, pp. 188-201.
  • Wendt, Alexander. Social theory of international politics. Cambridge University Press, vol. 67, 1999.
  • İnternet Kaynakları Cumhuriyet. www.cumhuriyet.com.tr, 30.07.2023. Milliyet. www.milliyet.com.tr, 30.07.2023. Yeniçağ. www.yenicaggazetesi.com.tr, 30.07.2023. Trend. az.trend.az, 30.07.2023. AzadlıqRadiosu. www.azadliq.org, 30.07.2023. Azertac. azertag.az, 30.07.2023.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Journalism Studies, Internet, Communication and Media Studies (Other)
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Betül Pazarbaşı 0000-0001-5199-4867

Selma Koç Akgül 0000-0001-7889-6749

Sehavet Neciyev 0000-0002-2605-6382

Publication Date July 30, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Issue: 110

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APA Pazarbaşı, B., Koç Akgül, S., & Neciyev, S. (2024). Representation of Turkish Identity and Norms in the Media: 2020 Karabakh War. Bilig(110), 21-50. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.11002
AMA Pazarbaşı B, Koç Akgül S, Neciyev S. Representation of Turkish Identity and Norms in the Media: 2020 Karabakh War. Bilig. July 2024;(110):21-50. doi:10.12995/bilig.11002
Chicago Pazarbaşı, Betül, Selma Koç Akgül, and Sehavet Neciyev. “Representation of Turkish Identity and Norms in the Media: 2020 Karabakh War”. Bilig, no. 110 (July 2024): 21-50. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.11002.
EndNote Pazarbaşı B, Koç Akgül S, Neciyev S (July 1, 2024) Representation of Turkish Identity and Norms in the Media: 2020 Karabakh War. Bilig 110 21–50.
IEEE B. Pazarbaşı, S. Koç Akgül, and S. Neciyev, “Representation of Turkish Identity and Norms in the Media: 2020 Karabakh War”, Bilig, no. 110, pp. 21–50, July 2024, doi: 10.12995/bilig.11002.
ISNAD Pazarbaşı, Betül et al. “Representation of Turkish Identity and Norms in the Media: 2020 Karabakh War”. Bilig 110 (July 2024), 21-50. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.11002.
JAMA Pazarbaşı B, Koç Akgül S, Neciyev S. Representation of Turkish Identity and Norms in the Media: 2020 Karabakh War. Bilig. 2024;:21–50.
MLA Pazarbaşı, Betül et al. “Representation of Turkish Identity and Norms in the Media: 2020 Karabakh War”. Bilig, no. 110, 2024, pp. 21-50, doi:10.12995/bilig.11002.
Vancouver Pazarbaşı B, Koç Akgül S, Neciyev S. Representation of Turkish Identity and Norms in the Media: 2020 Karabakh War. Bilig. 2024(110):21-50.

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