AMERICAN MEDIA PERCEPTION OF TURKEY’S POLICIES DURING THE AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ INTERVENTION

Year 2016, Volume: 34 Issue: 2, 25 - 52, 23.06.2016

Gökhan Korkmaz

https://doi.org/10.17065/huniibf.259132

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The
United States of America, who has enjoyed a broad support of the world with
regards to the operation to Afghanistan initiated in reaction to the 9-11
assaults, failed to convince the world about the legitimacy of the Iraqi
intervention based on the claim of the presence of the mass destruction weapons
in Iraq. Turkey, a neighboring country to Iraq as well as a NATO member and an
ally of the US, has naturally turned out to be one of the stakeholders of the
war. However, there have been frequent conflicts between the US and Turkey
during the pre Iraqi war period. The conflict reached at its peak when Turkish
Parliament disapproved the passage of the American troops from the Turkish
territory on March 1, 2003. This study aims to clarify how “The New York Times”, one of the most
influential papers of the US, reflected these tense relations to its pages and
how Turkey was portrayed from 2001 to 2003.

ABD’nin Afganistan ve Irak Müdahaleleri Sırasında Türkiye’nin Tutumunun ABD Medyasında Ele Alınışı

Abstract

11 Eylül terör saldırılarının ardından Afganistan’a yapılan müdahale sırasında dünya kamuoyunun desteğini almış olan ABD, 2003 yılında, hemen her ülkede oluşan tepki ve protestolara aldırmadan ve savaşın meşruiyeti konusunda diğer ülkeleri ikna edemeden, kitle imha silahları bulundurduğu gerekçesiyle Irak’a müdahale etmiştir. ABD’nin NATO üyesi bir müttefiki olmasının yanısıra Irak’ın komşusu olmasından kaynaklanan stratejik konumu nedeniyle, Türkiye de ister istemez kendisini bu sürecin içerisinde bulmuştur. Ancak gerek savaş öncesinde, gerekse savaş sırasında, Irak konusunda, ABD ile birçok kez görüş ayrılığı içerisine düşülmüş, özellikle 1 Mart 2003 tarihli tezkereyle Amerikan askerlerinin Türk topraklarından geçişine izin verilmemiş olması nedeniyle iki ülke arasındaki ilişkiler gerilmiştir. Bu çalışma, iki ülke arasında Irak politikası nedeniyle yaşanan gerginliklerin Amerika’nın önde gelen gazetelerinden The New York Times’ta, 2001-2003 yıllları arasında, nasıl bir Türkiye görüntüsü sergilediğini ortaya çıkarmak amacıyla yapılmıştır.

Keywords

Türk Amerikan ilişkileri, çerçeveleme yaklaşımı

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