WHICH HEALTH? : A CONTENT ANALYSIS EVALUATION ON THE SYRIA AND YEMEN CİVİL WARS

Year 2019, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 1 - 7, 17.07.2019

İzzet Erdem , Ayşe İspirli , Fatma Taş

Abstract

Civil war is at the forefront of non-human atrocities that
have destroyed societies and individuals in both physcially and spritually.
Particularly in Syria, one of the parties that have exposed the people to
violence and massacre makes the issue of the government of the country an even
more graver and tragic. Assad Regime is used for all types of heavy weapons as
well as chemical attacks against civilians. Organ losses, injuries and
irreparable physical damage have begun to appear to be almost normal in areas
of war. In Yemen, starvation, thirst, absence of medical supplies caused
epidemics such as cholera.

The method of study consists of a qualitative research method
of document review. TRT's news site www.trthaber.com between September 1, 2017
and December 31, 2017 subject to content analysis on Syria and Yemen. The
meaning of health in the domestic warfare is critically questioned. The
relationship between war and health is tried to be put forward.

Keywords

Civil war, Syria, Yemen, health, massacre

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