The way to implement Donald Trump’s hate speech against radical terror by the written media in Turkey
Abstract
Donald
Trump announced his candidacy on June 16, 2015. He was the republican nominee
for President of the United States in 2016 election. During his election
campaign, he used to be on the world’s agenda he became the main topic of
conversation with his election campaign speeches and his private life. Donald
Trump often expressed his hatred against Islam and Muslims during his election
campaign. Such that in that period there had been different terror attacks in
several countries and the attacks provided appropriate reasons for Trump’s
discourse. In this study, USA President Donald Trump’s hate and discriminatory
discourse against Islam and Muslims is analysed from the point of Turkish
mainstream press’ approach. The examined period is between his candidacy announcement
and the day he was elected as president. The attacks are: San Bernardino (2
December 2015), Brussels (22 March 2016) and Orlando (12 June 2016). These
attacks above stated, are analysed from the point of Hürriyet, Habertürk and
Star newspapers. The analysis period includes one week per newspapers. This
study reveals the newspaper’s approaches to Donald Trump and indicates
important datas on the attitudes of the press against radical terrorism issue.
Keywords
References
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Conference Paper
Authors
Birsen Çetin
Türkiye
Publication Date
July 1, 2017
Submission Date
February 2, 2017
Acceptance Date
June 1, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 3 Number: 3
