This essay is based on a paper I gave at a workshop on “Rhetoric and/as Terrorism: Before and After September 11.” Our panel of participants included: Ferhat Boratav, journalist and Editor-in-Chief of CNN Turk; Oral Çalışlar, columnist at Cumhuriyet; Yusuf Eradam, professor at Ankara University and Chair of the Department of American Culture and Literature; Banu Güven, editor, reporter, and presenter of the night news at NTV; Bennett Lowenthal, Assistant Public Affairs Officer, Consulate General of the United States; and Mahmut Mutman, professor at Bilkent University and Chair of the Department of Communication and Design.