Gezi Park Protests as a Litmus Test for Mainstream Western Media


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Insight Turkey, cilt.18, sa.2, ss.145-160, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Dergi Adı: Insight Turkey
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.145-160
  • Polis Akademisi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This article focuses on the coverage of Gezi Park protests in the mainstream western media. It analyzes the details of the incidents and argues that the Gezi Park protests became a negative turning point in the already worsening quality of foreign media coverage of Turkey and AK Party. It argues that the basic codes of media ethics have been frequently violated, while Erdogan-phobia became an almost unquestionable rule for the mainstream western media in the post-Gezi era.