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MEDIA MONITORING REPORT SHOWS HATE SPEECH ON RISE IN TURKISH MEDIA
Today's Zaman, Turkey
Aug 21 2014
A media monitoring report recently released by the Hrant Dink
Foundation has shown that a language of discrimination and hate speech
is increasingly being used in Turkish media reports.
The Hrant Dink Foundation regularly monitors the media for stories
that target religious and ethnic minorities, or other disadvantaged
peoples like the disabled or non-heterosexual individuals. The
number of headlines and news stories that vilified specific groups
on the basis of ethnicity, religion or other characteristics has
been steadily rising every passing day, the foundation's monitoring
report has shown. The report, titled "Hate Speech in Media and
Discriminatory Discourse," consists of two chapters. The first
chapter, titled "Other Disadvantaged Groups," encompasses the media's
coverage regarding religious and ethnic groups; women; lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people; and other disadvantaged
groups. The second chapter includes discriminative language being
adopted in Turkish print media outlets regarding what it refers to
as the Armenian genocide of April 25, 1915. The chapter is titled
"Discriminatory Discourse in Print Media."
According to the report, a substantial rise has been observed in the
amount of media hate speech in the first four months of 2014. The
report states that the headlines of some newspapers' issues clearly
used hate speech in reports covering the Khojaly massacre of Feb. 26,
1992 -- in which 613 civilians were killed by Armenian militants --
and what the foundation calls the Armenian genocide. Another issue
that has been one of the most popular subjects on Turkey's agenda is
the growing tension between the faith-based Hizmet movement -- based
in the teachings of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen -- and the
Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government. The report said
that President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who still holds the post
of prime minister, and his government engaged in hate speech against
Christians, Jews and Western societies as well as the Hizmet movement.
The report also said that the period between January and April OF
2014? was when hate speech was most prevalent in Turkey.
The Hrant Dink Foundation examined a total of 34 media reports and
detected the elements of hate speech against homosexuals in 28 out
of 34 reports. The report also indicates that Turkey's non-Muslim
communities, including Christian Armenians, are exposed to more
hate speech than any other social group. According to the report,
Armenians are the non-Muslim minority that is the most common target
of hate speech in the media in Turkey. Armenians are followed by Jews
and then Christians in this regard.
Today's Zaman, Turkey
Aug 21 2014
A media monitoring report recently released by the Hrant Dink
Foundation has shown that a language of discrimination and hate speech
is increasingly being used in Turkish media reports.
The Hrant Dink Foundation regularly monitors the media for stories
that target religious and ethnic minorities, or other disadvantaged
peoples like the disabled or non-heterosexual individuals. The
number of headlines and news stories that vilified specific groups
on the basis of ethnicity, religion or other characteristics has
been steadily rising every passing day, the foundation's monitoring
report has shown. The report, titled "Hate Speech in Media and
Discriminatory Discourse," consists of two chapters. The first
chapter, titled "Other Disadvantaged Groups," encompasses the media's
coverage regarding religious and ethnic groups; women; lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people; and other disadvantaged
groups. The second chapter includes discriminative language being
adopted in Turkish print media outlets regarding what it refers to
as the Armenian genocide of April 25, 1915. The chapter is titled
"Discriminatory Discourse in Print Media."
According to the report, a substantial rise has been observed in the
amount of media hate speech in the first four months of 2014. The
report states that the headlines of some newspapers' issues clearly
used hate speech in reports covering the Khojaly massacre of Feb. 26,
1992 -- in which 613 civilians were killed by Armenian militants --
and what the foundation calls the Armenian genocide. Another issue
that has been one of the most popular subjects on Turkey's agenda is
the growing tension between the faith-based Hizmet movement -- based
in the teachings of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen -- and the
Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government. The report said
that President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who still holds the post
of prime minister, and his government engaged in hate speech against
Christians, Jews and Western societies as well as the Hizmet movement.
The report also said that the period between January and April OF
2014? was when hate speech was most prevalent in Turkey.
The Hrant Dink Foundation examined a total of 34 media reports and
detected the elements of hate speech against homosexuals in 28 out
of 34 reports. The report also indicates that Turkey's non-Muslim
communities, including Christian Armenians, are exposed to more
hate speech than any other social group. According to the report,
Armenians are the non-Muslim minority that is the most common target
of hate speech in the media in Turkey. Armenians are followed by Jews
and then Christians in this regard.