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Ha'aretz, Israel
Dec 30 2014
Turkish media target Jews more than any other group, report finds
Report on hate speech in Turkish media found 130 instances of hate
speech against Jews between May and August 2014.
By Haaretz | Dec. 29, 2014 | 10:08 PM
Hate speech in Turkish newspapers between May and August 2014,targeted
Jews more than any other group according to a new report by a Turkish
foundation dedicated to cultural diversity.
The `Monitoring Hate Speech in the Media' report, released on Monday
by the Hrant Dink Foundation, found that 32 national, religious and
ethnic groups were the victims of hate speech in articles written by
the Turkish press. The report was the subject of an article on the
Today's Zaman website.
Of those, Jews and Armenians were the victims in 50.4 percent of the
cases, followed by Greeks, Kurds and Syrian refugees.
The report recorded 130 incidents of hate speech against Jews, 60
against Armenians, 25 against Christians, 21 against Greeks, and 18
counts of hate speech against Kurds.
Anti-Semitic rhetoric in Turkish national newspapers was especially
conspicuous during the war in Gaza over the summer, according to the
report, which was written by lawyer and journalist Rita Ender.
It found that several articles did not differentiate between Zionists,
the State of Israel, Israelis and Jews, using instead the over-arching
term `Jews' to refer to all the groups mentioned.
The report also noted that some of the columnists who criticized
Israel's offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza compared its
actions to those of Hitler and the Holocaust.
The newspapers that were most guilty of hate speech were the dailies
Yeni Akit, Milli, Milat, OrtadoÄ?u, Yeni ÇaÄ? and Sabah, the report
noted.
The 89-page report features a chart of the articles that include hate
speech, with the date, newspaper, type (column or news article),
writer, headline, targeted group and degree of offense.
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.634389
Dec 30 2014
Turkish media target Jews more than any other group, report finds
Report on hate speech in Turkish media found 130 instances of hate
speech against Jews between May and August 2014.
By Haaretz | Dec. 29, 2014 | 10:08 PM
Hate speech in Turkish newspapers between May and August 2014,targeted
Jews more than any other group according to a new report by a Turkish
foundation dedicated to cultural diversity.
The `Monitoring Hate Speech in the Media' report, released on Monday
by the Hrant Dink Foundation, found that 32 national, religious and
ethnic groups were the victims of hate speech in articles written by
the Turkish press. The report was the subject of an article on the
Today's Zaman website.
Of those, Jews and Armenians were the victims in 50.4 percent of the
cases, followed by Greeks, Kurds and Syrian refugees.
The report recorded 130 incidents of hate speech against Jews, 60
against Armenians, 25 against Christians, 21 against Greeks, and 18
counts of hate speech against Kurds.
Anti-Semitic rhetoric in Turkish national newspapers was especially
conspicuous during the war in Gaza over the summer, according to the
report, which was written by lawyer and journalist Rita Ender.
It found that several articles did not differentiate between Zionists,
the State of Israel, Israelis and Jews, using instead the over-arching
term `Jews' to refer to all the groups mentioned.
The report also noted that some of the columnists who criticized
Israel's offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza compared its
actions to those of Hitler and the Holocaust.
The newspapers that were most guilty of hate speech were the dailies
Yeni Akit, Milli, Milat, OrtadoÄ?u, Yeni ÇaÄ? and Sabah, the report
noted.
The 89-page report features a chart of the articles that include hate
speech, with the date, newspaper, type (column or news article),
writer, headline, targeted group and degree of offense.
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.634389