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1 online resource |
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The Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication |
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Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- Turkey as a Jailer of Journalists -- From Bad to Worse -- A " ... continued and profound crisis" of News Media Freedom -- How and Why: AKP Power and Journalism as Political Opposition -- References -- Chapter 2 The Securitisation of News: A Thin Veneer of Democracy -- Abstract -- Theory -- Journalism -- Securitisation -- Authoritarianism -- Methodology -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 News Media and the State Pre-AKP -- Abstract -- Introduction |
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The News Media as an Arm of the State -- Ataturk Years -- Democracy Years -- Military Interventions 1960, 1971 and 1980 -- Özal's Reforms -- Kemalism and the Securitisation of News -- Kurdish Issue -- Islamist Issue -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 The AKP and the Kemalist News Media -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The AKP and the Kemalists -- 2002-2007 -- 2007-The "E-Coup" and the Closure Case -- The Kemalist News Media as a Secondary Target: Ergenekon -- What Is Ergenekon? -- Role of Gülen in Ergenekon Investigations -- The Deterrent Effect -- The Kemalist News Media as a Primary Target |
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Cumhuriyet -- Journalism as a Political Threat -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 The AKP and the Kurdish News Media -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The AKP and the Kurds -- The Kurdish News Media as a Secondary Target -- The KCK Investigations -- Acilim: The Kurdish Opening -- Arrests -- The Role of Gülen in KCK -- The Kurdish News Media as a Primary Target -- The Rise of the HDP -- 2015 Events -- The Difference Between a Gun and a Pen -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 The AKP and the Gülenist News Media -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The AKP and the Gülen Movement |
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The Gülen Movement -- A "Marriage of Convenience" -- A Bitter Divorce -- The Securitisation of Gülen -- The Attempted Coup and the Purge -- The Gülenist Media as a Secondary Target -- The Gülenist Media as a Primary Target -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 The Securitisation of News-Illiberal Democracy -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The News Media in Turkey: Perpetrators and Victims -- Why It Was Done: Consolidation of Power -- How It Was Done: The Securitisation of News -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Conclusion -- Abstract -- Glossary -- Index |
| Summary |
This book examines why Turkey has become infamous as a repressor of news media freedom. For the past decade or so it has stood alongside China as a notorious jailer of journalists - at the same time as being a candidate state of the EU. The author argues that the reasons for this conundrum are complex and whilst the AKP is responsible for the most recent illiberality, its actions should be taken in the wider context of Turkish politics - and the three way battle for power which has been raging between Kemalists, Kurds and Islamists since the republic was founded in 1923. The AKP are the current winners of this tripartite power struggle and the securitisation of journalists as terrorists is part of that quest. Moreover, whilst securitisation is not new, it has intensified recently as the number of the AKPs political opponents has proliferated. Securitisation is also a means of delegitimising journalism - and neutralizing any threat to the AKPs electoral prospects - whilst maintaining a democratic façade on the world stage. Lastly, the book argues that whilst the AKPs securitisation of news began as a means of quashing the reporting of illiberality against wider political targets, since 2016 it has become a target in its own right. In the battle for power in Turkey, journalism is now one of the many losers. Natalie Martin was a BBC journalist who went back to academia in 2007 to do a PhD at Loughborough University on the Turkey-EU accession process 1999-2004. She is now Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK, and has published widely on issues surrounding Turkey and the EU |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Government and the press -- Turkey
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Journalism -- Political aspects -- Turkey
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Journalists -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Turkey
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Political science & theory.
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Press & journalism.
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International institutions.
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Terrorism, armed struggle.
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Politics & government.
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Political Science -- General.
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Language Arts & Disciplines -- Journalism.
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Political Science -- International Relations -- General.
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Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism.
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Government and the press
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Journalism -- Political aspects
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Journalists -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Turkey -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Turkey
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030493813 |
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3030493814 |
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