The Securitisation of News in Turkey

Journalists as Terrorists?

Natalie Martin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XI, 134 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-49380-6 (ISBN)

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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 AKP's political opponents has proliferated. Securitisation is also a means of delegitimising journalism - and neutralizing any threat to the AKP's electoral prospects - whilst maintaining a democratic façade on the world stage. Lastly, the book argues that whilst the AKP's 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 before returning to academia to study for a PhD at Loughborough University a decade ago. She now lectures in Turkish politics and democratisation, including issues of press freedom. She is the author of Security and the EU-Turkey accession process: norms, reforms and the Cyprus issue . She has also published journal articles on the Turkey-EU accession process and the AKP's relationship with the Kurdish issue.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The securitisation of journalism in Turkey: how and why.- Chapter 3. Pre-AKP: Press freedom in Turkey.- Chapter 4. Post AKP: Press freedom and the Kemalist "Guardian State".- Chapter 5. Post AKP: Press freedom and the Kurdish issue.- Chapter 6. Post AKP: Press freedom and the Gülen movement.- Chapter 7. Journalists as terrorists - the discursive road to an authoritarian state.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.07.2020
Reihe/Serie	The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication
Zusatzinfo	XI, 134 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	324 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Wirtschaft
Schlagworte	AKP • authoritarianism • Democracy • ergenekon • Gülen • Islamism • Kemalism • Kurdish Issue • Kurds • news media freedom • Press Freedom • securitization of press • Turkey
ISBN-10	3-030-49380-6 / 3030493806
ISBN-13	978-3-030-49380-6 / 9783030493806
Zustand	Neuware