Expecting the Unforeseeable: The 2007 Turkish Elections in the Media<sup>1</sup>

Balkir, Canan; Banducci, Susan; Soyaltın, Diğdem; Toker, Huriye

doi:10.1080/14683840802023907

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“…Several results of the research show resemblance to the 2007 election study (Balkir et al, 2008). First, the EU membership issue was almost absent in the election campaigns as it was in the previous 2007 general elections.…”

Section: Elections In the Mediasupporting

confidence: 58%

“…This article presents a systematic study of 2011 general election news coverage of the Turkish media for the last 3 weeks prior to the elections (23 May through 11 June 2011), with particular consideration given to EU-related news. A similar study (Balkir et al, 2008) was conducted for the 10 weeks prior to the previous 2007 general elections; thus, it will be possible to compare and analyse the findings of the two election periods. In the previous study, four newspapers and three TV channels were selected as the outlets for the coding of media content.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…First, the EU membership issue was almost absent in the election campaigns as it was in the previous 2007 general elections. In 2007, the EU accession as an election discourse constituted at least 12.8% of the 1499 news items (Balkir et al, 2008: 204). The same consistent finding was also visible in another broad research which compares 2007 and 2011 elections (Toker, 2013).…”

Section: Elections In the Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The clash between secularism and Islam was the main theme in the 2007 election campaigns. The elections were mostly portrayed as a contest between secularists and Islamists (36.3% of total news) in which the traditional left/right division based on social class or economic cleavages was less pervasive (Balkir et al, 2008: 210). Yet, in the 2011 elections, it seems like the secularism/Islam as an analytical frame has lost its relevance with only three news items devoted to this topic, while nationalism/liberalism has appeared as a notable feature of the coverage with 54 news items out of 186 election-related news.…”

Section: Elections In the Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“… 1. In order to compare the two election results, the same methodology was implemented in this research. For more info, please see Balkir et al (2008). …”

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More national less European? The comparison of the last two general elections in Turkey

Toker

2014

European Journal of Communication

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This article will examine how the media reported the 2011 election campaign in Turkey in comparison to the 2007 elections. In order to reflect the different ideological segments within the society (pro-secular, nationalist vs religious-conservative), four newspapers – Zaman, Cumhuriyet, Hürriyet and Posta – are chosen. The empirical evidence suggests that there are similarities between the analysis of the 2011 elections and the previous research findings of the 2007 elections with regard to the topics garnered, the main themes and the absence of the European Union-membership-related narratives. Yet, we also observe a major difference in the 2011 elections. The themes of the contestation between competing party programmes, values, and issue positions have shifted away from the secularism and Islam to the daily politics such as the economic progress, the military operations, the terrorist attacks, the corruption allegations and the Kurdish issue.

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Section: Elections In the Mediasupporting

confidence: 58%

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Section: Elections In the Mediamentioning

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Section: Elections In the Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“… 1. In order to compare the two election results, the same methodology was implemented in this research. For more info, please see Balkir et al (2008). …”

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