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    Killing Me Softly with His Words: Censorship and Self-Censorship from the Perspective of Turkish Journalists
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2013) Arsan, Esra
    Turkey is a country where democratization process has been repeatedly interrupted by military interventions in the past 50 years. Censorship and self-censorship have become ordinary practices in the media, mainly due to weak parliamentary representations followed by oppressive coup periods. Yet even though a democratically elected government is currently in charge of the country, censorship of the press remains to be a common and systematic to silence alternative views. It is also claimed that self-censorship is widespread within the press. A report published by Freedom House in 2010 argues that while Turkish officials continue to enforce strict laws, journalists are frequently jailed for discussing issues such as the Kurdish problem, the military or political Islam. The government that is led by the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalknma Partisi) is continuing to crack down on unfavorable press coverage. This article presents the findings of a survey titled Censorship and Self-Censorship in Turkey, 2011. The participants of the study were Turkish journalists and the questions revolved around their personal experiences with regards to censorship and self-censorship. Their answers reveal why Turkish media seldom makes news for public interest.
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    Kurdish broadcasting via state TV in Turkey - Cultural diversity or government's propaganda machine: The case of TRT 6
    (Intellect Ltd, 2018) Arsan, Esra
    This article provides useful insights on the perception of TRT 6 (TRT Kurdi) by Turkey's Kurdish community regarding TV broadcast in mother tongue. The research environment of the study is Kurdish citizens who live in both south-east and west regions of Turkey. TRT 6 is a sub-channel of state TV (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation) and mainly broadcasts in the Kurmanci dialect of the Kurdish language. The results of the study show the fact that those who define themselves primarily as Kurdish - as opposed to Muslim - reject TRT 6 (and especially criticize its news coverage), and Kurds who see themselves primarily as Sunni Muslims watch it with pleasure, implying that the channel serves as a tool in 'Turkifying' the Kurds of Turkey through a common religious identity.
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    Reflections of neo-Ottomanist discourse in Turkish news media: The case of The Magnificent Century
    (Intellect Ltd, 2014) Arsan, Esra; Yildirim, Yasemin
    Starting from the 2000s, when the neo-liberal conservative AKP (Justice and Development Party) came to power in Turkey, the neo-Ottomanist idea and identity became more visible as a political discourse in the public sphere. Increased use of neo-Ottomanist references, especially within the past ten years, has also appeared through popular cultural products such as books, feature films, TV commercials and TV series. Redefining the concept of Turkish nationalism and Turkish-Islamic synthesis within the neo-Ottomanist context, these products transferred these Ottomanist references into the popular arena. These attempts are not always welcomed by the AKP due to disagreements about the definition of Turkish conservatism and have sparked criticism. In this study, press coverage of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's neo-Ottomanist reaction and criticism towards the very content of a TV series, titled Muhtesem Yuzyil/The Magnificent Century (Tims Productions, Star TV, 2011-14), has been analysed. The research sample consisted of three national dailies, Cumhuriyet, Radikal and Yeni Safak, and the newspapers were examined using the method of content analysis. As a result, it can be argued that the sample newspapers have supported different ideological backgrounds around the discussions and speculations regarding the The Magnificent Century.