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The Securitisation of News in Turkey

Journalists as Terrorists?

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Explores the decline in press freedom in Turkey under the AKP and how this fits with wider shifts towards illiberalism
  • Links constructed security threats under the AKP to media restrictions
  • Examines the cases of Kemalist, Gülenist, and Kurdish media to illustrate the securitization of journalism

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    • Natalie Martin
    Pages 1-9
  3. News Media and the State Pre-AKP

    • Natalie Martin
    Pages 25-40
  4. The AKP and the Kemalist News Media

    • Natalie Martin
    Pages 41-64
  5. The AKP and the Kurdish News Media

    • Natalie Martin
    Pages 65-88
  6. The AKP and the Gülenist News Media

    • Natalie Martin
    Pages 89-111
  7. Conclusion

    • Natalie Martin
    Pages 125-128
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 129-134

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics and IR, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    Natalie Martin

About the author

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.

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