The securitisation of news in Turkey : journalists as terrorists? /

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 compl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Martin, Natalie (Lecturer in politics and international relations)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:	Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication.
Subjects:	Government and the press > Turkey. Journalism > Political aspects > Turkey. Journalists > Legal status, laws, etc. > Turkey. Turkey > Politics and government > 21st century. Government and the press. Journalism > Political aspects. Journalists > Legal status, laws, etc. Politics and government. Turkey. 2000-2099

Table of Contents:

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.