Greek Media In The Eyes of The Turkish Media

Turkey and Greece are two neighbor countries that
have used to perceive each other as historical and
national enemies. Greek Turkish relations have
always appeared as a unique agenda in both states
foreign policies while the relations have had a
determining influence on the Turkish and Greek
communities perceptions of each other.
This work aims to find out how the Greek media was
reflected in the Turkish media during times of
political crisis and rapprochement beginning from
1950s. By conducting a research in the archives of
Turkish daily Hürriyet, which may be assumed to be a
typical representative of Turkish media, the work
tries to clarify whether Greek media s
representation by the Turkish media was ever
affected by the tone of bilateral state relations
between Turkey and Greece. Moreover, the work
attempts to reveal how Hürriyet and the Greek media
in general have positioned themselves in Turkish-
Greek relations. Thus, the work also questions the
strength of the Turkish and Greek media in mutual
inter-state relations and the level of their ties
with their respective governments and states.

Autorentext

Research Assistant and PhD Candidate at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul University.BA, Communication and International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University,2004.MA, Cultural Studies, Istanbul Bilgi University, 2007.

Klappentext

Turkey and Greece are two neighbor countries that have used to perceive each other as historical and national enemies. Greek - Turkish relations have always appeared as a unique agenda in both states' foreign policies while the relations have had a determining influence on the Turkish and Greek communities' perceptions of each other.This work aims to find out how the Greek media was reflected in the Turkish media during times of political crisis and rapprochement beginning from 1950s. By conducting a research in the archives of Turkish daily Hürriyet, which may be assumed to be a typical representative of Turkish media, the work tries to clarify whether Greek media's representation by the Turkish media was ever affected by the tone of bilateral state relationsbetween Turkey and Greece. Moreover, the work attempts to reveal how Hürriyet and the Greek media in general have positioned themselves in Turkish-Greek relations. Thus, the work also questions the strength of the Turkish and Greek media in mutual inter-state relations and the level of their ties with their respective governments and states.