Tag: occupygezi
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We cannot understand how suffocating the media atmosphere is here in Turkey right now by simply analyzing the government’s intolerant attitude. What Yavuz said about his colleagues’ reaction is another element heightening this atmosphere. Many people simply turn a blind eye to injustices done to their friends; they don’t even call them. There is another…
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AKP has the numbers, and the owners of the media have to do business with the government. Newspapers and TV stations ignored the demonstrations until yesterday. There are a few critical columnists left; many have lost their jobs. There is no independent bourgeoisie: business cannot be conducted without the good will of the government. And,…
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OBLIGATORY FOOTNOTE: *** It should be needless to say at this point but just so someone who thinks this is somehow a profound comment doesn’t feel like they have to point it out fifty times in the comments section: OF COURSE REVOLUTIONS ARE MULTI-CAUSAL, COMPLEX EVENTS AND THE COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE DOES NOT CAUSE THE UNDERLYING…
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The polarization of the state could be plainly seen in the reporting of the Gezi Park protests. The protests appear to have emboldened once critical newspapers such as Hurriyet to reassume an anti-ruling party stance unseen in the recent years of Erdogan’s media taming. Hurriyet has broadcast Erdogan’s “defeat” with headlines such as “Erdogan no…
Sameer Padania 