Analysis of public discourse on religious minorities in Turkey after the coup attempt of 15th July 2016

• Published in: Przegla̦d europejski Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 157 - 173
• Main Author: Szkudlarek, Magdalena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Warsaw University of Warsaw Press 01-01-2019; Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego; University of Warsaw
• Subjects: 15th July 2016; coup d’état; Coups d'etat; Discourse; Greeks; Humanities; Jews; Legal status; Mass media; Minority groups; Political science; Political Sciences; Politics / Political Sciences; Public opinion; Religion; religious minorities; Research methodology; Social attitudes; Turkey; Turkish language; Turkey; 15th July 2016; Turkey; Jews; Armenians; coup d’état; religious minorities; Greeks
• ISSN: 1641-2478; 2657-6023
• DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0013.5847

The aim of this paper is to follow and analyse the public discourse on religious minorities in Turkeyafter the failed coup d’état of 15th July 2016. However either Turkish state’s policy or social attitudestowards these groups have always been controversial and their real position has always differedfrom their legal status, the author decided to put a hypothesis that the coup attempt is indeed whathas significantly affected the way they are being perceived by mass media in Turkey and hence,by Turkish public opinion. Thus, the purpose of this analysis is to study the chosen media contentconcerning religious minorities and to answer the question how the post-coup reality affects the situation of persons belonging to these groups. In order to achieve this goal several research methodsspecific for political science and humanities are applied and Polish, English and Turkish languagesources are widely referred in the article.