Author/Authors :
Arcan, H. Esra İstanbul Üniversitesi - İletişim Fakültesi, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Reflections of the Turkey on the Mirror of Orientalism: Orientalist Discourse in the British Press Regarding Turkey’s EU Membership
Abstract :
As a main discourse resource, media narratives and particularly news play a special role in construction and representation of nations and national identities. Thus, in order to comprehend how Turkey and Turkish identity are constructed and represented in Western media, news discourse strategies should be analyzed. The article addresses the issue of essentially Orientalistic construction and representation of Turkey and Turkish identity in the British daily newspapers The Guardian and The Times. The study argues that these liberal and conservative newspapers both reproduce Orientalist discourse which represents Turkey as a space and culture that is out of Europe and theTurkish identity as outgroup. The Orientalist discourse accommodated in news regarding EU-membership of Turkey published by these newspapers in 2004 is clearly seen in the used strategies of reference, nomination and predication.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Orientalism , critical discourse analysis , British press , Turkey , Turkish identity , EU membership
JournalTitle :
Turkish journal of sociology
