The turkish press and the representation of the armenian minority during the 1965 events

This article aims to analyze Turkish press discourses about the Armenian minority during the 1965 events, which were organized against Turkey by the Armenian diaspora. In the light of theoretical debates on minority-media relations, the article mainly examines and discusses the representation of the Armenian minority within the Turkish press during these protests with particular emphasis on the question of whether they were depicted as an ‘ethnic threat’ or ‘fifth column’ for Turkey. Based on the quantitative and qualitative analysis of 16 national newspapers, the article concludes that media representation of the Armenian minority during the 1965 events significantly deviated from themisrepresentation/underrepresentation nexus of mainstream media theories.

Turkish Press ,

Armenian Minority ,

the 1965 Events ,

Minority- Media Relations ,

Fifth Column ,