Armenians, Jews exposed to hate speech most in Turkish mediaFebruary 28, 2013 - 13:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Jews and Armenians are exposed to hate speech more than any other group in Turkish media, says a report by Hrant Dink Foundation. According to the Hurriyet Daily News, the report was conducted by scanning 16 newspapers by hand and searching for key words in the rest of the 1,000 national and local newspapers published between September and December 2012. Jews and Armenians are used in hate speech the most, followed by Christians and Greeks living in Turkey. The category of “other” is composed of hate speech against LGBT people and women. Certain people and institutions are also exposed to hate crimes apart from ethnic, religious and national groups, the report said. Columns topped the list of media that used hate speech most frequently. Although the amount of hate speech targeting Kurdish people decreased in this period, the report contends it was a result of differentiating between “good Kurds” and “others in the media,” it said. The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) is widely considered the same as the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Group (PKK) and subsequently became a target of hate speech as well, the report added. The top three dailies that included hate speech content are Yeni Akit, Milli Gazete and Yeni Mesaj, respectively. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of arming Karabakh after 2020 Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of “illegally transported ammunition” to Nagorno-Karabakh after the November 9 statement. |