The process leading to the 1960 Military Coup and its reflection in the Arab press

Our thesis, which is about the reflections of the 1960 Military Coup on the Arab press, consists of three separate chapters. In the first part, the transition to multi-party life in our political history was examined. This section is very important in terms of understanding the relationship between the government, the opposition and the military in our country. In the second part, the activities of the Democratic Party, which is the key to the transition to multi-party life, and the process leading to the coup are discussed. Thus, the events that led to the first military coup were also mentioned and an anthology of the coup was tried to be put forward. In the third chapter, which constitutes the problematic of the thesis, attention was drawn to the reflection of the 1960 Coup in the Arab press, all issues of Palestine and Huda newspapers in the years 1959 - 1960 - 1961 were examined and relevant news were translated. There are many reasons that distinguish these two newspapers from other newspapers and make them the subject of our analysis. These two Arabic newspapers, one originating from Jordan and the other from the USA, did not only report on the 1960 Turkish Military Coup, but also examined the anthology of the coup and shared it with their readers through their interpretations. Columns were written based on the Turkish Military Coup case study and it was seen that inferences were made about the sociology of the Turkish people through different news. For example, the villagers were interviewed about the coup in the Eymir Village of Ankara's Gölbaşı District, on a ground that was not easy under the conditions of that day, and their approach to the incident was interpreted and reported in the Huda Newspaper. Even this interview was enough to attract our attention for this review. Another thing that makes our research original is that these two newspapers are frequently reported by foreign sources such as the New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, Rueters, United Press, Associated Press, as well as; They conveyed the approaches of countries such as the USA, England, Lebanon, France, Russia and South Korea towards the coup. In short, the mentioned section, which was written as important for these and similar reasons, contains a content in which the news is deciphered and aims to provide different perspectives on the 1960 Coup. Key Words: Coup, military, government, opposition, politics, press, newspaper