The Approach of Turkish press towards a civil rights at the adaptation of globalization

ABSTRACT This thesis, which ''named "The Approach of Turkish Press' Towards a Civil Rights at the Adaptation Process of Globalization" aims to search Turkish press' approach of "civil rights" by analyzing certain period and event. In this context, the study consists of four sections. In the first section, the historical development of "civil society" which is the base of the concept of "citizenship". In the second section, "civil rights" and "press" is summerized in the context of civil society thought. In the third section, the development of the relationship between "press" and "civil rights" from last years of Ottoman to today's Turkey is evaluated. In the last section, the case study is carried out about the period of establishment and vote of cofidence of "Refahyol Coalition of 1996" based upon the approaches of Hürriyet, Cumhuriyet and Zaman are good examples of different ideological formations. According to findings of this study, it is possible to state that the evaluation and supporting of civil rights in Turkish press is not enough to carry out the necessities of the 21th century's world. In other words, it will be said that Turkish press is functionally weaker than Western press, which is about the supporting and adaptating of today's civil rights.