Turkish Grand National Assembly Agenda, through the print media, reflex to the public opinion: 01 October 2008-11 August 2009, Cumhuriyet, Hürriyet and Zaman journals sample of first-pages

The purpose of this study, as a competent instution the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, which compeses the agenda of the politics and discuss the most crucial problems of our country and produce the solutions in a certain time, is to look what?s occured in the agenda and what is outstanding issues. Also the agenda of the assembly, which represents the public, takes place and indicates itself in printed media with three newspaper (Cumhuriyet, Hürriyet and Zaman) which is decided by looking at the first pages of the topics covered.In order to create a sample, this study is limited with the Grand National Assembly of Turkey?s 23. Period, 3. Legislation Year. The begining of the cycle, October 01, 2008, is accepted as a start. Doing the last combination and the Assembly?s entering into holiday, August 11, 2009, is taken as a deadline. During this period, in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey has come together with 115 combinations.In this research use survey-description method. The shape of political agenda in the printed media is mainly examined using content-analysis method. When the featured topics are deteched, the speeches outside of the agenda, the method of the assembly?s supervision ?parliamentary inquiry, parliamentary investigations, general debates, motions of censure and a vote of confidence? and the negotiations of the law is considered. The question motions are not considered. Both the agenda of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey?s 115 combinations in signified dates and the 314 first pages of the three Daily newspapers are taken as a sample. In the research, political, printed media and public opinion?s related concepts informations are obtained with documentary research model. In the study, quantitative content analysis technique and the topic analysis, which is the one of the most referenced in techniques, is made. The categories and sub-categories are encoded, the encoded information render as a numeric in order to make more detailed analysis.In the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, during the one legislation period, the 14 subjects for each combination, approximately 143 topics in one month, 1577 subjects in 11 months was interviewed. During the same period, the Cumhuriyet newspaper 61 times, Hürriyet newspaper 35 times and Zaman newspaper 56 times make news in their first pages about the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in total 152 times. Even the sum of the three newspapers are about the assembly?s interviews subjects of %10. For every newspaper can be said that it finds an average of %3 of the issues discussed in Grand National Assembly of Turkey . Before the interviewing in the Assembly, in Cumhuriyet newspaper 48 news, in Hürriyet newspaper 31 news and in Zaman newspaper 33 news make news, in total the newpapers make 112 news is observed. News about Assembly for every newspaper can be said that it finds place in the average rate of 2.7%. In total, the interviews and the coming interviews in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey can be said that it finds place in the average rate of 6% in the first page of the newspapers. Even this figure views that totality of rate for every newspaper to reflect in public and issues being discussed in assembly barely made reach to 17 percent.