Research on the presentation of the 2016 US elections on the Turkish written press in the context of media and i̇nternational relations

The mass media design, the nature of the issues raised, and the extent to which the media are focused on politics can reveal some impressions. On the agenda of mass media, it is more important than what people think, what to think about comes to the fore. Thus, the media creates its own public opinion. The agenda of the public opinion is created by the media. Political actors have to use mass media to make their voices heard and to change attitudes and behavior in the direction they want. The need for news organizations and the need to inform themselves to the target groups in the field of politics raises the interdependence. However, the developments in the media may be the subject of debate in the field of politics; any development in politics can take place in the press. Especially the developments in the election periods are conveyed to the masses through the newspapers and constitute an important part of the public's agenda. The study was conducted on 8 August 2016 and 8 February 2017 and the content analysis method was applied. Sabah, Posta and Hürriyet newspapers, which were selected as samples in the frame of agenda design theory, were discussed in terms of the news topics which will form the media agenda between the determined dates and evaluated with various aspects. The extent to which the relations between politics and the media are influential in determining and presenting the agenda and what events are the subject of the news or not, are the agenda presented by the mass media. The agenda of mass communication means that the public should think more about what they think than what they think. Thus, the media constitute its own public opinion. The agenda of the public opinion is created by the media. According to the agenda-setting theory, the most important factors in setting the agenda are the statements expressed by politicians and politicians. In this respect, there is a dynamic process between the agenda of the mass media, the public agenda and the political agenda. The media side of this process is the economic and political relations of the media in question, the personal convictions of the reporter, and the conditions of the guardians. The individual opinion of the person who built this news is directly influenced by the interests of the media organization he works for. The purpose of this study is; The frequency of taking part in the newspapers selected as the representative of the Turkish press in 2016 is the analysis of the position of newspapers in the newspapers. In the study, the comparison of the place of taking place in each of the three newspapers. In the 2016 US presidential elections, how the written press in Turkey and constitute the fundamental questions with which to work as reflected differences. 2016 US Presidential election, has occupied an important agenda in Turkey. In this study, it is aimed to analyze the frequency of the 2016 US Presidential elections in newspapers selected as representative of the Turkish press, their position on the page, and the approach of newspapers to the subject. In addition, it is among the aims of the study to examine whether there is a difference between the approaches of Turkish print media selected as the sample in 2016 US Presidential elections. The main question of the study of how the written press in the 2016 presidential elections in Turkey and to determine which is reflected by the differences. The theoretical framework of the study is related to the subject, thus, media and politics, media and international politics, media and perception, news, news value and Agenda Determining Theory. The study is important to determine Turkish and American relations and to see how the US elections take place in the Turkish press. According to the findings of the study, the Turkish press showed a general interest in the US presidential elections in 2016.