Poverty in the context of gender and representation of women in national print media: The case of Hürriyet, Yeni Şafak and Cumhuriyet newspapers

Although, poverty has existed almost all periods of human history. It continues to be both widespreading and ever increasing humanity problem all over the world with effect of globalization. There by neoliberal process defining human-being over consumption has increased all varieties of poverty which can be occured in society by globalization. Within this scope, poverty a for reaching and hyperdimensional term which means not afford a number of necessities is a deprivation condition fails to meet basic needs of human to maintain a life. At this juncture, various consepts has been put forward to explain to term poverty in depth. Two of these concepts are the idea that poverty rates are more common among women and the phenomenon; 'Feminization of Poverty' that came out as a result of women's struggle with poverty more than others "Poverty of Woman" which concerns with the gender aspects of poverty is concept indicating that poverty has more violent effects on women than men therefore women are more fragile. This thesis study aims to analyze in what ways the terms poverty and especially the phenomenon; women and poverty in the context of gender addressed and represented on national printed press by examining and using qualitative and quantitative datas of three different newspapers (Hürriyet, Yeni Safak and Cumhuriyet) which have national and current ideological and political views.