The reflections of privalization policies in Turkish newspapers: The case of Türk Telekom

Basically, this study, which deals with the ideological construction process carried out to create a common sense against privatization policies by using media tools, consists of four parts. In this context, in the first part, the emergence of capitalism, which forms the basis of neoliberal ideology, which is the intellectual infrastructure of privatization policies, and its transformation in the historical process are mentioned. The second part of the study is organized under two main headings. Under the first heading, the emergence of the concept of ideology and the perspectives of scientists with different worldviews on the concept are discussed. Under the second heading, the media phenomenon is examined and the position of the media as a means of producing social consent within the capitalist hegemony is mentioned by discussing the intellectual differences regarding the media. In the third section, where the concept of privatization is discussed in detail, firstly, what the concept of privatization means, how it emerged, what its objectives are and the privatization methods used are examined. In this chapter, the development process of neoliberalism in the world and in Turkey, which forms the basis of the concept of privatization, is discussed in detail, and the relationship between privatization policies and neoliberal ideology is discussed and the privatization process of Türk Telekom is examined in detail. In the fourth and final chapter, which also constitutes the practical dimension of the study, the industrialization process of media organizations in the world and in Turkey is first mentioned. Then, in the last part, where the relationship between media and reality is examined, the effective role of the media in producing social consent for privatization is revealed through the analysis of the news in the print media. Keywords: Privatization, Türk Telekom, Media, Generating Social Consent, Ideological Construction