Manifacturing consent in press before the 2017 Constitutional amendment referandum decision of Turkey

In this study, starting from the assumption that the reproduction of consent through the media, six newspapers published in Turkey and their news about constitutional amendments after July 15, 2016 coup attempt was examined by using Teun Adrianus Van Dijk's "Critical Discourse Analysis". It is among the aims of the study to reveal how the constitutional amendment, which was handled under the name of "Presidential System", was reflected in the dominant and dissenting discourses and how these discourses were used to influence the public. The differences between the dominant and opposing discourses, the way their newspapers give news, how they use the language in reaching their target audience, and how they want their news to be perceived by their readers are discussed in relation with the contribution of the newspapers to the consent production process in the context of ideological frameworks. As a result of the study, it has been revealed that newspapers that display a certain ideological stance in terms of supporting the ruling forces or opposition forces, contributed to the manifacturing consent process by creating their news accordingly. Keywords: Manifacturing Consent, Critical Discourse Analysis, Van Dijk, Ideology, Constitutional Amendment