THE PRESENTATION OF POLITICAL WILDERNESS IN KYRGYZSTAN BY TURKISH PRESS

Abstract

In 2010 Kyrgyzstan experienced some kind of clashes which took away country to change in the governmental management. The clashes starting in April in 2010 resulted from displeasure of citizens to the Government of Kurmanbek Bakiyev who got this position in 2005 by overthrowing the Government of Askar Akayev. Instead of democratization of the country, the Government of Bakiyev has gone on governing country with despotic rules. The opponents charged Bakiyev with assigning his relatives to important positions, silencing his opponents and not managing economy of country efficiently. After the ongoing clashes in country, Government of Bakiyev was turned out in 7 April and a transitional government was established. Although the transitional government was established, clashes did not stopped and especially south region of Kyrgyzstan did not keep the peace. Clashes among supporters of Bakiyev and opponents went on during May and June in 2010. These clashes and situations had repercussions in Turkey which has historical and cultural connections with Kyrgyzstan. This study aimed to show perception of Turkish Press to these clashes in Kyrgyzstan. National Newspapers which focus on news were selected in order to represent Turkish Press and Penny Press was not selected for analyzing. The first pages of newspapers selected for representation of Turkish Press were analyzed. Whether they give place to the subject or not, how they take in hand the subject and what kinds of details are more highlighted in the news structures are questioned. Especially clash in Kyrgyzstan realized in April, May and June and because of this time episode of the study was limited with these three months in 2010. With the usage of content analyze method; the positions of news on newspapers pages, the positions of news on the fist pages of newspapers and the presentation of news were analyzed.