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Media Reporting Of Turkey

  • 26-05-2013 11:56am
    #1
    thiarfearr
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    Does anyone else think that western media is deliberately distorting their coverage of the Turkish government. I'm no fan of the government there, but some stories raise seem to have a spin to deliberately demonize them. Example, the parliament voted to ban alcohol sales after 10pm and curb alcoholic advertising.
    This article, from the BBC implies that all alcohol sales have been banned after 10pm, as well as it not being allowed within 100m of Mosques, schools and banning advertising. However, the the al jazeera article says the ban is only for shops, similar to what we have here in Ireland. Countries like France already ban the advertising of alcohol, while Sweden has even stricter laws for sale of alcohol.

    Several of the big media groups covering the story left out the part where it doesn't apply to bars/clubs, so the story looks like some draconian Islamist policy to ban alcohol when in reality it looks to be similar to what we already have in several parts of Europe.

    Do people think its deliberately misrepresenting something which could damage Turkeys tourist industry and hurt the government?
    Or maybe its the first part of the governments plan to slowly outlaw alcohol totally, as some have suggested?


Comments

  • #2
    Torakx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭Torakx


    I say ban alcohol and tobacco.
    If people cant walk down the street and smoke a spliff then everyone else should suffer the same regarding other unhealthier habits :D

    It does seem a bit over the top for a seemingly small issue.


    Quoted in an article in Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, he said: "This is not a struggle against the ills of alcohol but an attempt to redesign the society according to their [AK party] beliefs and lifestyle."

    I guess thats the issue.And I'm not sure of the political situation there.
    Oh maybe just the yanks and brits are trying to stir up a middle eastern religious war...again probably.


  • #3
    thiarfearr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 199 ✭✭thiarfearr


    Torakx wrote: »
    I say ban alcohol and tobacco.
    If people cant walk down the street and smoke a spliff then everyone else should suffer the same regarding other unhealthier habits :D

    Or just legalise most things in the privacy of the home and end the failed war on drugs, but thats another debate


  • #4
    faustino1
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    I'm too lazy right now to create a full time line of events around Turkey's involvement with the conflict in Syria but I think the demonization of Erdogan is being directed from people high up.

    March 2013
    April 2013
     May 2013
    The time line above isn't detailed enough to render a solid picture of what's going on behind the scenes but I doubt very much these protests in Turkey would receive much attention from the western media had they not been specifically instructed to cover events there.

    Erdogan's been in power since 2003 and seems to have pissed off his puppet masters in the last couple of years...how exactly is anyone's guess but the US insisting he delay his visit to Gaza is somewhat revealing.

    Who will replace Erdogan if he does go quietly?
    Seems set to be replaced by another puppet, Abdullah Gul but that's just my guess.

    This isn't really based on detailed analysis but I'm skeptical the protests in Turkey have anything what so ever to do with redevelopment of Taksim Square, more likely it was hijacked.

    It would seem more to do with Erdogan disobeying his masters in the US or whoever is pulling strings in US of course.


  • #5
    faustino1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭faustino1


    Good catch OP, seems you were on to something there with media coverage of Erdogan.
    The protests began on 28th May and I've no doubt they'll instensify until Erdogan goes.

    Perhaps there was another motive for John Kerry wishing to delay Erdogan's visit to Gaza later this month...


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