| Summary: | Using a framing
analysis and a corpus approach, this study investigated the representation of
Turkey in the international media by focusing on the BBC News between December
2016 and June 2018. The results showed that Turkey was ranked 17th among
countries in the BBC News and was often associated with Syria, the USA,
Germany, Russia, and the Netherlands internationally. The frequently used words
were Turkey, Turkish, Erdogan, people, Syria, government, Kurdish, Syrian, state, and coup. Turkey was represented as a country
ruled by an influential leader (Erdogan), experiencing tensions with the armed
Kurdish groups, involved in the Syrian internal war, and suffering from a
failed coup attempt in which Turkey attacked the Gulen movement, which caused
severe oppression in society. It was found that the BBC used particularly three
news frames: conflict (Erdogan vs. Gulen, Turkey vs. Syria, Turkey vs. armed
Kurdish groups), human interest (sufferings because of terror, war, and
oppression) and responsibility (Erdogan as a savior).
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