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Book Review: Media in the New Turkey by Bilge Yesil

Book Review: Media in the New Turkey by Bilge Yesil

CUNY Professor Bilge Yesil’s new book examines Turkey’s contemporary political trajectory generally, and the AKP’s specifically, through the lens of its embattled, and highly state-dependent, media.

Oct 03, 2016
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by Claire Sadar

In Media in New Turkey, Assistant Professor of Media Culture at the City University of New York Bilge Yesil, takes on and undermines the common myth that, before 2013, the ruling Justice and Development party, or AKP, was a democratizing force. Unlike previous books and articles that have tackled this subject, Yesil examines Turkey’s cont…

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