The evolution of the Turkey image in 1964–1982on the pages of the newspaper "Pravda"

The article attempts to trace the evolution of the Turkey image in the Soviet press of 1964–1982 on the materials of the newspaper "Pravda". This edition was the main press organ of the country and expressed the official point of view of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Chronologically, the work covers the period from 1964 to 1982, that is, the period of the reign of L.I. Brezhnev in the USSR. The purpose of the work is to conduct a quantitative analysis of newspaper texts containing information about Turkey. The empirical basis of the research is the newspaper itself and its content. In the process of preparing the article, methods of scientific research were used, such as analysis, comparison, systematization and classification, methods of quantitative and qualitative content analysis of the newspaper "Pravda". The work examined the development of relations between the USSR and the Turkish Republic. Analysis of the material made it possible to trace the image of Turkey on the pages of the newspaper and to identify what information was conveyed to the Soviet reader. For citation: Gaynanova М.R. The evolution of the Turkey image in 1964–1982 on the pages of the newspaper “Pravda”. From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2024, vol.14, no.2, pp. 123–136. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2024-14-2.123-136