TÜRKİYE'DE AZINLIK BASINI VE SORUNLARI

The current study aims to examine newspapers that continue their publication today by considering the situation of minority press from the Ottoman Empire to the present day and identifying the problems they experience. While it is observed that there is limited research on minority press in literature, there is also a lack of studies that convey the current publishing institutions and attempt to identify the issues they face. Therefore, it is thought that the present study will contribute to the field both by addressing minority press in its historical context and by associating this process with societal events that affect it. In this context, firstly, the situation of minority press in the Ottoman Empire is discussed, followed by the effects of events affecting minorities in the Republican period on minority press. Subsequently, minority newspapers that continue their publication today are examined, and their problems are identified. In this regard, semi-structured in-depth interviews are conducted with officials of minority newspapers. In the Republic of Turkey, the concept of minority was defined as non-Muslims living in the country; therefore, this study is limited to the non-Muslim minority press. According to the findings of the research, there are five minority newspapers continuing their publication in Turkey. The Greek press is represented by Apoyevmatini, the Jewish press by Şalom, and the Armenian press by Jamanak, Nor Marmara, and Agos. The problems faced by these newspapers can be listed as a decrease in circulation due to a decline in the number of population and speakers of the respective languages, economic difficulties linked to circulation and the country's situation, and the status of being a minority, which directly affects these two problems.