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This study assesses the representation of the so-called ‘Solution Process’ between the Turkish state and the insurgent armed organization Kurdistan Workers’ Party within the theoretical frameworks of peace journalism, indexing hypothesis, and Hallin and Mancini's media systems theory. The research comprises a frame analysis of the front page coverage of the ‘Solution Process’ in eleven Turkish newspapers in 2013, which is conducted on a total of 561 news stories. The results show that the Turkish press, with the exception of nationalist newspapers, supported the peace process in the selected time period. However, this peace-supportive approach cannot be attributed to peace journalism because the pro-peace attitude of the news media did not result from an independent journalistic initiative. Therefore, we refer to this type of journalism as ‘state-imposed peace journalism’.
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