September 12 military coup has led to changes in Turkey's foreign policy as well as domestic politics. In particular, European countries and European institutions has closely followed developments in Turkey. The Council of Europe that be one of the among the European institutions and the subject of our study, in this process particularly has focused on democracy and human rights issues in Turkey. Because democracy and human rights that the Council of Europe's fundamental building blocks had been violated in Turkey. Violation of two fundamental principles, has brought confrontations the Council of Europe and Turkey very often. The military administration, aiming to re-establish the democratic parliamentary system, tried to maintain its relations with the Council of Europe, too. This process has been closely followed by the Turkish press and has been evaluationed. In our study has examined that reflections of relations between the Council of Europe and Turkey on the Turkish press from the September 12 military coup until civilian rule was established again. For our study, Cumhuriyet, Hürriyet, Tercüman and Milliyet newspapers, which were among the six most circulated newspapers of the period, were analyzed and used.
Keywords: Council of Europe, September 12 coup, democracy.
DOI Number: 10.9737/hist.2020.964
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