The Influence of Mass Media on Turkish Foreign Policy in Responding to the Crimean Annexation by Russian Federation in 2014

Maula Hudaya, Dwi Aulia Putri

2018

Abstract

The annexation of the Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014 was a very controversial action that sparked various responses from countries in international society. Among the various responses, Turkey became the one who strongly opposed the Russian Federation’s decision in the Crimea, and openly declared its stance to support the Ukraine in its territorial dispute. Turkey's foreign policy, as stated before, is quite contradictory to reality in that the relationship between Turkey and Russia was at a pretty good level. The closeness of their relations has been indicated by the cooperation woven by both countries, with one of the cooperation’s focus points being in the field of nuclear energy. There was also a fairly intense meeting between Erdogan and Vladimir Putin during that period. Under these conditions, it is almost impossible for Turkey to take a very opposite stand against Russia in a dispute that does not even affect Turkey directly. Therefore, in this paper, the author attempts to analyse Turkish foreign policy through the level of analysis of the mass media and public opinion by looking at the extent to which the mass media can influence public opinion against the Crimea, which can ultimately be used to pressure the government. The mass media and public opinion level of analysis is very interesting to use in this case because it can explain Turkey's foreign policy from different perspectives, coupled with the media in Turkey being quite contrary to the Erdogan regime.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hudaya M. and Putri D. (2018). The Influence of Mass Media on Turkish Foreign Policy in Responding to the Crimean Annexation by Russian Federation in 2014.In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA, ISBN 978-989-758-393-3, pages 307-312. DOI: 10.5220/0008820803070312

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icocspa18,
author={Maula Hudaya and Dwi Aulia Putri},
title={The Influence of Mass Media on Turkish Foreign Policy in Responding to the Crimean Annexation by Russian Federation in 2014},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,},
year={2018},
pages={307-312},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008820803070312},
isbn={978-989-758-393-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,
TI - The Influence of Mass Media on Turkish Foreign Policy in Responding to the Crimean Annexation by Russian Federation in 2014
SN - 978-989-758-393-3
AU - Hudaya M.
AU - Putri D.
PY - 2018
SP - 307
EP - 312
DO - 10.5220/0008820803070312