Nisan, Fatma Nisan

After the Turkish War of Independence, essential modernisation action has been conducted as revolutions. Modernisation first occurred in political life and then diffused into all areas of social life. These developments in young Turkey occupied a significant place in the Turkish press. While a wing of the press supported the revolutions, another section toke an oppositional stance. This paper studied the stance towards the modernisation movement and press relationships of two journals published in two different eras of the single party era after the republic. Büyük Doğu (The Great East) issues printed between 1949-1951 and Kadro (Cadre) issues printed between 1932-1935 were reviewed for this objective. The review studied by descriptive analysis how modernism was constructed, treated and represented in these journals of their respective eras.According to the results, Kadro has been the biggest supporter of the revolutionary movement while Büyük Doğu has exhibited an oppositional stance against the revolutionary movement.

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Nisan, Fatma Nisan

U.S. presidential elections (U.S.A.) have always been an agenda for the whole world. In2008, when a black man became a candidate for the White House, it drew the whole world sto attention to the U.S.A. This black man was Barack Hussein Obama who was going to makehistory after becoming the president. The fact that Obama became the frst black president inthe White House by winning 2008 elections was considered as a revolution regarding Americanhistory. In 2012, Obama announced his candidacy and was re-elected. Obama with his thesetwo election victories became a current issue not only in Turkey but also all around the world.The aim of this study is to analyze 2008 and 2012 U.S. presidential elections in selectedTurkish newspapers in terms of their frequency of being in the front page, their positions inthe newspapers, and the newspapers approaches to this issue. In the study, a comparison ofhow these two periods took place in press was made. How and with what kinds of differencesthese 2008 and 2012 U.S. presidential elections were refected in Turkish press forms the mainquestion of this study. A qualitative and quantitative content analysis method was used in thestudy in which 20 days of each election periods were analyzed. The study is important in termsof determining Turkey-US relations and seeing how U.S. elections were refected in Turkishpress. According to the fndings in the study, Turkish press have shown interest in both the 2008elections and the 2012 elections.Key words: U.S.A., 2008 presidential elections, 2012 presidential elections, qualitativeand quantitative content analysis, Turkish press, agenda setting theory

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