Does Journalism Exist in Turkey? Constraints on and Struggles in the Field of Journalism in the Post-Coup Context

Abstract

In this article, I analyze the post-coup media and communications environment in Turkey with a particular focus on the practice of journalism, which is becoming increasingly complicated. Following an approach that considers both the constraints imposed on journalism and struggle for news-making, this study represents an attempt to better comprehend the most recent condition of the field of journalism in Turkey, where both producing the news and making sense of the news have become increasingly arduous endeavors. In order to study the structural constraints and struggles of journalists and news organizations, I deploy Pierre Bourdieu's field theory as a theoretical framework to scrutinize the current situation of journalism in Turkey.