Original title: Pokud o převrat v Turecku v roce 2016 a jeho dopad na Kosovo: pohled na mediální diskurz ohledně extradikce gulenistů a jehi místo v kontextu turecko-kosovských vztahů.
Translated title: The 2016 Coup d'Etat Attempt in Turkey and its Impact in Kosovo: A look into the Media Discourse Surrounding the 2018 Gulenist Extraditions and the Resulting Turkish-Kosovo Relationship.
Authors: Day, Ryan ; Žíla, Ondřej (advisor) ; Hornát, Jan (referee)
Document type: Master’s theses
Year: 2020
Language: eng
Abstract: The overall purpose of this thesis is three folded; to analyze Turkey's constantly changing influence since the 1990s in the Western Balkans, consider the failed 2016 coup attempt in Turkey and the anti-Gülenist campaign by Erdogan in the region (with Kosovo as the focus), and to delve into the international and local media discourse surrounding the deportations of suspected Gülenist from Kosovo with the help of Turkish intelligence on March 29, 2018. Employing a mixed methodology approach, the author evaluated existing sources in an attempt to answer the research question; "In what ways has the 2016 Coup d'état attempt in Turkey resonated in the Western Balkans, and how did the local and international media discourse portray the 2018 Gülenists extraditions from Kosovo to Turkey?" The research holds that while the media discourse displayed Kosovo and Turkey's actions as being in violation of numerous international laws, the issue was quickly swept away from the spotlight. Since 2012 (the beginning of the Erdogan-Gülen rift) and especially following the 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey, Erdogan has been emboldened by his growing personal relationships with key Balkan politicians. This has led to continued demands (thus far met with little success) that Western Balkan states arrest and deport...
Keywords: Coup d'état; Erdogan; Foreign Policy; Gülenists; Islam; Kosovo; Media; Neo-Ottomanism; Soft Power; Western Balkans; Erdogan; Gülenist; Islám; Kosovo; média; měkká síla; Neoosmanismus; Převrat; zahraniční politika; Západní Balkán

Institution: Charles University Faculties (theses) (web)
Document availability information: Available in the Charles University Digital Repository.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/120722

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