Forbidden Words, Deceptive Words, Words in Memory. Post-Truth Derived from Post-Memory – Journalistic Reflections on Turkey in the Works of Yılmaz Özdil and Ece Temelkuran

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Pages: 291-304
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/YUGA2248

Abstract:

In this paper, we present journalistic reflections on the publicistic narratives in Turkey in the context of post-truth and post-memory, based on the example of the works of Yılmaz Özdil and Ece Temelkuran. We focus on post-memory created around media messages and family stories. Journalists when commenting on events use the narrative of a witness, although it is obvious that they did not participate in the events described because they were not alive at that time. Post-memory mixed with post-truth creates a fake image which shapes public opinion. The question is how ethical it is to use post-memory narratives for political purposes.

Keywords:

Özdil, Temelkuran, post-truth, postmemory

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