The Role that the Media Played in the Failure of the July 15 Coup Attempt

Abstract:

On the night of the 15 July 15 2016 coup attempt in Turkey both social and conventional media played important roles. Rather than inspiring and directing people, the Turkish media was used as a tool for communicating, motivating and disseminating reliable information throughout the world.

This commentary aims to identify the media and military relations that characterised the 15 July case by examining the experience of the media outlets, the use of the media outlets they appealed to, as well as presenting an analysis of the media’s prevalent role in the history of Turkish coups.