%0 Journal Article
%T ETHICS ISSUE IN THE TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS MEDIA: A SAMPLE ANALYSIS OF ¡®THE ABORTION CASE¡¯ NEWS ITEMS
%A G¨¹lay Asit
%J -
%D 2019
%X Today, the media organs are torn between implementing codes of ethics and being able to make profit, which is the primary goal of every enterprise. Deviation from ethical codes when there is no supervision mechanism in place is highly common in this dilemma. Such cases are all the more prominent in the news items prepared on crimes that cause public indigance. In identifying the extent to which news items with press coverage comply with code of professional conduct, the study challenges TRNC media¡¯s overall ethics. The study firstly examines practices of ethics adopted by the TRNC media. It then offers an analysis of ¡°the abortion lawsuit¡±, which has had nation-wise repercussions, in association with these practices. The study sample is composed of related news items published in various web-based e-newspaper issues released from February 26 to March 1, 2016. The abortion case has attracted much public interest as it was concerned with the termination of those pregnancies at a clinic located in Kyrenia that extended beyond the legally designated period of time. The analysis revealed that code of professional conduct has been disregarded in the reporting of the said news. As a qualitative method, descriptive analysis was implemented in the study. Contrary to the "Principles of Professional Journalism" published by the Media Ethics Committee for the purpose of establishing ethics in the TRNC media, it was concluded that the news reports examined indicated elements of subjective interpretation
%K Medya
%K Etik
%K KKTC
%K Su£¿ Haberleri
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/e-gifder/issue/44615/424181