Citation

Tutkal S. Media War Conflict 2022; 15(2): 165-182.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1750635220925844

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article examines the dissemination of images of mutilated and humiliated dead bodies of ?others? and reactions of Twitter users to these images as dehumanizing practices. When the peace negotiations between the Turkish state and Kurdish PKK failed, numerous images of mutilated and humiliated dead bodies of PKK militants were disseminated by Twitter accounts apparently used by members of the Turkish security forces. The author focuses on two controversial cases from 2015 and immediate social media reactions to those images in order to demonstrate how dehumanization of Kurdish militants played out in the case of Turkey.

Language: en