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Cilt 5, Sayı 11  2017/3  (ISSN: 2148-0451, E-ISSN: )
H. Burcu ÖNDER MEMİŞ

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1489749369 MEN'S DISCOURSE IN POLITICAL AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION: AN EXAMINATION IN TURKEY BETWEEN 2015- 2017

Politics is the most prominent area which is used masculinity. Masculinity define itself from others and it mean that refuse feminine behaviours, repeats itself. Masculinity has some meanings. These meanings are, power, competition, aggression, defeat the others, supremacy and hardness. In this context, women and characteristics of women are very important for defining masculinity. The pratics in politics area focuse on masculinity. Using masculinity in politics area is the most notable point. Men and women who are aiming to be in the political arena are arguing politically, supported by masculine figures. In this sense, women also have indirect ways of approving manhood, acceptance, and walk through a masculine ground. This condition ition is happening in two ways. Political actors (men and women) use arguments that refer to masculinity in their political styles. Secondly, the media serves an area filled with masculinity with the contents and titles of the news, and reinforces this field. This study examines the political actions of women and men political actors in political power and the opposition parties between 2015 and 2017 and the political discourse they use in their communications during these actions in Turkey. As seen in the study, language is often used in many areas of society, but mostly in politics, and it supports gender and sharpens gender discrimination and alienation.

Key words : Political communication, masculinity, politics, power.