INEQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN IN MEDIA
Hürriyet Newspaper columnist Ferai Tınç and Bloomberg HT Channel Newscaster and Editor Ahu Özyurt attended the seminar as speakers in which the journalist Tuğrul Eryılmaz was the moderator. The relation between women and media is analyzed in the seminar entitled "Gender..." which is the 3rd event organized by EKOTAM.
Ferai Tınç attended the seminar with examples from various newspaper pages and evaluated the subject over the news in the newspapers. Tınç stated that in cases where a woman does politics and makes explanations, the subject was distracted and another characteristic of the women was emphasized, and she said that the news was totally reflecting the men. Tınç said, “How can we talk about peace and settlement in Turkey that has such an attitude, such a viewpoint and language? We made a group work on this subject. However, the reactions discouraged us. We met with a very serious resistance. But this is a never-ending struggle."
Ahu Özyurt told that the newspapers and the televisions became mannish and said, “There is a brotherhood of men in media. It is impossible to talk rational unless this style changes. Most people think that the beautiful women should become newscasters; they should not ask questions and make comments if possible. This image has to be destroyed.”