Discourse Analyses of Ergenekon Cases' PR Campaigns in Taraf and Zaman Newspapers

This dataset accompanies a study that employed the Topic Modelling method (based on Latent Dirichlet Allocation – LDA principles) to analyze a corpus of 1,537 opinion pieces, investigating the transformation of political and security discourse in Gulenist newspapers between 2008 and 2014. The aim of the analysis was to statistically reveal the underlying themes (topics) and the clustering of key terms (topic terms) within the corpus. The simulation identified nine main topics. The results statistically confirm a significant shift in the primary security actor from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) to the National Intelligence Organisation (MIT). Furthermore, the study demonstrates that media campaigns supporting judicial initiatives, such as Ergenekon and Balyoz, against the TSK were orchestrated via Taraf and Zaman newspapers using a systematic "public relations" strategy. These campaigns represented not only a legal process but also an institutional and ideological struggle.

The related media content analyzed in this study can be downloaded from the following link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mymTHn7SLqcQFlz3Mnb2rdutYeXgBjWA?usp=drive_link

本数据集配套一项采用主题建模方法（基于隐狄利克雷分配（Latent Dirichlet Allocation，简称LDA）原理）的研究。该研究针对1537篇评论文章组成的语料库展开分析，旨在探究2008年至2014年间居伦派报纸中政治与安全话语的变迁。本次分析的核心目标是通过统计学方法，揭示该语料库中的潜在主题以及核心词汇聚类结果。本次建模模拟共识别出9个主要主题。

研究结果经统计学验证证实，安全议题中的核心行为体已从土耳其武装部队（Turkish Armed Forces，TSK）发生显著转向，转为土耳其国家情报局（National Intelligence Organisation，MIT）。此外，该研究表明，针对土耳其武装部队、支持埃尔盖内孔案（Ergenekon）与巴柳兹案（Balyoz）等司法行动的媒体宣传运动，系通过《Taraf报》与《Zaman报》依托系统化的“公共关系”策略策划实施。此类宣传运动不仅是一场法律程序层面的博弈，更是一场制度与意识形态领域的斗争。

本研究所分析的相关媒体内容可通过以下链接获取下载：
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mymTHn7SLqcQFlz3Mnb2rdutYeXgBjWA?usp=drive_link