GÖÇÜN TEMSİL ALANI: KIRGIZİSTAN’DA UYGUR “İTTİPAQ” GAZETESİ ÖRNEĞİ
REPRESENTATION OF MIGRATION: THE CASE OF UYGHUR NEWSPAPER “ITTIPAQ” IN KYRGYZSTAN

Summary/Abstract: The media has an active role in shaping public opinion and cultural policies on migration. The recognition of Uyghur culture as immigrants, the way they present themselves, and the continuity of their identity is embodied through the newspaper “Ittipaq” (1994-1997, 2001- ~), one of the institutionalized press and media activities in Kyrgyzstan. This independent and national newspaper is published by the Uyghur People's Association at the Assembly of Peoples in Kyrgyzstan. It covers a wide range of topics, from the daily life of Uyghurs to economic dynamics, cultural policies, and language preservation. The paper aims to highlight relationships and interactions connected to various levels of social organization, including the cultural environment, and ideological and political movements. This study aims to identify the multidimensional effects of the phenomenon of migration and immigration within this verbal texture from news texts and to analyze its place in culture. In the newspaper, it is one of the phenomena that values, belongings, tradition culture, and identity are brought to the forefront in the social-cultural framework, which is one of the dimensions of migration, and these are rendered functional from the perspective of ensuring intergenerational transmission and awareness. From this perspective, the newspaper is important in serving and guiding the grounding, maintenance, and preservation of migrant community/group belonging, culture, and identity. In this article, documentation analysis, one of the research methods and techniques frequently used in social sciences, was carried out from a folkloric perspective. The article examines activities aimed at making the historical, identity, and cultural aspects of migration visible locally through the “Ittipaq” initiative, within the context of functionality and the concept of “migrant journalism.” As a result of the study, it was revealed that the representation of migration in the cultural context was created within the context of language, tangible and intangible cultural heritage, and traditional culture; elements with canonized established features that characterize the Uyghur traditional society were emphasized. In addition, it has been observed that in the expression of culture and the transmission of messages, the views and works of important figures such as artists and scientists who have value in Uyghur historical and cultural life are included and the transmission of cultural memory is directed.

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