Terrorism has been one of the most
remarkable issues in recent years. Many scholars argue about terrorism. However,
the lack of a definition of terrorism complicates the issue.
The most acceptable definition of terror
in the world is the CIA's definition of terror. This study uses the CIA's
definition of terrorism. According to Central Intelligence Agency (2007),
terrorism means premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated
against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents,
usually intended to influence an audience.
This definition is quite clear. Based on
this definition, the YPG in Syria is a terrorist organization. However, many
Western countries and the United States do not recognize YPG as terrorists. But
this organization has caused the deaths of many innocent people in Turkey.
Nevertheless, the media of many countries continue to have positive news about
this organization. In addition, there are also positive news about the
terrorist organization on Twitter.
For this purpose, sentiment and polarity
analysis related with YPG in CNN, The New York Times and Twitter was performed.
Figure 1: Polarity result of CNN
Firstly, CNN's latest news about ypg is
examined. The analysis revealed that the CNN's news was very positive about
YPG. The most commonly used sentiment in the news about YPG is trust.
Figure 2: Sentiment result of CNN
Secondly, the last news of
the new york times about ypg was analyzed. Similar results were obtained with
CNN. The new york times ypg news is also very positive. The most commonly used
sentiment in the New York Times’ news about YPG is trust.
Figure 3: Polarity result of New York Times
Figure 4: Sentiment result of New York Times
Finally, the last 100 tweets about YPG on Twitter
were analyzed. Twitter also has positive tweets about YPG, like CNN and New
York Time. The most commonly used sentiment in twitter about YPG is fear. Tweets about
ISIS raise the fear rate. That’s why fear was the most common sentiment in this
anaysis.
Figure 5: Polarity result of Tweets
Figure 6: Sentiment result of Tweets
As seen above, there are positive views on YPG, which many countries recognize as terrorist organizations, in the media and social media.
