Abstract
Since the beginning of 2000s, the atmosphere in the Middle East has led to the emergence of radical terrorist organizations. One of these terrorist organizations is Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (DEASH). The organization, which has become one of the most important problems of the world with its black flags, brutal practices in the regions it has captured, and bombing actions, gained attention with its effective usage of the media. Just as other terrorist organizations, media is one of the basic tools to gain public attention for DEASH. For this purpose, the organization designed its actions in a way that will attract the attention of media to gain visibility in the mainstream media. In addition, there are media organs that the organization manages and uses to motivate the members of the organization. Another important characteristic of the organization is that it has created itself on a religious ground. DEASH emerged with a religious discourse and defined itself so-called “Islamic State”. Hence, it is important to reveal what is the meaning of religion for DEASH. This study aims to analyse DEASH's religious messages through the organization's Turkish publication, Konstantiniyye Magazine. DAESH has made extensive use of the opportunities technology offers to the media, and has also published many digital magazines in this regard. Konstantiniyye is a digital magazine published by DEASH between May 2015 and August 2016 in seven volumes. It wasn’t published after DEASH lost Dabiq. Because Dabıq region had a central position in DEASH’s religious discourse. In the study, the analysis of the religious messages in the magazine is based on the content and discourse analysis methods.
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