A comparative analysis of political communication in the case of Turkey In the case of Turkey of this article, I will try to analyze the Turkish media system with the theoretical framework developed by Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini in the article Comparing media systems, three models of media and politics. I will try to investigate the fundamental characteristics of media systems in Turkey, furthermore I will bring the relationship between the state and the media through four dimensions, which are the developments of the mass press, political parallelism, journalistic professionalism and the role of the state, developed by the work by Hallin and Mancini (Hallin and Mancini, 2005: pp. 217-220). Hallin and Mancini's conceptual framework includes four-dimensional development structures of media markets, political parallelism or "the extent to which the media reflects major divisions of society", the development of journalistic professionalism, and the degree and nature of state intervention in the media system; also aspects of the role of the state; degree of pluralism, type of democracy and degree of rational-legal authority with the association with the political contexts of the media systems. Hallin and Mancini conceptualized the three models of media and politics referring to characteristic configurations within these dimensions. These are the Mediterranean or polarized pluralist model, the North-central or democratic corporatist model, the North Atlantic or liberal model. The main characteristics of the Mediterranean or polarized pluralist model are a high political parallelism , low circulation of newspapers, weaker professionalisation, strong state intervention; The North Central Europe or democratic corporate model consists of a new high...... middle of paper...... Media ownership structure in Türkiye. Ankara: Association of Progressive Journalists. Tunç, A. (2002) 'Pushing the limits of tolerance. Functions of political cartoonists in the democratization process: the case of Turkey", Gazette: The International Journal For Communication Studies 64(1): 47–62. Tunç, A. (2003) "Faustian Acts in Turkish Style: Structural Change in National newspapers as an obstacle to quality journalism in the period 1990-2003', in O. Spassov (ed.) Quality Press in Southeast Europe. Sofia, Bulgaria: SOEMZ/Sofia University. Zürcher, Eric J. (1993): Turkey, A Modern History, London and New York: IBTauris. Online access: General Directorate of Press and Information (Türkiye): http:// www.byegm.gov.tr/REFERENCES/TURKISHPRESS2004.htm.  General Directorate of Press and Information/Press Law (Türkiye)http://www.byegm.gov.tr/byegmhakkinda/basinkanunu-ing.htm