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This study discusses the relationship between editorial independence and the ideology of professionalism. The main claim of this study is that the editorial independence which foresees personal intervention is problematic. The newsmaking process is determined structurally; for that reason, there is no place for independence, even if there is no direct intervention. The structural determinants, such as sensationalism, rating and advertising expectations, the routines of journalists, the ideology of professionalism don't allow the constitution of the autonomy field. The main objective of this study is to reveal how independence is prevented by the ideology of professionalism. The fact that there is no other study that focuses on the relationship between editorial independence and the ideology of professionalism makes this paper valuable. The field research of this This article is based on a doctoral thesis with the title “A Review on the Main TV Channels in Turkey” by the University of Ankara’s Institute of Social Sciences. and Arsh. see it. Capital University Communications Faculty, [email protected] study is based on the participant observations and interviews in Fox TV, TGRT News, Channel D, TV8 and STV News in Istanbul. This study reveals that in Turkish mainstream broadcasting, the journalists consider themselves to be objective experts. The ideology of professionalism causes the news journalism to be purified from the political context. The news sources are dependent on the managers' choices and the marginal news sources are excluded from the selection process.

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