The impact of group positioning on unfavorable perceptions of Greeks in Turkish politics between 1946 and 1960

Figures & data

Table 1. Codebook.

Perception	Negative: Description of Greek identity, existence, or actions in unfavorable terms, which include defending an unfavorable treatment or perception of Greeks
	Nonnegative: Description of Greek identity, existence, or actions using value-free or favorable terms, which include criticizing an unfavorable treatment or perception of Greeks
Debate topic	Threat-related: The Turkish War of Independence, the Cyprus dispute, and the fishermen dispute
	Others: Any discussion that does not mention any direct threats to valued resources of Turkey
Controlling variables	Political party membership of the speaker: CHP, DP, Independent
	The political position of the speaker: Government, opposition
	Type of Greek description: Ancient Greek, Greek (Rum), Greek (Yunan)
	The parliamentary term of the talk: 8, 9, 10, or 11

Table 2. Descriptions of Greeks in Turkish parliamentary speeches (1946–1960).

		Nonnegative description	Negative description	Total
Debate	Turkish War of Independence	2	25	27
	Cyprus dispute	38	34	72
	Fishermen dispute	1	12	13
	Other discussions	491	49	540
Total		532	120	652

Table 3. Logistic regression models of the descriptions of Greeks in parliamentary discussions.

Variable	Model 1
Debate topics	B (SE)	Odds ratio
Turkish War of Independence	4.787*** (.771)	119.884
Cyprus dispute	2.022*** (.328)	7.554
Fishermen dispute	4.627*** (1.06)	102.193
Constant	−5.522*** (1.74)	.004
Model χ2 (df)	181.513*** (11)
Pseudo R^2 (Nagelkerke)	.395
N	652

Note: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. Reference categories for debate topics: talking about other topics. Model 1 controls for political party membership, political party position, parliamentary period, and type of Greek description.