1. INTRODUCTION
In the democratic systems which mean the management of people, the media which are free of executive,
legislative and judicial powers were defined as the fourth power which inspects the government on
behalf of society in Liberal Theory attributes a critical role.
The critical theory regards media as an ideological tool of the government which was turned into a tool
to produce consent by the government. Today, the monopolization among the media owners and the
relationships between media and politics are the new objectives of the studies on media. Although it is
generally accepted that media don’t have a definite effect on groups, the power to determine the agenda
gives media the potential of behaving on behalf of government (Elmas-Kurban, 2011, 62).
Thus, media is an institution which informs the society, notify them, enables an individual participate
public on public matters and inspects the management on behalf of public.
Reasoning (freedom of press), state of law (human rights, independent judiciary) and political
participation (the participation of the citizens, free elections and political parties are three indispensable
parts for democracy. In this triple order, the free and independent media is the most significant necessity
for the function of democracy (Bajohr, 2006, 177).
There are two components of the idea that free journalism is a necessity for democracy. The first one is
media which functions as a supervisor over the government