AVUSTURYA POPÜLİST SAĞI VE TÜRKİYE: FPÖ ÜZERİNE SÖYLEM ANALİZİ

Year 2023, Volume: 10 Issue: 21, 582 - 603, 28.04.2023

Asiye Gün Güneş Gülal , Senem Atvur , Ceren Uysal Oğuz

https://doi.org/10.58884/akademik-hassasiyetler.1261612

Abstract

Son yıllarda Avrupa’daki en önemli siyasi gelişmelerden biri popülist radikal sağ partilerin yükselişidir. 1956 yılında kurulan Avusturya Özgürlük Partisi (FPÖ), göçmen karşıtı ve yabancı düşmanı söylemleri kullanması ve yarım asrı aşkın bir süredir Avusturya siyasetini etkilemesi açısından dikkate değer bir örnek olarak değerlendirilmektedir. Bu makalede FPÖ’nün Türkiye karşıtı pozisyonu söylem analizi kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Avusturya’da 1960’lardan itibaren büyüyen Türk toplumu, kültürel farklılıklar ve Türkiye’nin AB üyelik tartışmaları FPÖ’nün kamuoyunu etkilemek için kullandığı ana başlıklardır. Dolayısıyla bu çalışmada FPÖ’nün milliyetçi, göçmen karşıtı, İslam karşıtı söylemini Türkiye ve Türkler ile nasıl ve neden ilişkilendirdiğini ortaya koymak amaçlanmaktadır. FPÖ’nün Türkiye karşıtı söylemi, radikal popülist bir sağcı partinin siyasi çıkarları için başka bir ülkeyi, kendi nüfusunun bir bölümünü ve kültürel kimliğini hedef almasının dikkate değer bir örneğidir.

Keywords

Avusturya, Popülist Radikal Sağ Partiler, Türkiye, FPÖ, Popülist Söylem

AUSTRIAN POPULIST RIGHT AND TÜRKİYE: A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS FOR FPÖ

Abstract

The rise of populist radical right parties in the last decades is one of the most significant political developments in Europe. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) which was founded in 1956 is considered as a remarkable example in terms of using anti-immigrant and xenophobic discourses and affecting Austrian politics for more than half a century. In this article the FPÖ’s anti-Türkiye rhetoric is investigated by using discourse analysis. The Turkish community in Austria growing since the 1960s, the cultural differences and Türkiye’s EU membership discussions are the main topics used by the FPÖ to influence the public opinion. Therefore, it is aimed to reveal how and why FPÖ relates its nationalist, anti-immigrant, anti-Islam rhetoric to Türkiye and Turks. The FPÖ’s anti-Türkiye discourse is a noteworthy example of how a radical populist right-wing party targets another country, part of its own population and its cultural identity for its political pursuits.

Keywords

Austria, Populist Radical Right Parties, Türkiye, FPÖ, Populist Discourse

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