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ABSTRACT
This study conducts a critical discourse analysis on Turkey’s European Union (EU) accession, focusing on the narratives of TÜSİAD and MÜSİAD. Employing the Discourse-Historical Approach within Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the research explores how economic, political, and social factors shape these groups’ stances on EU accession. The findings reveal TÜSİAD’s advocacy for economic integration and democratic reforms, in contrast with MÜSİAD’s emphasis on economic sovereignty and pragmatic EU engagement. These perspectives reflect the interplay of interests within Turkish society and broader EU policy trends, highlighting these groups’ roles in shaping Turkey’s EU accession discourse.
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Notes
1 Aydın-Düzgit, “De-Europeanisation.”
2 Yılmaz, “Euroscepticism.”
3 Keyman and Gümüşçü, Democracy, Identity, and Müftüler-Baç, “Turkey’s Accession.”
4 Tocci, Turkey and the European Union.
5 Beyers et al., “Researching.”
6 Schimmelfennig and Sedelmeier, “Theorizing.”
7 Foucault, Discipline, and Berger and Luckmann, The Social Construction.
8 Aydın-Düzgit, “De-Europeanisation.”
9 Beyers et al., “Researching Interest.”
10 Dür and Mateo, “Gaining Access Or?”
11 Yılmaz, “Euroscepticism in Turkey.”
12 Wodak, “What CDA is About.”
13 Reisigl and Wodak, The Discourse-Historical.
14 Krzyżanowski, The Discursive Construction.
15 Keyman and Gümüşçü, Democracy, Identity, and Müftüler-Baç, “Turkey’s Accession.”
16 Krzyżanowski and Oberhuber, (Un)doing Europe.
17 Vesa and Binderkrantz, “The Varying Mechanisms,” 1231–1232.
18 Dahl, Who Governs?
19 Bouwen, “Corporate Lobbying.”
20 Aydın-Düzgit and Kaliber, Is Turkey De-Europeanising?, 4.
21 Keyman and Aydın-Düzgit, “Transforming Turkey-EU.”
22 Wodak and Reisigl, “The Discourse-Historical.”
23 Ibid.
24 Ibid.
25 Fairclough, Discourse.
26 Wodak, “What CDA is About.”
27 Fairclough and Wodak, “Critical Discourse.”
28 van Dijk, “Principles of Critical”
29 Wodak and Reisigl, “The Discourse-Historical.”
30 Krzyżanowski, The Discursive Construction.
31 Patton, Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods.
32 Wodak and Krzyżanowski, Qualitative Discourse Analysis.
33 Wodak and Reisigl, “The Discourse-Historical.”
34 van Leeuwen, Discourse and Practice.
35 Charteris-Black, “Corpus Approaches.”
36 MÜSİAD, “Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Ekseninde.”
37 MÜSİAD, “Abdurrahman Kaan.”
38 Ibid.
39 Ministry of Trade, “Bolat.”
40 MÜSİAD, “Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Ekseninde.”
41 Bianet, “AB Türkiyeyi Oyalamasın.”
42 MÜSİAD, “Türki̇ye-AB İli̇şki̇leri̇ Ekseni̇nde.”
43 MÜSİAD, “IBF Talks 9”.
44 TÜSİAD, “TÜSİAD Views.”
45 TÜSİAD, “Si̇vi̇l Toplum Kuruluşları.”
46 Sabah, “TÜSİAD'ın AB çıkarması.”
47 Hürriyet, “Polisiye işleri bırakın.”
48 TÜSİAD, “TÜSİAD Views.”
49 TÜSİAD, “Ar-Ge İstişare Toplantısı.”
50 Ibid.
51 TÜSİAD, “Uluslararası Göç.”
52 Ibid.
53 TÜSİAD, “Avrupa Birliği Üyeliğine.”
54 MÜSİAD, “Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Ekseninde.”
55 MÜSİAD, “Abdurrahman Kaan.”
56 TÜSİAD, “TÜSİAD Views.”
57 TÜSİAD “Ar-Ge İstişare Toplantısı.”
58 MÜSİAD, “Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Ekseninde,” and MÜSİAD, “Abdurrahman Kaan.”
59 TÜSİAD, “TÜSİAD Views” and TÜSİAD, “Ar-Ge İstişare Toplantısı.”
60 MÜSİAD, “Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Ekseninde.”
61 TÜSİAD, “TÜSİAD Views.”
62 Wodak and Meyer, Methods.
63 Fairclough, Discourse.
64 Börzel and Risse, “Conceptualizing.”
65 Schimmelfennig and Sedelmeier, “Theorizing.”
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Orhan Günay
Orhan Günay is a researcher and academic at Istanbul University. His research journey began with a focus on the European Union’s enlargement process. During his master’s studies, he conducted an in-depth research on Malta’s accession to the EU, critically analyzing it within the broader context of EU enlargement. This early work laid a strong foundation for his subsequent doctoral thesis, which delved into Turkey’s EU accession and the pivotal role of interest groups in this complex process. Günay’s current work is still centered on the dynamics and implications of EU enlargement.