Academic Review of Humanities and Social Sciences

Yazarlar: Tevfk KARPUZCU

Konular:Siyasi Bilimler, Uluslararası İlişkiler

Anahtar Kelimeler:EnNicolas Sarkozy,Emmanuel Macron,France,Turkey-EU Relations

Özet: Turkey's possible membership to the European Union, is a controversial issue among member countries. Although there are different opinions among the member states, the different governments of the countries could have positive or negative approach to Turkey's membership. In this study, two French President's approach to Turkey's membership were comparatively investigated. Before this investigation, the adventure of Turkey's European Union membership briefly discussed and the overall political stance of France were analyzed. To analyse Nicolas Sarkozy’s and Emmanuel Macron’s discourses related to Turkey's EU membership, discourse analysis method was used. The political profiles of the two presidents were revealed in the study for a more effective analysis. With the help of the profile of politician and discourse analysis method, the politics of French state on Turkey's European Union membership has been determined. In order to achieve the purpose of the article, a comparative method has been adopted

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