BROWN, KATY (2020) When Eurosceptics become Europhiles: far-right opposition to Turkish involvement in the European Union. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 27 (6). pp. 633-654. ISSN 1547-3384

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Turkey’s involvement in the European Union has long provoked controversy among Europe’s elites. Recently, in the context of the so-called ‘migrant crisis’, coupled with the mainstreaming of Islamophobia and rising Euroscepticism, the issue of Turkey has acquired renewed significance. While many scholars have linked hostility towards Turkey with the desired construction of a supra-national European identity, few have noted the role it plays in the discourse of parties that explicitly reject the EU. Adopting a mixed-methods approach to Critical Discourse Studies, this paper investigates the contemporary construction of Turkey as a dangerous ‘other’ by far-right parties in the United Kingdom (UKIP) and France (FN/RN). Drawing on theories of Orientalism, Islamophobia and civilisationism, it exposes the apparent contradiction in the strongly Eurosceptic positions adopted by these parties, while simultaneously rejecting Turkish involvement based on its supposed ‘non-Europeanness’. They thus become defenders of Europe while simultaneously undermining the supra-national EU project.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Katy Brown (2020) When Eurosceptics become Europhiles: far-right opposition to Turkish involvement in the European Union, Identities, 27:6, 633-654, DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.2019.1617530
Keywords:	Islamophobia; Orientalism; Turkey; far right; Europe;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Arts & Humanities > School of English, Media & Theatre Studies > Media Studies
Item ID:	17986
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2019.1617530
Depositing User:	Dr Katy Brown
Date Deposited:	21 Dec 2023 15:42
Journal or Publication Title:	Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis on line
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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