Ümit Özdağ'ın X Paylaşımlarının Popülist Radikal Sağın Genel Söylemi Çerçevesinde Eleştirel Analizi

Abstract

Bu çalışma Zafer Partisi (ZP) Genel Başkanı Ümit Özdağ’ın X platformundaki kişisel hesabından yapmış olduğu paylaşımları popülist radikal sağ ideolojinin üzerine söylem ürettiği bazı kavramları referans alarak incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu bağlamda, Özdağ’ın X paylaşımlarının popülist radikal sağın genel söylemi çerçevesinde incelenmesi, popülist radikal sağ söylemin yerelde yeniden nasıl üretildiğinin anlaşılması açısından önemlidir. Belirlediğimiz kavramlar etrafında oluşturulan söylemlerin ideolojik anlamını tartışabilmek için bu çalışmada eleştirel söylem analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Özellikle Avrupa’da yükselişe geçen popülist radikal sağ hareketlerin ortaya koyduğu söylemler referans alınarak göçmenler/mülteciler, İslam ve ulus kavramları belirlenmiş ve Özdağ’ın X paylaşımları bu kavramlar üzerinden çözümlenmiştir. Özdağ’ın söylemleri, göçmenler ve mülteciler konusunda popülist radikal sağ ideolojiyle büyük ölçüde örtüşmektedir; ancak İslam ve ulus konusunda popülist radikal sağın genel söyleminden belirli noktalarda ayrışmaktadır. Özdağ göçmen ve mülteci karşıtı söylemini tıpkı batılı muadilleri gibi özellikle kültürel, güvenlik ve ekonomik kaygılar üzerinden inşa etmektedir. İslam konusunda Özdağ, Batılı sağ popülistlerden farklı olarak İslam dinini kategorik olarak reddetmek yerine Müslümanların kültürel pratiklerini eleştirmektedir. Bu bağlamda Özdağ’ın İslam üzerine ürettiği söylemlerde “özcü (essentialist)” bir yaklaşım sergilediğini söylemek mümkündür. Son dönemde popülist radikal sağ genel olarak soy üzerinden söylem üretmek yerine “civic milliyetçilik” üzerinden söylem üretmeye dikkat ederken, Özdağ’ın bazı X paylaşımları soya dayalı milliyetçilik anlayışını çağrıştırmaktadır.

Keywords

• Eleştirel Söylem Analizi
• Göçmenler/Mülteciler
• İslam
• Popülist Radikal Sağ
• Ümit Özdağ

A Critical Analysis of Ümit Özdağ's X Posts within the Framework of the General Discourse of the Populist Radical Right

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyse the posts made by Victory Party (Zafer Partisi / ZP) leader Ümit Özdağ from his personal account on the X platform with reference to some of the concepts that populist radical right ideology produces discourse around. In this context, the analysis of Özdağ's X posts within the framework of the general discourse of the populist radical right is important for understanding how the populist radical right discourse is reproduced locally. In this study, the method of critical discourse analysis was applied to discuss the ideological meaning of the discourses formed around the concepts. In particular, the concepts of immigrants/refugees, Islam and nation have been selected with reference to the discourses put forward by the populist radical right-wing movements on the rise in Europe, and Özdağ's X posts have been analysed through these concepts. The analysis has been conducted on the concepts of immigrants/refugees, Islam and nation. Özdağ's discourses largely overlap with the populist radical right ideology on migrants and refugees. However, Özdağ's discourse differs from the general discourse of the populist radical right on Islam and the nation at certain points. On the issue of Islam, Özdağ, unlike Western right-wing populists, criticises the cultural practices of Muslims rather than categorically rejecting Islam. By highlighting Turkish nationalism, Özdağ reproduces anti-immigrant discourses within this framework. While the populist radical right has recently produced discourse through civic nationalism rather than discourse based on ethnicity, some of Özdağ's X posts evoke ethnic nationalism.

Keywords

• Critical Discourse Analysis
• Immigrants/Refugees
• Islam
• Populist Radical Right
• Ümit Özdağ

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