Hakikat-Ötesi Dönemde Avrupa Kimliği: Doğu Vakası

Year 2022, Issue: 6, 41 - 66, 31.12.2022

Seray Yıldız

Abstract

Avrupa kimliği ulusal kimliklerle birlikte var olmaktadır. Bu gerçek, özellikle Avrupa Birliği (AB) kurulduktan ve geliştikten sonra varolmuştur. Avrupa kimliği özellikle politikacıların duyguları kendi politikalarını meşrulaştırmak için kullandıkları hakikat-ötesi (post-truth) döneminde daha da kullanılışlı hale gelmiştir. Ancak popülist politikalar kimlikte bir değişime sebep olabilir. Bu çalışmada hakikat-ötesi konsepti incelenecek ve post-truth politikaları ile popülizm arasında bağlantı kurulacaktır. Sonrasında, Avrupa politik kimlik gelişimi ve AB’nin kabul edilmiş Avrupa değerleri incelenecektir. Doğu Avrupa ülkelerinin popülizme daha kuvvetli bir meyili olduğu gerekçesiyle Doğu Avrupa kimliğinde bir değişim olduğu üzerine bir sonuca varılacaktır.

Keywords

Avrupa Kimliği, Post-truth, Popülist Politikalar, Avrupa Değerleri, AB

EUROPEAN IDENTITY IN POST-TRUTH ERA: EASTERN CASE

Abstract

European identity exists within nationalist identities. This fact came into existence especially after European Union (EU) came together and evolved. European identity, especially in post-truth era where emotions are being used by politicians to justify their policies, identity politics is useful more than ever. But using populist policies might cause a shift in identity. In this paper concept of post-truth will be examined and a connection with post-truth politics and populism will be linked. After that, European political identity evaluation and acknowledged European values of EU will be examined. Conclusion on a shift occurring in Eastern European identity will be reached due to the evaluation in which Eastern European countries has stronger tendency towards populism.

Keywords

European Identity, Post-truth, Populist Policies, European Values, EU

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