UKIP’S EUROSCEPTIC POSIOTIONING AND ITS ROLE IN THE UK’S IN-OUT REFERANDUM

Year 2021, Issue: 30, 229 - 242, 25.01.2021

Seven Erdoğan

https://doi.org/10.18092/ulikidince.707467

Abstract

The United Kingdom continued to question some aspects of the European Union even after becoming a member state in 1973. The country’s uneasiness with the European Union increased significantly in the 1990s, when the European Union member states took significant steps to deepen the level of integration in response to the changing dynamics of the international politics. Never-ending unrest in the country eventually led to the withdrawal from the EU, commonly known as the Brexit, after a decision basing upon a referendum in 2016. This paper analyses the role of the United Kingdom Independence Party in the Brexit process till the end of the referendum of 23 June 2016. The study argues that concomitant operation of the current and historical dynamics produced the result of the Brexit.

Keywords

United Kingdom, European Union, United Kingdom Independence Party, In-Out Referendum, Brexit

UKİP’İN AVRUPA-ŞÜPHECİSİ TUTUMU VE BİRLEŞİK KRALLIĞIN AYRILIK REFERANDUMUNDAKİ ROLÜ

Abstract

Birleşik Krallık, 1973 yılında üye olmasının ardında da Avrupa Birliği projesinin bazı boyutlarını sorgulamaya devam etmiştir. Birleşik Krallığın Avrupa Birliği’ne ilişkin kaygıları, üye ülkelerin uluslararası siyasette değişen dinamiklere cevaben 1990’larda bütünleşmeyi daha derin hale getirme çabası içine girdiği önemli bir artış göstermiştir. Birleşik Krallığın AB’ye karşı bitmek bilmeyen rahatsızlığı en nihayetinde, ülkenin 2016 yılında düzenlediği referandumda alınan karara dayanan Birlikten ayrılması, yaygın olarak bilinen adıyla Brexit’i, ortaya çıkarmıştır. Bu çalışmada Birleşik Krallık Bağımsızlık Partisi’nin Brexit sürecindeki rolü 23 Haziran 2016 referandumunun sonlamasına kadar olan dönem itibariyle analiz edilmektedir. Çalışmada güncel ve tarihi dinamiklerin eş zamanlı işleyişinin Brexit sonucunu ortaya çıkardığı ileri sürülmektedir.

Keywords

Birleşik Krallık, Avrupa Birliği, Birleşik Krallık Bağımsızlık Partisi, Ayrılık Referandumu, Brexit

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