İklim Krizine Karşı Türkiye'de Sağ Siyasal Söylemler: Yeniden Refah Partisi

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 1, 187 - 210, 04.07.2025

Selçuk Çetin

https://doi.org/10.17572/mj2025.1.187-210

Öz

İklim krizi, içinden geçmekte olduğumuz dönemin en çetrefilli politik sorunlarından birisini teşkil etmektedir. Ancak bu kriz hali dünyada yükselmekte olan merkez sağ partilerin dışındaki aşırı sağ ve popülist sağ siyasal aktörler tarafından reddedilmektedir. Etki güçleri artan, iktidara gelen ya da iktidar ortağı olan bu akımlar siyasal alanı da dönüştürmektedir. Bu çalışmada Türkiye’de aşırı sağ siyasetin bir parçası olarak konumlandırdığımız Yeniden Refah Partisi (YRP)’nin iklim krizi karşıtı söylemleri eleştirel söylem analizi ile incelenmiştir. Buna göre, bilimsel gerçekliğin reddedildiği, bilim dışı söylemlerin yoğun bir şekilde üretildiği bulgulanmıştır. Ayrıca YRP, ulusal bağımsızlık anlatısını savunmaktadır. Bu nedenle Batıdan dayatıldığını düşündüğü iklim anlaşmalarını reddetmektedir. İklim politikaları aynı zamanda küresel Siyonist Projelerin bir dayatması olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmada iklim krizi özelinde hak temelli bir siyasete yönelik birkaç tartışma önerileri de sunulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

iklim krizi, sağ popülizm, iklim siyaseti, eleştirel söylem analizi, yeniden refah partisi

Right-Wing Political Discourses in Türkiye Against The Climate Crisis: The New Welfare Party

Öz

The climate crisis is one of the most challenging political issues of our time. However, this crisis is rejected by far-right and populist right-wing political actors beyond the rising center-right parties around the world. These movements, which have increased their influence, come to power, or become partners in power, are transforming the political sphere. In this study, the anti-climate crisis discourses of the New Welfare Party (YRP), which we position as a part of the far-right politics in Türkiye, are analyzed through critical discourse analysis. Accordingly, it is found that scientific reality is rejected, and unscientific discourses are intensively produced. Moreover, YRP defends the narrative of national independence. For this reason, it rejects climate agreements that it thinks are imposed by the West. Climate policies are also evaluated as an imposition of global Zionist Projects. The research also offers some discussion proposals for right-based politics in the context of the climate crisis.

Anahtar Kelimeler

climate crisis, right-wing populism, climate politics, critical discourse analysis, newly welfare party

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