Discourse Analysis of the Justice March as a Tool for Public Opinion Formation
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The main purpose of this study is to analyze the Justice March, which was carried out with the aim of shaping public opinion, through critical discourse analysis. The texts evaluated within the scope of the research were obtained in written document form from the official website of the Republican People's Party. The aim of the research is to reveal which issues the action organized to shape public opinion, brought to people's attention and who its target audience was. In this context, it has been observed that the march brought to the forefront criticisms of the State of Emergency (SoE) measures of the period and the Presidential Government System introduced by the 2017 referendum. Furthermore, it was observed that the main target audience of the march was the “No” bloc formed during the referendum process. It was determined that the political criticism of the government of the period was the target of the march. It was identified that a discourse framework indicating political, legal, and broadly social inequalities was constructed around the theme of “justice.” It has been observed that the slogan "Rights, Law, Justice" is used to cover these three areas. The State of Emergency measures were described as a “coup,” a “civil coup,” and the government as a “dictatorship,” while the participants of the march were referred to as “victims” and those “thirsty for justice.” It was determined that criticizing the political consequences of the state of emergency practices constituted the main target of the march.
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Kamuoyu Oluşturma Aracı Olarak Adalet Yürüyüşü’nün Söylem Analizi
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Bu çalışmanın temel amacı kamuoyu oluşturma amacıyla gerçekleştirilen Adalet Yürüyüşü’nü eleştirel söylem analiziyle incelemektir. Araştırma kapsamında değerlendirilen metinler Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi’nin resmi web sitesinden yazılı dökümanlar halinde elde edilmiştir. Araştırmanın amacı kamuoyu oluşturmak üzere düzenlenen eylemin hangi konuları insanların gündemine taşıdığı ve hedef kitlesinin kimler olduğunu ortaya çıkarmaktır. Bu bağlamda görülmüştür ki gerçekleştirilen yürüyüş dönemin Olağanüstü Hal (OHAL) uygulamaları ve 2017 referandumu ile geçilen Cumhurbaşkanlığı Hükümet sistemi eleştirilerini gündeme taşımıştır. Öte yandan referandum sürecinde oluşan “Hayır” blokunun yürüyüşün ana hedef kitlesi olduğu görülmüştür.
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