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The actorness of the European Union (EU) has been an ongoing debate in the literature since the f... more The actorness of the European Union (EU) has been an ongoing debate in the literature since the first years of the EU’s foundation. Putting the debate of the EU’s being a civilian or military power aside, this study tries to answer the question of whether the EU is a ‘normative power’ as claimed or this discourse is just a matter of meta-narrative. Through the example of the farewell speech delivered by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the Commission from 2014 to 2019, during a debate in the European Parliament (EP), the study aims at understanding and exposing the sings of the fall of normative power Europe discourse. The speech is analysed on the basis of the relevant literature on critical discourse analysis (CDA) and normative power Europe. As defined in the literature, discourse is a practice that is more than representing or signifying the world; it is also used to construct the world in meaning, as seen in the example of normative power Europe discourse. In this context, dis...

Migration Letters, 2019

Discourses are mostly used by the elites as a means of controlling public discourse and hence, th... more Discourses are mostly used by the elites as a means of controlling public discourse and hence, the public mind. In this way, they try to legitimate their ideology, values and norms in the society, which may result in social power abuse, dominance or inequality. The role of a critical discourse analyst is to understand and expose such abuses and inequalities. To this end, this paper is aimed at understanding and exposing the discursive construction of an anti-immigration Europe by the elites in the European Parliament (EP), through the example of Kristina Winberg, a member of the Sweden Democrats political party in Sweden and the political group of Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy in the EP. In the theoretical and methodological framework, the premises and strategies of van Dijk’s socio-cognitive approach of critical discourse analysis make it possible to achieve the aim of the paper.

Migration Letters

Immigrant Integration in Europe: Subjective Well-Being Perspective. Paparusso, Angela, Cham: Spri... more Immigrant Integration in Europe: Subjective Well-Being Perspective. Paparusso, Angela, Cham: Springer, (2021, ISBN: 978-3-030-78504-8). Reviewed by Kamber Güler

Marmara Journal of European Studies, 2019

This study is aimed at understanding and exposing how the European elites, i.e. the members of th... more This study is aimed at understanding and exposing how the European elites, i.e. the members of the right-wing political groups in the EP, use discourses as a means of controlling public discourse, and hence, the public mind. Discourses are used to legitimate the ideology, values and norms of the relevant political groups in the society, which may result in social power abuse, dominance or inequality. The study mainly argues that these political groups discursively construct an anti-immigration Europe during the EP debates within three main discourse topics: immigration as a security threat, as an economic threat and as a cultural threat. Along with some references to Norman Fairclough and Ruth Wodak as well as the Copenhagen School in terms of the securitisation of migration, this study mostly draws on the premises and strategies of Teun A. van Dijk's socio-cognitive approach of critical discourse analysis to base its arguments. It is seen that the members of the right-wing political groups tend to glorify the Self, i.e. Europe and sometimes their own country, with various positive attributions to them whereas they mostly refer to the Other, i.e. asylum seekers, refugees or migrants, through negative implications, presuppositions, denomination or predication, which is a common attitude of anti-immigration politicians and paves the way for the construction of an anti-immigration Europe. Last but not least, if there is a "refugee crisis", then, dialectically, the opposite is also possible: "refugee awareness". This study also aspires to contribute to the formation of "refugee awareness".

Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2019

The actorness of the European Union (EU) has been an ongoing debate in the literature since the f... more The actorness of the European Union (EU) has been an ongoing debate in the literature since the first years of the EU's foundation. Putting the debate of the EU's being a civilian or military power aside, this study tries to answer the question of whether the EU is a 'normative power' as claimed or this discourse is just a matter of meta-narrative. Through the example of the farewell speech delivered by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the Commission from 2014 to 2019, during a debate in the European Parliament (EP), the study aims at understanding and exposing the sings of the fall of normative power Europe discourse. The speech is analysed on the basis of the relevant literature on critical discourse analysis (CDA) and normative power Europe. As defined in the literature, discourse is a practice that is more than representing or signifying the world; it is also used to construct the world in meaning, as seen in the example of normative power Europe discourse. In this context, discourse is a sort of power that can result in dominance or inequality, which CDA makes visible or more visible for the people. To base the arguments of the study, CDA is used along with the prominent views on normative power Europe discourse.

Migration Letters, 2019

Book Chapters by Kamber Güler

Emerald Publishing Limited eBooks, Apr 20, 2023

Avrupa Birliği’nde Demokrasi, 2020

Rethinking European Union in a Changing World: Politics, Economics and Issues, 2020

Dissertations by Kamber Güler

This study aims to examine the attitude which Turkey should adopt in terms of the EU compatibilit... more This study aims to examine the attitude which Turkey should adopt in terms of the EU compatibility in the WTO agriculture negotiations. In this context, it is tried to clarify Turkey's position in the WTO by considering ongoing open-ended membership negotiations and a possible EU membership. The focal point of the study is that, in agriculture negotiations in question, Turkey should act in line with her own interests in the former, and the EU should be followed step by step with a correct observation in the latter. The conclusion is that Turkey should follow necessary agricultural policies without ignoring these two points, and also by considering her own economic and social realities such as the shoestring budget, fundamental structural problems, high proportion of the total employment in agriculture sector, overpopulation in rural areas, lack of competitive capacity of the sector and low productivity of the agricultural activities. All these should be assessed in the framework of two interrelated three-level games in which the EU and Turkey take place. iii

This study aims to examine the attitude which Turkey should adopt in terms of the EU compatibilit... more This study aims to examine the attitude which Turkey should adopt in terms of the EU compatibility in the WTO agriculture negotiations. In this context, it is tried to clarify Turkey‘s position in the WTO by considering ongoing open-ended membership negotiations and a possible EU membership. The focal point of the study is that, in agriculture negotiations in question, Turkey should act in line with her own interests in the former, and the EU should be followed step by step with a correct observation in the latter. The conclusion is that Turkey should follow necessary agricultural policies without ignoring these two points, and also by considering her own economic and social realities such as the shoestring budget, fundamental structural problems, high proportion of the total employment in agriculture sector, overpopulation in rural areas, lack of competitive capacity of the sector and low productivity of the agricultural activities. All these should be assessed in the framework of two interrelated three-level games in which the EU and Turkey take place.

This study is aimed at understanding and exposing how the European elites, i.e. the members of th... more This study is aimed at understanding and exposing how the European elites, i.e. the members of the right-wing political groups in the European Parliament (EP), use discourses as a means of controlling public discourse, and hence, the public mind. Discourses are used to legitimate the ideology, values and norms of the relevant political groups in the society, which may result in social power abuse, dominance or inequality. The study mainly argues that these political groups discursively construct an anti-immigration Europe during the EP debates within three main discourse topics: immigration as a security threat, as an economic threat and as a cultural threat. Along with some references to Norman Fairclough and Ruth Wodak as well as the Copenhagen School in terms of the securitisation of migration, this study mostly draws on the premises and strategies of Teun A. van Dijk’s socio-cognitive approach of critical discourse analysis to base its arguments. It is seen that the members of the right- wing political groups tend to glorify the Self, i.e. Europe and sometimes their own country, with various positive attributions to them whereas they mostly refer to the Other, i.e. asylum seekers, refugees or migrants, through negative implications, presuppositions, denomination or predication, which is a common attitude of anti- immigration politicians and paves the way for the construction of an anti-immigration Europe. Last but not least, if there is a ‘refugee crisis’, then, dialectically, the opposite is also possible: ‘refugee awareness’. This study also aspires to contribute to the formation of ‘refugee awareness’.

Migration Letters, 2019

Migration Letters

Marmara Journal of European Studies, 2019

Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2019

The actorness of the European Union (EU) has been an ongoing debate in the literature since the f... more The actorness of the European Union (EU) has been an ongoing debate in the literature since the first years of the EU's foundation. Putting the debate of the EU's being a civilian or military power aside, this study tries to answer the question of whether the EU is a 'normative power' as claimed or this discourse is just a matter of meta-narrative. Through the example of the farewell speech delivered by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the Commission from 2014 to 2019, during a debate in the European Parliament (EP), the study aims at understanding and exposing the sings of the fall of normative power Europe discourse. The speech is analysed on the basis of the relevant literature on critical discourse analysis (CDA) and normative power Europe. As defined in the literature, discourse is a practice that is more than representing or signifying the world; it is also used to construct the world in meaning, as seen in the example of normative power Europe discourse. In this context, discourse is a sort of power that can result in dominance or inequality, which CDA makes visible or more visible for the people. To base the arguments of the study, CDA is used along with the prominent views on normative power Europe discourse.

Migration Letters, 2019

Emerald Publishing Limited eBooks, Apr 20, 2023

Avrupa Birliği’nde Demokrasi, 2020

Rethinking European Union in a Changing World: Politics, Economics and Issues, 2020

This study aims to examine the attitude which Turkey should adopt in terms of the EU compatibilit... more This study aims to examine the attitude which Turkey should adopt in terms of the EU compatibility in the WTO agriculture negotiations. In this context, it is tried to clarify Turkey‘s position in the WTO by considering ongoing open-ended membership negotiations and a possible EU membership. The focal point of the study is that, in agriculture negotiations in question, Turkey should act in line with her own interests in the former, and the EU should be followed step by step with a correct observation in the latter. The conclusion is that Turkey should follow necessary agricultural policies without ignoring these two points, and also by considering her own economic and social realities such as the shoestring budget, fundamental structural problems, high proportion of the total employment in agriculture sector, overpopulation in rural areas, lack of competitive capacity of the sector and low productivity of the agricultural activities. All these should be assessed in the framework of two interrelated three-level games in which the EU and Turkey take place.

This study is aimed at understanding and exposing how the European elites, i.e. the members of th... more This study is aimed at understanding and exposing how the European elites, i.e. the members of the right-wing political groups in the European Parliament (EP), use discourses as a means of controlling public discourse, and hence, the public mind. Discourses are used to legitimate the ideology, values and norms of the relevant political groups in the society, which may result in social power abuse, dominance or inequality. The study mainly argues that these political groups discursively construct an anti-immigration Europe during the EP debates within three main discourse topics: immigration as a security threat, as an economic threat and as a cultural threat. Along with some references to Norman Fairclough and Ruth Wodak as well as the Copenhagen School in terms of the securitisation of migration, this study mostly draws on the premises and strategies of Teun A. van Dijk’s socio-cognitive approach of critical discourse analysis to base its arguments. It is seen that the members of the right- wing political groups tend to glorify the Self, i.e. Europe and sometimes their own country, with various positive attributions to them whereas they mostly refer to the Other, i.e. asylum seekers, refugees or migrants, through negative implications, presuppositions, denomination or predication, which is a common attitude of anti- immigration politicians and paves the way for the construction of an anti-immigration Europe. Last but not least, if there is a ‘refugee crisis’, then, dialectically, the opposite is also possible: ‘refugee awareness’. This study also aspires to contribute to the formation of ‘refugee awareness’.