POWER, IDEOLOGY, AND DISCOURSE: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN'S SPEECH AT 74TH SESSION OF UNO

Abstract

The researcher has employed the framework of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in this research, to examine the speech of the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the General Assembly session of UNO. This study aims at to investigate the use of language by the President of Turkey to to gain a deeper comprehension of the influence of language on our perception of important political issues and cultural artifacts. The discourse strategies, ideological structures, and power relations were analyzed in Erdogan's address. Scholar used this study to analyze the discursive construction of terrorism by Erdogan, his ideological underpinnings, and the power dynamics he employs. The present investigation scrutinizes Erdogan's discourse in the process of dissecting terrorism, his ideological underpinnings, and the power dynamics inherent in his speech. The results of the study provide insight into Erdogan's rhetoric on terrorism, its association with authority and belief systems, and its extensive societal and political implications.