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- MakaleAçık Erişim2026The paradox of discourse, representation, and integration in Germany: discursive responses of four german federal parties and turkish politicians within the axis of Kanal Avrupa TV's Bakış Açısı Program (2005-2012)
Senol, Sengul
This study analyzes integration and education policies in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony between 2005 and 2012, within the framework of a multifaceted struggle for hegemony between state actors and politicians of Turkish origin. Using Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) methodology, the research examines the political discourses in Kanal Avrupa TV's Perspective program, analyzing the positioning of the immigrant subject through textual, discursive, and social practice dimensions. The analysis reveals the discursive differences among the actors representing German state rationality; in this context, a spectrum is observed ranging from the CDU's conservative paternalism to the SPD's economic rationality and the Greens' multicultural participation philosophy. On the other hand, this institutional structure creates a tense space between the German rationality, which confines the immigrant to 'individual integration performance,' and Turkey's protective discourse centered on mother tongue and diasporic identity. The harsh criticisms of Turkish politicians, particularly regarding issues such as obstacles to family reunification and Jugendamt (Youth Welfare Office) practices, demonstrate Turkey's positioning as a new and protective 'transnational actor' towards the diaspora. The study reveals that instead of being caught in this power struggle between Ankara and Berlin, third-generation immigrants are constructing their own independent discourses of 'participation' (Teilhabe) against institutional racism; therefore, what is happening is not an integration crisis, but a demand for equal citizenship.
- MakaleYalnız künye2026The Voice of European Turks: The Establishment, Broadcasting Practices, and Cultural Role of Germany-Licensed Kanal Avrupa Television
Senol, Sengul
Kanal Avrupa Television is a Germany-licensed Turkish-language media organization that has broadcast continuously since 2004. This study examines its role in supporting cultural memory, identity negotiation, Turkish-language continuity, social participation, and connections with T & uuml;rkiye among Turkish communities in Germany and other parts of Europe. Using a qualitative single-case study and document-analysis approach, the research evaluates the channel's institutional development, broadcasting mission, program content, audience orientation, and digital-platform activities. The findings suggest that Kanal Avrupa Television functions as a diaspora media institution and communicative public sphere in which the identity of the European Turk is articulated and negotiated. Its programs provide opportunities for cultural representation, inter-generational transmission of language and traditions, discussion of social and political concerns, and maintenance of transnational connections. The analysis also identifies economic sustainability, digital transformation, generational change, and editorial independence as important challenges affecting the channel's future. By examining these institutional and cultural dimensions, the study contributes to scholarship on diaspora media, migration, cultural identity, and collective memory.
