A comparative study of the breaking points in national political discourse through political speeches of The Prime Minister of Hungary and president of Turkey

The thesis analyzes the phenomena of nation and nationalism in the context of political discourse. This study also aims to evaluate the elements of nationalism that determining social structure within the scope of changing power relations in historical development. In the study, including different approaches about nationalism, nation and its elements in discursive practices that helps to detect the power structure of the modern world are discussed. These elements are analyzed in speeches of two right-wing politicians from different countries. The sample of research comprises of the last two speeches towards the latest general elections and victory speeches after elections of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Nationalist elements are determined through categorical content analysis and sentence units are counted according to phrases that polarize, that define "us/them", that threaten and communicate national supremacy. Additionally, semantic contexts of sentence units are found through semiological discourse analysis. Connotations of meanings are evaluated in accordance with Roland Barthes' definition of myth. The speeches of two political actors are reviewed as a result of the evaluation of the data with analysis methods in the context of nationalist political discourse.