The Campaign Arguments of Leave and Remain During the Brexit Process

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2024-4

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Yılmaz, Eylül

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After the announcement of the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, about the date of the referendum on remaining in or leaving the European Union in February 2016, it has become official that the Brexit campaigns were starting to be held. The result of the referendum (51.8% in favor of leave, 48.1% in favor of remain) showed that Euroscepticism made a leap since the similar 1975 referendum in which 67.2% voted to remain in the European Economic Community. The campaigns leading to Brexit referendum have been shaped according to public opinion. However, the campaigns were not just the reflection of people‘s ideas, but also, they were the routers of new perspectives towards Brexit. This thesis will analyze the Brexit campaigns that lasted until June 2016 referendum and present the arguments of leave and remain campaigns based on campaign sources, newspapers, news channels, and academic publications.

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Brexit, UK Politics, European Union, European Integration, Euroscepticism

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/109207

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis