Methodological Appendix for FEUTURE Online Paper No. 28 "Narratives of a Contested Relationship: Unravelling the Debates in the EU and Turkey"

This is the methodological appendix for the narrative analysis conducted by the researchers from the University of Cologne (UzK) and Middle East Technical University (METU) within the scope of the ongoing research project, which is entitled “The Future of EU-Turkey Relations: Mapping Dynamics and Testing Scenarios” (FEUTURE) and funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme. The appendix is designed to provide comprehensive information on the operationalization of the qualitative research that was carried out for the FEUTURE Online Paper No. 28 “Narratives of a Contested Relationship: Unravelling the Debates in the EU and Turkey” published in February 2019. The following sections present details on the selected actors, data sampling and collection, codebook and variables, and overall time span of the research.本附录为科隆大学（University of Cologne，UzK）与中东理工大学（Middle East Technical University，METU）研究者，在欧盟地平线2020研究与创新计划资助的在研项目《欧盟-土耳其关系的未来：动态映射与场景测试》（FEUTURE）框架下开展的叙事分析研究的方法学附录。本附录旨在全面阐述为2019年2月发布的FEUTURE在线论文第28号《争议关系的叙事：解析欧盟与土耳其间的论辩》所开展的质性研究的操作化方案。 下文各章节将详述本研究选定的行动主体、数据采样与采集流程、编码手册与变量设置，以及整体研究时间跨度。