Research Article

AN EXAMPLE OF SOFT POWER IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWS ABOUT ALPER GEZERAVCI IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

Volume: 6 Number: 2 December 30, 2025
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AN EXAMPLE OF SOFT POWER IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWS ABOUT ALPER GEZERAVCI IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

Abstract

The study examines the contribution of the process of sending Türkiye’s first astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, into space to the country’s soft power strategies within the context of public diplomacy. The aim of the research is to analyse how this space mission has enhanced Türkiye’s international visibility, to what extent it has served its foreign policy objectives, and whether it has contributed to the country’s international image. The study is structured within the framework of the concepts of digital public diplomacy and soft power. As the research method, Van Dijk’s Critical Discourse Analysis model has been adopted. In this context, fourteen news articles about Alper Gezeravcı published in international digital media between January 17 and February 12, 2024, were examined. The analysis is based on both macrostructure (thematic-schematic organization) and microstructure (discourse language, rhetoric, and word choice) levels. The study reveals how these news texts contribute to Türkiye’s soft power construction and through which linguistic strategies international perceptions are shaped. The findings indicate that Türkiye, through Alper Gezeravcı’s space mission, has made its capacity in the fields of science, technology, and international cooperation more visible, thereby positively influencing its international image. Moreover, it is emphasized that, alongside traditional tools of public diplomacy, digital media and space achievements have also been transformed into strategic communication instruments.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Communications and Media Policy

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2025

Submission Date

October 6, 2025

Acceptance Date

December 2, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 6 Number: 2

APA
Acabey, Y., & Aydemir, A. (2025). AN EXAMPLE OF SOFT POWER IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWS ABOUT ALPER GEZERAVCI IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA. Journal of Management Theory and Practices Research, 6(2), 359-382. https://doi.org/10.71284/jmtpr.2025612
AMA
1.Acabey Y, Aydemir A. AN EXAMPLE OF SOFT POWER IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWS ABOUT ALPER GEZERAVCI IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA. Journal of Management Theory and Practices Research. 2025;6(2):359-382. doi:10.71284/jmtpr.2025612
Chicago
Acabey, Yağmur, and Aslı Aydemir. 2025. “AN EXAMPLE OF SOFT POWER IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWS ABOUT ALPER GEZERAVCI IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA”. Journal of Management Theory and Practices Research 6 (2): 359-82. https://doi.org/10.71284/jmtpr.2025612.
EndNote
Acabey Y, Aydemir A (December 1, 2025) AN EXAMPLE OF SOFT POWER IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWS ABOUT ALPER GEZERAVCI IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA. Journal of Management Theory and Practices Research 6 2 359–382.
IEEE
[1]Y. Acabey and A. Aydemir, “AN EXAMPLE OF SOFT POWER IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWS ABOUT ALPER GEZERAVCI IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA”, Journal of Management Theory and Practices Research, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 359–382, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.71284/jmtpr.2025612.
ISNAD
Acabey, Yağmur - Aydemir, Aslı. “AN EXAMPLE OF SOFT POWER IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWS ABOUT ALPER GEZERAVCI IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA”. Journal of Management Theory and Practices Research 6/2 (December 1, 2025): 359-382. https://doi.org/10.71284/jmtpr.2025612.
JAMA
1.Acabey Y, Aydemir A. AN EXAMPLE OF SOFT POWER IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWS ABOUT ALPER GEZERAVCI IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA. Journal of Management Theory and Practices Research. 2025;6:359–382.
MLA
Acabey, Yağmur, and Aslı Aydemir. “AN EXAMPLE OF SOFT POWER IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWS ABOUT ALPER GEZERAVCI IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA”. Journal of Management Theory and Practices Research, vol. 6, no. 2, Dec. 2025, pp. 359-82, doi:10.71284/jmtpr.2025612.
Vancouver
1.Yağmur Acabey, Aslı Aydemir. AN EXAMPLE OF SOFT POWER IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWS ABOUT ALPER GEZERAVCI IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA. Journal of Management Theory and Practices Research. 2025 Dec. 1;6(2):359-82. doi:10.71284/jmtpr.2025612