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TÜRKİYE'S SOFT POWER IN THE BALKANS & KOSOVO CASE

Volume: 45 Number: 2 December 8, 2023
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TÜRKİYE'S SOFT POWER IN THE BALKANS & KOSOVO CASE

Abstract

States have important effects on each other, factors such as history, language, culture, belief, geography, and common history are the main components that provide this effect. During the Ottoman period, a large Turkish population lived in the Balkans, the Balkans was very important for the Ottomans geopolitically. The young Turkish Republic embarked on reforms within the country after the War of Independence, failed to maintain sufficient connections and soft power in the Balkans during the Second World War and the Cold War, but the situation changed after the Cold War. With the disappearance of the Soviet threat and Türkiye's desire to pursue a more active foreign policy, the Balkans once again became very important. The Balkans has a dense Turkish population, is Türkiye's open door to Europe, and is closely linked to Türkiye by common historical and cultural ties. In the study, Türkiye 's efforts to increase its soft power in the Balkans after the Cold War was examined. While examining the study, the example of Kosovo, one of the most fragile countries in the Balkans, will be detailed. In the study, it is aimed to evaluate the results of these efforts by considering the policies implemented by Türkiye to be effective in the Balkans after the end of the Cold War, the activities of TIKA and Yunus Emre Institute, and Türkiye's soft power in Kosovo / efforts to increase this power.The policies implemented by Türkiye have made significant contributions to the stability of Kosovo, especially the Balkans, and to the development of mutual education, culture and social ties. This situation has had important consequences for Kosovo's integration with the Western alliances, and it is an indication that Türkiye uses its soft power policies as an effective tool in the Balkans.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

International Politics

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Early Pub Date

December 8, 2023

Publication Date

December 8, 2023

Submission Date

August 7, 2023

Acceptance Date

November 2, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 45 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14780/muiibd.1337067

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA62EX44ET

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RIS / Bibtex
APA
Ketenci, A. (2023). TÜRKİYE’S SOFT POWER IN THE BALKANS & KOSOVO CASE. Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, 45(2), 263-277. https://doi.org/10.14780/muiibd.1337067
AMA
1.Ketenci A. TÜRKİYE’S SOFT POWER IN THE BALKANS & KOSOVO CASE. Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi. 2023;45(2):263-277. doi:10.14780/muiibd.1337067
Chicago
Ketenci, Ayşegül. 2023. “TÜRKİYE’S SOFT POWER IN THE BALKANS & KOSOVO CASE”. Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi 45 (2): 263-77. https://doi.org/10.14780/muiibd.1337067.
EndNote
Ketenci A (December 1, 2023) TÜRKİYE’S SOFT POWER IN THE BALKANS & KOSOVO CASE. Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi 45 2 263–277.
IEEE
[1]A. Ketenci, “TÜRKİYE’S SOFT POWER IN THE BALKANS & KOSOVO CASE”, Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 263–277, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.14780/muiibd.1337067.
ISNAD
Ketenci, Ayşegül. “TÜRKİYE’S SOFT POWER IN THE BALKANS & KOSOVO CASE”. Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi 45/2 (December 1, 2023): 263-277. https://doi.org/10.14780/muiibd.1337067.
JAMA
1.Ketenci A. TÜRKİYE’S SOFT POWER IN THE BALKANS & KOSOVO CASE. Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi. 2023;45:263–277.
MLA
Ketenci, Ayşegül. “TÜRKİYE’S SOFT POWER IN THE BALKANS & KOSOVO CASE”. Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 45, no. 2, Dec. 2023, pp. 263-77, doi:10.14780/muiibd.1337067.
Vancouver
1.Ayşegül Ketenci. TÜRKİYE’S SOFT POWER IN THE BALKANS & KOSOVO CASE. Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi. 2023 Dec. 1;45(2):263-77. doi:10.14780/muiibd.1337067

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