TÜRK TILSIMI VE KAMU DİPLOMASİSİ: ORTA DOĞU ÜLKELERİNDE TÜRKİYE'NİN YUMUŞAK GÜCÜNE İLİŞKİN BİR LİTERATÜR İNCELEMESİ VE ELEŞTİREL DEĞERLENDİRME

Abstract

Tarih, siyasi değerler, ekonomi, dış politika, kültür ve coğrafya, Türkiye'nin yumuşak gücünün “tarihinden, kültüründen ve coğrafyasından” gelen bu tür bir kapasiteye sahip olduğu dünyada tutarlı yumuşak güç politikası ve stratejisini uygulamak için çok önemli bir araçtır. Türkiye’nin yeni iç ve dış politikası, mevcut Türk hükümet politikasının, dış politika yapımında ülkenin çekiciliğini çok etkili ve stratejik olarak kullanıldığını göstermektedir. Balkanlar, Kafkaslar, Orta Doğu, Afrika, Güney/Güneydoğu Asya ve Güney Amerika bölgeleri, Türkiye’nin yumuşak gücünün etkileri dışında kalmamaktadır. Türkiye yeni kamu diplomasisinin kapsayıcılığı, angajmanı ve katılımı etkin bir şekilde toplumu kapsamakta ve genişlemektedir. Son on yılın Türk politikası, eski müttefikleriyle ilişki kuruyor ve sayısız yumuşak güç politikası ve stratejisi kullanarak ilişkilerini sürdürüyor, bu da Türkiye'nin bölgesel ve küresel bağlamda yeni ortaya çıkan bir aktör olduğunu gösteriyor. Bu makalenin ana argümanı, Türkiye'nin Ortadoğu Bölgesiyle olan ortak tarihi, coğrafi, dini, kültürel, ekonomik ve siyasi bağlarını belirleyerek, Türkiye’nin Ortadoğu ülkelerine yönelik yumuşak güç politikasını göstermektir. Buna göre, bu makale, bir ölçüde demokratik ve ekonomik bir model gibi ekonomik, siyasi ve kültürel etkileri özellikle mevcut hükümetin yumuşak güç politikaları çerçevesinde araştırmak üzere literatürdeki vaka değerlendirmelerini ve incelemeleri alarak Türk Yumuşak Güç Politikasını daha ileri düzeyde AKP modelinde tarihi bağlar, Türkiye'nin insani yardımları, TİKA'nın kalkınma çalışmaları, Yunus Emre Enstitüsü faaliyetleri, YTB bursu, Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı (Diyanet Vakfı) insani ve dini rolleri gibi yumuşak güç politikaları, uygulamaları ve stratejileri ve ayrıca Türk Drama Dizisinin Ortadoğu toplumlarına etkisini analiz etmekte ve tartışmaktadır.

Keywords

• Turkish Soft Power Policy
• Middle Eastern Countries
• Turkish Soft Power ‎Institutions
• Turkish Foreign Policy
• Public Diplomacy

TURKISH CHARM AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: A LITERATURE REVIEW AND CRITICAL ASSESSMENT ON TURKISH SOFT POWER IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES

Abstract

The history, political values, economy, foreign policy, culture and geography is a very important tool to exercise the consistent soft power policy and strategy in the world where Turkey’s soft power has that kind of capacity that comes from its “history, culture and geography”. The new Turkish domestic and foreign policy shows that the policy of the current Turkish government is very effective and strategic to apply their charm in foreign policymaking. The area of Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, Africa, South/Southeast Asia and South America are not out of Turkish soft power policy involvement, engagement and participation even the new Turkish public diplomacy is covering and expanding its soft power impacts on this society very excellently and efficiently. The last decade's Turkish policy engages with their old allies and continues their relations using countless soft power policies and strategies which shows that Turkey as a new emerging actor from the regional and global context. The main argument of this paper is to show Turkey’s soft power policy towards Middle Eastern countries by identifying the Turkish common historical, geographical, religious, cultural, economic and political ties with this region. Accordingly, this paper further analyzes and argues the Turkish Soft Power Policy by taking case assessments and reviews in the literature to explore the economic, political influence like a democratic and economic model to some extent and cultural impacts particularly in lieu of the current government soft power policies, practices and strategies of AKP model, historical ties, Turkey’s humanitarian assistance, TIKA’s development works, the activities of Yunus Emre Institute, YTB scholarship, Turkish Religious Foundation (Diyanet Vakfi) humanitarian and religious roles and also the Turkish Drama Series impacts on the Middle Eastern societies.

Keywords

• Turkish Soft Power Policy
• Middle Eastern Countries
• Turkish Soft Power Institutions
• Turkish Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy

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