@article{article_611908, title={The Role of Education in International Cooperation: The Case of Turkey and Sub-Saharan Africa}, journal={Avrasya Etüdleri}, volume={54}, pages={7–26}, year={2018}, url={https://izlik.org/JA96DD77AB}, author={Djamanca, Abdu}, keywords={dış politika,Türkiye-Sahraalti Afrika uluslararası işbirliği,yumuşak güç,kamu diplomasisi,değişim diplomasisi}, abstract={ This article analyses the role of the cultural factor (education, grants or exchange programs) in the international cooperation, namely the case of the cooperation between Turkey and Sub-Saharan Africa countries. The place of the cultural factor in the international politics is analyzed here through a liberal vision: ‘soft power’, ‘public diplomacy’ and ‘exchange diplomacy’ concepts. Turkey and Sub-Saharan Africa States use these concepts as a strategy in order to develop their political, diplomatic, economic and cultural relations. Thus, in this paper, public diplomacy is seen as a ‘strategy’ for the development of these relationships. Shortly, the students - future elites - trained through Turkey-Africa scholarships program are contributing to the enhancement of Turkey and Sub-Saharan Africa cooperation in both public and private sectors. Therefore, it was concluded that Turkey is using more exchange diplomacy and public diplomacy than the classical soft power in order to know Africa better and develop its cooperation with this zone.  <o:p> </o:p> }, number={2}