Evaluating Turkish TV Series as Soft Power Instruments
Abstract
Different societies were ruled under the Ottoman Empire equally, which created an interaction between individuals having different identities and opportunity for living together. The peaceful appeal of the Republic of Turkey in regional and international areas has gained a new meaning with the “soft power” term. Definition of power and competition among the states has been reinterpreted due to the effect of the Cold War at the end of the 20th century. Thanks to the soft power term, the idea of making the desired practice or policies attractive has been preferred so that the importance of forcing practices has decreased. Turkish TV series have become popular in the Middle East, Central Asia, Balkans and South America during the 2000s and have been discussed within different disciplines. On the other hand, the issue that whether these productions are instruments of soft power or not has been examined. In this study, different examples and claims are taken into consideration and evaluated.
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