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PERCEPTIONS OF TURKEY IN COLOMBIA: A DISCOURSE-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF TURKEY IN MY HEART

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PERCEPTIONS OF TURKEY IN COLOMBIA: A DISCOURSE-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF TURKEY IN MY HEART

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This article examines how Turkey is represented and discursively constructed in Turkey in My Heart, the memoir of Fernando Panesso Serna, Colombia’s first ambassador to Turkey. It aims to analyze how the perception of Turkey in Colombia has evolved from the 1890s to the present and to identify the thematic dimensions through which this transformation becomes visible. The study begins by examining the historical background of Turkey–Colombia relations and their development in the 21st century. The study adopts an idiographic approach and employs thematic analysis to explore how knowledge about Turkey was transmitted to Latin America through orientalist stereotypes. It argues that perceptions of Turkey were shaped not primarily through interstate relations, but through social interactions generated by successive waves of “turcos” migration. In this respect, the memoir is approached as a valuable source that reveals the transformation of bilateral relations through personal testimony. The findings reveal that Turkey was initially constructed not as a geographical or political reality, but as an ethnic and cultural representation shaped by the “turcos” discourse. In conclusion, since the 2000s, the transformation of bilateral relations between Colombia and Turkey has led to the gradual decline of orientalist and exotic perceptions of Turkey, giving way to more differentiated social and institutional frameworks and resulting in a more stable and coherent image of Turkey in Colombia.

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Teşekkür

Yazar, makalenin son hâlini gözden geçirerek yazım sürecine değerli katkılar sunan Kolombiya'nın İlk Büyükelçisi Sn. Fernando Panesso Serna’ya içten teşekkür eder.

Kaynakça

  1. Awad, F. (2025). “Turcos” in 20th-century Latin American literature: Representations of the Lebanese in Gallegos’ “Los inmigrantes,” García Márquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Fayad’s La caída de los puntos cardinales (Doctoral dissertation).
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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Avrupa Dilleri, Edebiyatları ve Kültürleri, İspanyol Dili, Edebiyatı ve Kültürü, Latin Amerika Dilleri, Edebiyatları ve Kültürleri

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Mart 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

2 Ocak 2026

Kabul Tarihi

26 Mart 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Kayacık, Z. (2026). PERCEPTIONS OF TURKEY IN COLOMBIA: A DISCOURSE-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF TURKEY IN MY HEART. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, 9(1), 261-275. https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1854233
AMA
1.Kayacık Z. PERCEPTIONS OF TURKEY IN COLOMBIA: A DISCOURSE-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF TURKEY IN MY HEART. UDEKAD. 2026;9(1):261-275. doi:10.37999/udekad.1854233
Chicago
Kayacık, Zeynep. 2026. “PERCEPTIONS OF TURKEY IN COLOMBIA: A DISCOURSE-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF TURKEY IN MY HEART”. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 9 (1): 261-75. https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1854233.
EndNote
Kayacık Z (01 Mart 2026) PERCEPTIONS OF TURKEY IN COLOMBIA: A DISCOURSE-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF TURKEY IN MY HEART. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 9 1 261–275.
IEEE
[1]Z. Kayacık, “PERCEPTIONS OF TURKEY IN COLOMBIA: A DISCOURSE-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF TURKEY IN MY HEART”, UDEKAD, c. 9, sy 1, ss. 261–275, Mar. 2026, doi: 10.37999/udekad.1854233.
ISNAD
Kayacık, Zeynep. “PERCEPTIONS OF TURKEY IN COLOMBIA: A DISCOURSE-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF TURKEY IN MY HEART”. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 9/1 (01 Mart 2026): 261-275. https://doi.org/10.37999/udekad.1854233.
JAMA
1.Kayacık Z. PERCEPTIONS OF TURKEY IN COLOMBIA: A DISCOURSE-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF TURKEY IN MY HEART. UDEKAD. 2026;9:261–275.
MLA
Kayacık, Zeynep. “PERCEPTIONS OF TURKEY IN COLOMBIA: A DISCOURSE-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF TURKEY IN MY HEART”. Uluslararası Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, c. 9, sy 1, Mart 2026, ss. 261-75, doi:10.37999/udekad.1854233.
Vancouver
1.Zeynep Kayacık. PERCEPTIONS OF TURKEY IN COLOMBIA: A DISCOURSE-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF TURKEY IN MY HEART. UDEKAD. 01 Mart 2026;9(1):261-75. doi:10.37999/udekad.1854233

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