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Political Science And International Relations (English)








 Public Diplomacy and Turkish Foreign Policy




In our university, Political Science and International Relations department and IGUSAM (Istanbul Developmental University Political and Social Researches Application and Research Center) as assistant from Kırklareli University Public Diploma Application and Research Center. Assoc. Dr. We were guests of Muharrem Ekşi. Eksi, who gave the conference "Public Diplomacy and Turkish Foreign Policy", talked about the importance and effects of public diplomacy in his speech. Sayın Ekşi, today summed up the following point:

"In addition to classical diplomacy in the 21st century, we see that image politics, such as soft power and multidimensional foreign policy, have gained importance in terms of public diplomacy.When the Afrin Operation is going to go through, YPG is propagating the unfounded photographs of the TSK, . in contrast, Turkey is trying to prove that the facts of the photos by applying the defensive public diplomacy. in addition, Turkey since 2015 in the global media space with instruments such as the TRT world is working to implement a public diplomacy. in particular, the presence of such an instrument in the Syrian crisis in terms of you can tell him to Turkey's world public has gained great importance. "

After the conference open to all participants on Eksi, which explains the public diplomacy through the Turkish Foreign Policy, Prof.Dr. Dr. Şenol Durgun presented the plaque of appreciation, while IGUPAT (Istanbul Development University Political Analysis Group) student representative Mücahit Pıçak presented a certificate of appreciation for his participation in the meeting.