The Agonal Character of Soft Power in Modern Turkey
The report aims to explore the potential of "soft power" of modern Turkey. Special focus is on the question about influence of political configuration on the resource potential.
A.S. Isacov
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Is Turkey a Rival to the European Union? Neo-Ottoman Influence in the Balkans [PDF]
Turkey, under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s presidency, has begun to re-animate some aspects of its predecessor, the Ottoman Empire. Many observers of Turkey speak of “Neo- Ottomanism,” both at home and in its foreign policy. With respect to the latter, aspects
Ghazi, Ghazi
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Developing Diplomats: Comparing Form and Culture Across Diplomatic Services, PRP 194 [PDF]
This study is a detailed and focused effort to broaden how we understand and conceptualize the recruitment, training, and development of professional diplomats in the twenty-first century.
Hutchings, Robert, Suri, Jeremi
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The Third Conquest of Constantinople: The Symbolism of Hagia Sophia’s Reconversion to a Mosque
This article discusses the conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque in 2020. Examining this act through the prism of the neo-Ottoman political platform and with consideration of the meaning and importance of this historic cultural monument, it is inferred ...
Georgios E. Trantas
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The Greek audience 'discovers' the Turkish soap-series: Turkey’s 'soft power' and the psyche of Greeks [PDF]
Today’s world is mainly characterised, among other things, by interdependence and confusion. And the best way for a state to distinguish itself from the others is to promote globally a “shiny image”.
Mihalakopoulos, Georgios
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A reconceptualization of gastronomy as relational and reflexive [PDF]
This article focuses on the increasing fashionableness of gastronomic forms: their ‘symbolic enhancement’, and the ensuing incorporation of their forms into tourism, policy, destination management and marketing.
Kesimoğlu, A.
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Le radici ottomane della Turchia di Erdoğan
This essay analyzes two phases of recent Turkish history: the rising of Turgut Özal (1982) and the current government led by Erdoğan and his party AKP.
Federico Donelli è laureato in Scienze Politiche e delle Relazioni Internazionali presso l’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano; ha conseguito la Laurea Magistrale in Politica ed Economia del Mediterraneo presso la Facoltà di Scienze Politiche dell’Università degli Studi di Genova. Attualmente è Dottorando di ricerca presso l’Università degli Studi di Genova.
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Lisel Hintz, Identity Politics Inside Out: National Identity Contestation and Foreign Policy in Turkey (Oxford University Press, 2018) [PDF]
Lisel Hintz’s Identity Politics Inside Out: National Identity Contestation and Foreign Policy in Turkey is an empirically rich and theoretically well-designed account of Turkish foreign policy and domestic politics.
Yıldız, Tunahan
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Turkey and the European Union: Strategic partners or competitors in the Western Balkans? [PDF]
Since the 1990s, Turkey and the European Union (EU) have each increasingly pursued active foreign policies in the Western Balkans, aimed at establishing peace, stability, and security in the region. Over the past few years, Turkey's active foreign policy
Dursun-Özkanca Oya
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The rise and fall of Turkey’s soft power discourse
Since the coming to power of the Justice and Development Party [Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP] in 2002, Turkish foreign policy has witnessed significant changes.
Yohanan Benhaim, Kerem Öktem
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