Turkey`s Public Diplomacy on China

• Main Authors: Biskinler Ebubekir Kadri, 柯達瑞
• Other Authors: Lee, Ming
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22748135982186462140

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 亞太研究英語碩士學位學程(IMAS) === 104 === At the beginning of 20th century many countries in the world started to use public diplomacy activities. This is due to its being in a changing world system, public diplomacy began to take an important role in bilateral relations. Developments in the global politics, especially after the Cold War, had opened a new path for many countries to build stronger relations with other countries and to gain the sympathy of the foreign public by using soft power elements. In this thesis Turkey’s public diplomacy activities in China were emphasized. Since the inception of the diplomatic relations between the Republic of Turkey and People’s Republic of China in 1971, both countries mainly focused on economic developments. Relations regarding education, culture and social activities were developed, and gained more importance in 2011 after both countries celebrated their 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. At the beginning of this thesis the concept of “public diplomacy” has been introduced. Then, Turkish and Chinese relations have been addressed to understand the relations from history to present. Later, Turkey’s public diplomacy institutions that are implementing public diplomacy activities on education, culture, media and religion in China are, also, briefly explained. Finally, Turkey’s Public diplomacy activities in China are evaluated and recommendations are given. Therewithal, regarding this study, besides literature researches and interviews with officials in high position from leading Turkish government institutions and NGOs made this thesis more opulence.