Extreme Nationalist Discourse In The Early Period Of The Turkish Republic and Its Reflection In The Turkish Media: The Case Of The Journal


IŞIK M., EŞİTTİ Ş.

SİYASAL: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCES, vol.27, no.2, pp.163-186, 2018 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.26650/siyasal.2018.27.2.0006
  • Journal Name: SİYASAL: JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Other Indexes
  • Page Numbers: pp.163-186
  • Keywords: Public diplomacy, Soft power, Media, Legitimacy, National interest
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: No

Abstract

This paper is a critical assessment of two novel concepts on international politics: soft power and public diplomacy. It claims that the rise of both concepts in the current international relations theory and practice could be contextualized in the radical changes taking place in world politics over the recent past decades mainly due to expanding communications technology and stronger quest for public participation in foreign policy-making. The article argues that the states are required to mobilized a variety of resources and instruments of power-soft power-different from the traditional military and economic capacity-hard power. They are also required, under the public pressure both within and beyond their boundaries, to engage in a deliberative exercise - public diplomacy- to defend their national interest and work to create a true perception of their foreign policies.