Public Diplomacy in Turkey in Last Decade

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My thanks go out to all who have helped me complete this study and with whom this project may have not been possible. In particular, my gratitude goes out to friends, facilitator and family for extensive and helpful comments on early drafts. I am also deeply indebted to the authors who have shared my interest and preceded me. Their works provided me with a host of information to learn from and build upon, also served as examples to emulate.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

CHAPTER 03: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY1

3.1. Introduction1

3.2. Overview of the Secondary Research1

3.3. Advantages and Disadvantages of Secondary Research3

3.4. Search Technique3

3.5. Literature Search4

3.6. Reliability and Validity4

3.7. Ethical Consideration5

3.8. Critical Appraisal tool6

3.9. Appraisal limitations6

3.10. Conclusion7

CHAPTER 04: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS8

4.1. Introduction8

4.2. Definitional Variations and One Core Duality of Purpose8

4.3. The Recent Context10

4.4. Public Diplomacy12

4.5. Origins of Public Diplomacy15

4.6. Public Diplomacy in Turkey18

4.7. Soft Power and Public Diplomacy19

4.8. Competition and Opportunity23

4.9. Soft Power in Turkey26

CHAPTER 05: CONCLUSION29

REFERENCES32

CHAPTER 03: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1. Introduction

This chapter of the dissertation discusses the research methodology that has been adopted in order to meet the aim and objectives of this research study and to answer the research questions. Secondary research approach has been adopted in order to assess the impact that public diplomacy has on the Turkey during the last decades.

3.2. Overview of the Secondary Research

Secondary research has been used as research technique for this research. The internet publications, studies on similar subjects and article have all been considered for this research. This research began with existing literature detailed analysis. The final conclusions were drawn from the analysis of secondary data available on the internet and other secondary sources. Since this research is based on a broad subject, secondary research methodology is the best methodology available which can be used for such research subject. The literature review and the conclusion of the research are deduced from the secondary sources and the data has been extracted from the sources written in the reference list.

Theoretical framework of secondary data has been used as a method of investigation in this research. The reliability and validity of the research is ensured through detailed analysis of secondary data.

Many secondary sources like online libraries and internet has been used to collect data on the given data. Text book and journals were studied in detail to extract raw data. A major information collection tool is internet in this research. The raw data collected was then arranged in a meaningful way and its analysis was done. The research questions were formulated on the basis of existing research and the major aim of the research questions was to fill out the gap in the existing literature if ...