Mutual perceptions of Korean and Turkish societies: prospects for development of political, economic and cultural relations

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This thesis analyzes mutual perceptions of the Turkish and Korean peoples about each other on the aspects of politics, military, economy, culture and education of the countries through in-depth interviews with Turkish and Korean people. The research also makes use of an analysis on press and media in both countries, and the official statistics of the governments and international institutions are given to compare the objectivity.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/23713

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H. Choi, “Mutual perceptions of Korean and Turkish societies: prospects for development of political, economic and cultural relations,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2014.