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The possibilities and limits of Turkey's soft power in the Middle East
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2008-01-01
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Altunışık, Meliha
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Turkey has been traditionally viewed mostly as a hard power in the Middle East, due to its military and economic strength. In recent years, however, there has been a discussion on Turkey's soft power. This article focuses on two aspects of Turkey's soft power in the region. First, Turkey's relevance to the debate on political and economic reform is discussed. It is argued that because of Turkey's internal transformations its attractiveness has increased. In addition to having assets, Turkey is generally more willing to project soft power as well as having increasing credibility in the region. Second, the article focuses on Turkey's use of soft power tools, especially its eagerness to play third party roles in the management and resolution of regional conflicts. Turkey's roles in the Israeli-Syrian, Israeli Palestinian and Lebanese conflicts are considered as an example. The article argues that Turkey's soft power has increased in these two aspects and yet it also elaborates on existing and possible constraints in this regard.
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/76664
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Insight Turkey
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Department of International Relations, Article
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M. Altunışık, “The possibilities and limits of Turkey’s soft power in the Middle East,”
Insight Turkey
, pp. 41–54, 2008, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/76664.
