@article{2017,title={DIPLOMATIC CONSTRUCTION OF THE FUTURE: TURKISH HIGHER EDUCATION AS A TOOL OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY},abstractNode={In contemporary international system the role of public opinion have increasingly gained importance where ordinary people demand to participate in world politics through social media and other communication tools. This transformation has been rising the importance of "soft power" and "public diplomacy" as essential parts of foreign policy. Moreover, there emerged a new understanding of public diplomacy with mutual understanding and rather than propaganda tools of the traditional diplomacy. One of the most suitable areas for mutual understanding approach and cultural diplomacy is higher education which many states employ as a tool of public diplomacy. For Turkey, as a country pursuing a pro-active foreign policy with the goal of being a regional center, public diplomacy plays a vital role and Turkish higher education has an important potential in this manner. The goal of this paper is to explore the role of Turkish higher education as a tool of public diplomacy from the perspective of policy analysis.},author={Devrim VURAL YILMAZ},year={2017},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}