The Benefactor: NGOs and Humanitarian Aid

Çevik, Senem B.

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“…Turkish communication efforts surrounding the Syrian refugee crisis have a dual agenda as well. First, Turkey is trying to carve out a credible image for itself as a moral and benevolent state representing global values (Çevik, 2015). This articulation is represented in former Prime Minister and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoğlu’s foreign policy paradigm that imagines natural allies of Turkey in which Turkey is a central power (Özkan, 2014, p. 127) and in which Turkey undertakes a strategic role in the global Muslim community (Murinson, 2006).…”

Section: Turkey’s Public Diplomacy: Objectives and Purposementioning

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“…Succinctly stated, Turkey’s humanitarian aid policies include a communication component. Engaging in communication of development activities, in other words, promoting the aid initiatives has been used as a valuable tool to engage with foreign publics and to improve the country’s reputation globally (Çevik, 2015). The next section provides the methodology we use to examine how Turkey has been promoting its involvement in the relief efforts during the Syrian refugee crisis to reposition its nation brand.…”

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A quest for soft power: Turkey and the Syrian refugee crisis

Çevik

Sevin

2017

JCOM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to bring a communication management perspective to how nations might use their involvement in humanitarian responses to refugee crisis in attempts to improve their global standing through a case study of Turkish efforts during the Syrian Civil War. Design/methodology/approach In order to assess the context of Turkey’s attempts to communicate its humanitarian response to the Syrian refugee crisis and its political discourse, the authors use a two-level analysis. The authors utilize a framing analysis and the informational framework of public diplomacy. The authors conduct a framing analysis of 14 speeches delivered by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu at various international platforms in order to determine the frames and the information frame strategies employed. The authors investigate how Turkey managed its communication efforts and the ways in which the frames are used to reflect Turkey’s nation brand. Findings The analysis indicates that Turkey uses three frames: benevolent country, righteous side, and global power. These frames indicate that Turkey sees the refugee crisis as a problem resulting from the inefficiency of the international community and presents the “Turkish model” as the benevolent and righteous example to overcome these inefficiencies. Based on the information framework strategies used, it can be argued that the positive impact of these frames on the Turkish brand will be limited to certain audiences mainly due to the communication priorities of the country. Originality/value This study provides a novel communication management outlook on humanitarian aid and public diplomacy through an analysis of Turkey as an illustrative case exemplifying communication of development. This study also demonstrates a framework to assess the communication management strategies of other nations that are encountering global refugee crisis and similar humanitarian relief efforts.

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Section: Turkey’s Public Diplomacy: Objectives and Purposementioning

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Section: Turkey’s Public Diplomacy: Objectives and Purposementioning

confidence: 99%

A quest for soft power: Turkey and the Syrian refugee crisis

Çevik

Sevin

2017

JCOM

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Foreign aid during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Turkey

Güngör

2021

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

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Turkey provided medical aid to more than 70 countries during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article explains the distribution of Turkish medical aid across countries relying on a novel dataset which draws on online news published by Turkey's state-run news agency and a pro-government news outlet between February 1 st and July 31 st , 2020. The findings show that receiving Turkish medical aid is extensively related to the determinants underlying Turkey's foreign aid policy. In particular, recipient countries' historical ties to the Ottoman Empire, their level of imports from Turkey, and their needs based on the state of their general health system are seen to be significant predictors of receiving Turkish medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic. Regarding partial evidence of cultural similarity, Turkic identity is a predictor of receiving medical aid, whereas Islamic affinity does not have a significant association. Therefore, I find that Turkey has adopted a selective strategy in response to an indiscriminately damaging crisis while keeping a majority of the elements of its foreign aid repertoire in play.

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Turkey’s Islamic Public Diplomacy in the Post-Davutoğlu Era: Neo-Ottomanism, Humanitarianism and the Legitimation of Hamas after the Arab Spring

Jeong

2021

Hague J. Dipl.

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Summary What are the public diplomacy strategies for legitimising a pro-Islamist foreign policy? This research unveils how Turkey, which has been a vocal supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates across the Middle East since the Arab Spring, draws on pan-Islamic soft power, neo-Ottoman myth-making and public diplomacy strategies embedded in the precepts of the strategic depth doctrine to rationalise its pro-Hamas foreign policy position under the Justice and Development Party (AKP). By employing critical discourse analysis to the political speeches delivered by the Turkish government officials in domestic and international fora, this article suggests that Turkey has sought to legitimise its pro-Islamist foreign policy and subvert the terrorist designation of Hamas internationally through the humanitarian, Islamic and neo-Ottoman framings of the Palestinian issue. It is argued that Turkey’s public diplomacy of Hamas constitutes part and parcel of the AKP’s grand strategy to project Islamic soft power.

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The Benefactor: NGOs and Humanitarian Aid

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

A quest for soft power: Turkey and the Syrian refugee crisis

A quest for soft power: Turkey and the Syrian refugee crisis

Foreign aid during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Turkey

Turkey’s Islamic Public Diplomacy in the Post-Davutoğlu Era: Neo-Ottomanism, Humanitarianism and the Legitimation of Hamas after the Arab Spring

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