Interpretation of the soft power concept by Turkish researchers
The concept of soft power, introduced by Joseph Nye in 1990, which widespread among academic circles as a convenient tool for describing the influence of states without using direct military and economic coercion. Joseph Nye created a framework of the concept, within it he let a space to interpretate. This was taken advantage of by Turkish scientists, who began to promote their theoretical vision of the concept, which often differs from the framework of Joseph Nye’s soft power. In this paper, the theoretical discrepancies of Turkish researchers with the concept. Paper shoes the influence on the practical implementation of Turkey’s “soft power”, which allows deeply study of Turkish foreign policy.