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CPD Contributing Scholar Senem Cevik notes how period dramas on Turkish television have been used as tools of both diplomacy and domestic communication.
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Senem Cevik looks at the possibility of collaboration between the emerging powers Turkey and Mexico.
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Senem Cevik offers Turkey a little PR advice.
![Photo reprinted courtesy U.S. Army via Flickr U.S. Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment talk after a routine inspection of a Patriot missile battery at a Turkish military base in Gaziantep, Turkey. U.S. and NATO Patriot missile batteries and personnel deployed to Turkey in support of NATO's commitment to defending Turkey's security during a period of regional instability.](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog-listing-230x140/public/uploads/10175118735_30b29fa147_k.jpg?itok=8y7QH5U6)
Senem Cevik offers PD advice for a troubled relationship.
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Senem Cevik offers suggestions on how Turkey can seize the PD moment.
![Photo reprinted courtesy Hilmi Hacaloğlu (VOA) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Protests in Turkey after the murder of Özgecan Aslan, February 2015](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog-listing-230x140/public/uploads/%C3%96zgecan_Aslan_protests.jpg?itok=e-VCl6Bp)
The conclusion of Senem Cevik's thoughts on Turkish nation branding.
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Turkey wants to be known as a humanitarian nation, but do its actions match up?
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On the implications of the Turkish Prime Minister's recent statement.
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