Ufuk : how the US information agency molded Turkish elite opinion, 1960-1980
Author(s)
Advisor
Weisbrode, KennethDate
2014Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This study argues that the United States Information Agency carried out
an intense public diplomacy program in Turkey between 1960 and 1980 in
order to ameliorate the U.S. image among the Turkish urban elite, especially
among the members of the Republican People’s Party and thus to prevent
Turkey from having closer relations with the USSR. For this purpose, the study
contains a close reading of the USIA propaganda material targeting this small
but influential group, namely Ufuk Magazine and uncovers the image that the
USIA aimed to create in order “to win hearts and minds” of the RPP members,
members of Turkish Foreign Ministry of the time, academics and journalists in
a period of Cold War where the peripheries rather than Europe became the
target of the U.S. public diplomacy efforts.
Keywords
USIAUnited States of America
Turkey
1960s
1970s
Republican People’s Party
USSR
Cold War
Public Diplomacy
Propaganda
Ufuk Magazine