Özet:

It is known that public diplomacy studies have influenced foreign public’s views of countries with the rapid spread of information through the control mechanisms in the globalized world. The countries, by activating their soft powers that have emerged as a national power in recent years with public diplomacy activities, can transform the views of their citizens, or of foreign citizens, in the context of current national policies. Educational and cultural studies, which are elements of soft power, can also help implement targeted policies quickly. For this purpose, the research entitled "The Role of Foreign Turkish Schools in Public Diplomacy Applications: Veli Opinions" has been addressed to the opinions of 18 guardians living in Kuwait and determined by the method of maximum diversity. In the research method in which the quality research method is applied, the data has been obtained by applying the face-to-face conversation technique through semi-configured conversation questions. In light of the findings obtained from the research, it has been revealed that the guardians need leadership in relation to the roles they can take for public diplomacy practices, in this sense they expressed their expectations and recommendations at the level of the Embassy or school, they need to be associated and represented with the foreign public as Turkish citizens living in Kuwait. The teachers said the school played an important role in teaching foreign languages.

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