Özet:

 In Turkey, since the first years of the Turkish Republic, the Ottoman diplomacy understanding had to be maintained in some practices also in terms of organization and bureaucracy in the field of foreign policy. Defensive and prudent management approaches dominated Turkish foreign policy. While doing this, on the one hand, it attached importance to regional peace, and on the other hand, an attempt was made to establish a bridge of friendship with the statesmen of Eastern and Western countries. Until the Second World War, cooperation agreements were signed with many countries. Turkish foreign policy, which drew an unstable picture during the war years, was shaped around the Western Bloc during the Cold War years. Thus, the political, military and economic rivalry that was dominant in the center of the USA and the USSR began to make itself felt in Turkey as well.The 1950s were a period in which some transformations were experienced in foreign policy and diplomacy also in politics, economy and social issues in Turkey. In this period, diplomacy carried out by local governments, various non-governmental organizations, and universities simultaneously with the government became the invisible power of Turkish foreign policy. Thus, the Democratic Party Governments, trying to lead a global cultural diplomacy initiative in the Cold War environment, wanted to contribute to the soft power of the state to be felt even more effectively. In this study, it is examined how the two tools of diplomacy are used effectively in Turkey simultaneously with the change in the world.

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