Özet:

This study discussed how the American Peace Corps program, one of the educational and cultural policies the United States applied in many parts of the world during the Early Cold War, was used by the United States as a soft power element. The American Peace Volunteers Organization, which aims to strengthen the U.S. hegemony and contains American propaganda, is the reason for its establishment as to provide technical assistance services in the fields such as education, health and agriculture, which understand the problems of the people living in poor conditions in the poor countries, cooperate with them and provide technical assistance services in the fields such as education, health and agriculture. The agreement between Turkey and the United States on peace volunteers was signed in 1962, and the program began to be implemented in Turkey. While American youths who go to foreign countries as peace volunteers sometimes react in the countries where they are, the organization’s work continues in many countries of the world. The study also studied the organization of the program, the purpose, the reactions, activities it receives in various regions of the world and how it has become a tool in foreign policy.

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