Turkey's soft power strategy over rebuilding Afghanistan

The collapse of the Soviet Union, not only led the West to declare its victory under US leadership, but also led to the questioning of NATO and the US leadership. However the 9/11 terrorist attacks causing to the deaths of about 3000 innocent people from 90 countries led to a new era in international politics. As a matter of fact, the strategic challenge of 9/11 gave the West the chance to define new enemies, as well as allowing the nation and state building fury have started in a wide geographical area where it is impossible for Turkey to be oblivious. Afghanistan has a very important place in terms of being the first in the nation-building furry launched by the USA after 9/11. Turkey has increased the importance turning into a country where Western countries need to showcase in this process as role model for its secular and modern structure. However, while Turkey does not want to leave friendly and brotherly countries in soft power basins alone, it has to face the risk of losing its soft power in the reconstruction processes that are not completely under its control. In this study, the concepts of power and soft power will be discussed theoretically, and Turkey's soft power strategy over rebuilding of Afghanistan will try to be explained in the light of a new soft power proposal.