Turkey's soft power and the Turkish diaspora

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Turkey has used tremendous effort in recent years to increase its hard power through building a burgeoning economy as well as modernising its large military. However, it also has a unique soft power resource with a large and politically active diaspora in Europe. In this episode, Sinem Adar, an associate researcher at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs explains Turkey's relationship with its diaspora as well as its efforts at cultivating support through the larger Muslim diaspora.