Reinvention of Turkish Foreign Policy in Latin America: the Cuba case

Th e current research has the purpose of analyzing Turkey’s approach toward Latin America and the Caribbean region through the prism of so power theory, and through a speci c case study, i.e. Turkey-Cuba relations. e working assumption is that Turkey has been able to increase its presence and in uence in the region, thanks to a particular so power-oriented approach known as multi-dimensional policy, which re ects both new behavior and new agents. An analysis of Turkey-Cuba relations will not only help to improve the literature about Turkey’s foreign policy on a subject which has not yet been adequately examined, but will also underline features and peculiarities of Turkey’s so power, such as the emerging “Mosque Diplomacy.”