Globalization of Culture and Function of Cultural Diplomacy in Foreign Policy

Globalization is a phenomenon which has changed the world as a result of the information revolution caused by modern communication technologies since 1970s. This phenomenon first globalized economy before spreading to other areas such as culture and politics. Today, they are talking about globalization of economy, culture and politics. On the other hand, countries have always used foreign policy as a means of meeting their national interests and diplomacy has been the main instrument of their foreign policies in most cases. Traditionally, diplomacy has functioned in political and economic areas, but in the light of globalization, especially globalization of culture, diplomacy has also changed and found a new form. This paper takes an analytical and descriptive approach to answer this question: how globalization of culture has changed the function of diplomacy as an instrument of foreign policy? The main hypothesis of the paper which will give the answer to the main question of the research is based on this proposition: globalization of culture as a result of information revolution and a networked world has caused traditional diplomacy, as a foreign policy instrument which is used to realize national interests of countries, to change into cultural diplomacy.