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Research Article

Gastrodiplomacy in Turkey: ‘saving the world’ or neoliberal conservative cultural policies at work

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Pages 192-206 | Received 28 Aug 2022, Accepted 20 Feb 2023, Published online: 03 Apr 2023

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