Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Intercultural Communication Education and Research in the Middle East and North Africa, Hamza R'boul, Editör, Routledge, London/New York , London, ss.66-84, 2025
Türkiye’s geopolitical location and historical-political past create a unique context in which the East and the West are juxtaposed. Türkiye has pursued engaging Westernization movements with its unique and Eastern cultural heritage since the Ottoman period. Accordingly, this chapter aims to (re)locate Türkiye’s intercultural stance, focusing on intercultural communication education (ICE) in the Turkish context and discussing Türkiye’s proximity and distance to non-Western and Western-centric perspectives on interculturality. In doing this, this chapter first draws a theoretical framework. Secondly, it briefly unpacks historical landmarks that have been molding ICE. Next, ICE practices and the research trends on interculturality are critically examined in line with national educational policies, national English curricula and academic studies to establish the conceptual benchmark of interculturality within the Turkish context. This chapter ends with significant implications for nonWestern perspectives on interculturality, ICE practices and research in Türkiye.