Ankara promotes gastrodiplomacy ahead of NATO summit
Türkiye presented its culinary heritage as a tool of public diplomacy ahead of the July 7-8 NATO summit in Ankara, hosting international journalists at a dinner in the capital.
Communications Director Burhanettin Duran told the guests that shared meals could help build understanding in ways formal diplomacy sometimes cannot.
“Sometimes, a shared meal on a table can say what pages of documents cannot,” Duran said.
He described the program, titled “Türkiye’s Gastrodiplomacy Model: The Heritage Table,” as part of efforts to present Turkish cuisine as an expression of cultural identity and soft power.
