TÜRK DÜNYASI BELEDİYELER BİRLİĞİ FAALİYETLERİNİN PARADİPLOMASİ AÇISINDAN İNCELENMESİ

In an era of increasingly interconnected international relations, many of the challenges confronting societies today have become global in nature, demanding collective solutions. Environmental and climate issues, once confined to national and local contexts, have now surfaced on a global scale. This shift has prompted local actors to adapt their policies and take on more proactive roles.Consequently, the diplomatic functions of local actors have driven changes in global decision-making and necessitated a reassessment of established paradigms, giving rise to the concept of ‘paradiplomacy.’ Paradiplomacy, spurred by transformations in international relations, has expanded the traditional scope of diplomacy, empowering local actors to play a prominent role and exert influence on global matters.This study examines the paradiplomacy activities of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), a subnational entity representing the Turkic World, within a qualitative research framework. The aim is to highlight TDBB’s contributions to the development of the Turkic World through the lens of paradiplomacy and to propose strategies for more effective engagement in this field.