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I read a sentence in a english-korean dictionary, " How to make a friend of an enemy".

I'm confused why preposition 'of' is used in the sentence.

Does "How to make a friend of an enemy" mean " How to Turn an enemy into a friend " ?

What is the exact meaning of the preposition "of" in the sentence?

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    Your interpretation is correct. The sentence means, "How to make a friend [out of] an enemy." In the shorter version, "of" is quite confusing if you are not familiar with the idiom of "making a friend of an enemy." You are asking a good question.
    – Mark Hubbard
    Jun 10, 2016 at 3:05

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As you guessed,

How to make a friend of an enemy

does mean "How to turn an enemy into a friend". In this case, "of" is replacing the words "out of", so the phrase is the same as:

How to make a friend out of an enemy

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