This special section provides a timely reflection on current debates that are of extreme relevance in order to gain a better understanding of the concepts of citizenship and active citizenship in Turkey by looking at the ...

This article uses a comparative approach to discuss women's access to property using evidence collected from field research conducted on two distinct communities of Istanbul: one secular and one Islamic. The two groups of ...

The article stems from empirical research conducted with a group of women living in Istanbul who have conservative life styles bounded by an Islamic worldview. It attempts to illuminate the negotiation and contestation ...

Bu çalışma, Batman’da Türkiye Grameen Mikrofinans Programı’na katılan kadınların kredileri ne amaçla kullandıkları bilgisinin yanı sıra onların program hakkındaki görüşlerini, borçluluk deneyimlerini ve yaşam koşullarını ...

Türkiye’de ailelerin refah kavramlaştırmalarını öğrenmek ve de ailelerin refah düzeylerini saptamak amacıyla gerçekleştirilen bu calışma, nicel ve nitel veri derleme tekniklerinin birlikte kullanıldığı kapsamlı bir alan ...

Turkey's perception of the Levant has been hazy in modern times and the country has not constructed a holistic approach towards the region until recently despite the fact that Turkey has sought closer cooperation with the ...

The Sarp land border gate between Turkey and Georgia has become Turkey's gateway to the East in recent years. With a large number of individuals crossing every day it is also a labour gate where irregular Georgian immigrants ...

Objective: Despite the existence of a liberal law on abortion in Turkey there is growing evidence that actually securing an abortion in Istanbul may prove difficult. This study aimed to determine whether or not state ...

During the last two decades China has started to leave its closed-door policies in the international arena behind and has shown signs of participating in the global economy. Politically and economically China has been ...