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Intercultural learning in schools through telecollaboration? A critical case study of eTwinning between Turkey and Germany
(Sage Publications Inc, 2018)
Digital media offer various possibilities for internet-based telecollaboration in schools and open up a space for intercultural learning. Diverse initiatives like such as the European Union-initiative eTwinning network aim ...
Feminists' dilemma-with or without the state? Violence against women and women's shelters in Turkey
(Ewha Womans Univ Press, 2011)
This article aims to describe the achievements of the women's movement in the struggle against domestic violence in Turkey and the points of contention between the state and feminists regarding this issue. Our goal in ...
Declining Poverty and Inequality in Turkey: The Effect of Social Assistance and Home Ownership
(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018)
Social assistance has become prominent in combating poverty in developing countries and has also contributed to the popularity and election success of governments implementing it. In this paper I employ household surveys ...
Women's Tertiary Education Masks the Gender Wage Gap in Turkey
(Springer, 2017)
This paper investigates the gender wage gap for full-time formal sector employees disaggregated by education level. The gap between the labor force participation rate of women with tertiary education and those with lower ...
Framing the Russian Aircraft Crisis: News Discourse in Turkey's Polarized Media Environment
(Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği, 2018)
This article analyzes the way in which the downing of a Russian aircraft by a Turkish F-16 jet on 24 November 2015 was framed by pro-government (Turkiye Yeni Akit Yeni Safak) and anti-government (Cumhuriyet) newspapers. ...
A historical assessment of Turkey's natural gas import vulnerability
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018)
This article aims at evaluating the historical determinants and implications of Turkey's natural gas import dependency. We implement principle component analysis (PCA) methodology to construct a natural gas import vulnerability ...
Engaging nurses in smoking cessation: Challenges and opportunities in Turkey
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd., 2018)
This paper discusses the training of nurses in smoking cessation as part of routine patient care in Turkey. Formative research was carried out prior to training to identify challenges faced by smokers when trying to quit. ...
A critical analysis of current legal developments on the political participation of minorities in Turkey
(2010)
This is a follow-up article to the one published in the IJMGR half a decade ago (Vol. 12 2005). Although there have been domestic and international legal cases that are directly concerned with the political participation ...
Turkish public preferences for energy
(Elsevier Science, 2018)
Public concern over energy supplies prices sustainability and efficiency has emerged as a major issue around the world. Yet most of what we know regarding public opinion on energy comes from North America and Europe. This ...
Effects of gender on credit card usage among university students in Turkey
(Academic Journals, 2011)
In recent years much has been written about credit card usage among university students. Despite a vast number of studies little has been written about credit card usage among university students in developing countries. ...