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From Ayran to Dragon Fruit Smoothie: Populism, Polarization, and Social Engineering in Turkey
(USC Annenberg Press, 2020)
Food embedded with symbolic meaning has power in politics. Food as political communication is extensively studied as a nation branding and public diplomacy tool. However, academic studies seem to overlook the role that ...
Selfish vengeful and full of spite: The representations of women who have abortions on Turkish television
(2013)
This article analyses the portrayal of women who have abortions in four recent Turkish television series Gümü? A?k-i Memnu Hanimin Ç iftlig. i andÖyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki all of which appeared between 2005 and 2011. It is ...
Characteristics and geochemistry of Precambrian ophiolites and related volcanics from the Istanbul-Zonguldak Unit Northwestern Anatolia Turkey: following the missing chain of the Precambrian South European suture zone to the east
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2004)
The Precambrian metamorphic basement of the Istanbul-Zonguldak Unit (IZU) NW Anatolia Turkey is represented by the Sunnice Group composed essentially of four different metamorphic assemblages: (1) Cele metaophiolite (2) ...
An assessment of mining efficiency in Turkish lignite industry
(Elsevier Science, 2015)
This article focuses on the mining activities of Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKI) the major lignite supplier in Turkey. First we analyzed the lignite production and overburden removal activities of TKI from a historical ...
Migration asMovement andMultiplace Life: Some Recent Developments in Rural Living Structures in Turkey
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014)
Discussing recent trends and developments in migration and mobility affecting what may be referred to as a reconstitution' of villages this paper discusses the changing character of rural settlement and settlement patterns ...
(Il)Legitimisation of the role of the nation state: Understanding of and reactions to Internet censorship in Turkey
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2014)
This study aims to explore Turkish citizen-consumers' understanding of and reactions to censorship of websites in Turkey by using in-depth interviews and online ethnography. In an environment where sites such as YouTube ...
National security culture in Turkey: a qualitative study on think tanks
(Ahmet Yesevi University, 2012)
This article examines the role that think tanks have played in the formulation of national security and a culture of security through field research conducted on fourteen think tanks located in Istanbul and Ankara. In ...
Social business in online financing: Crowdfunding narratives of independent documentary producers in Turkey
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2015)
Crowdfunding is a relatively novel concept in Turkish public discourse. Yet activist media producers in Turkey actively use online opportunities to solicit production post-production and distribution financing. This article ...
Can law impose competition? A critical discussion and evidence from the Turkish electricity generation market
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2014)
Electricity markets have undergone regulatory reforms since the early 1980s around the world. Technical analyses of these reforms usually pay lip service to the influence of politics over regulatory processes. Existing ...
Assessing the importance of international tourism for the Turkish economy: a social accounting matrix analysis
(Elsevier Science, 2012)
The international tourism sector has grown rapidly in Turkey since the 1980s and Turkey ranks among the top ten countries in terms of tourist arrivals and receipts. Previous studies on international tourism in Turkey are ...