İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences2024-03-28T21:43:11ZEditors' Introduction
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Editors' Introduction
Yükseker, Deniz; Kolluoǧlu, Biray; Dinçer, Evren Mehmet
Since before the publication of New Perspectives on Turkey’s spring 2023 issue, politics
has been at the top of the agenda of public discussions in Turkey. The reason was the
general elections for the presidency and the parliament on May 14; in the run-off on
May 28, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected for a third, five-year term and the party ˘
he leads, the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi; AKP),
maintained its majority in the parliament in an alliance with the Nationalist Action
Party (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi; MHP) and smaller extremist parties. To what extent
and how quickly the election results will lead to a further descent into full
authoritarianism – already well documented in the pages of previous NPT issues – is
something that social scientists are likely to continue to observe. Domestic politics
therefore will continue to be an important theme for social science research on
Turkey from diverse disciplines and methodologies
Türkiye ve Japonya’nın Deprem Gerçekliği: Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz
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Türkiye ve Japonya’nın Deprem Gerçekliği: Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz
Göver, İbrahim Hakan
Türkiye’de yaşanan her ciddi deprem sonrası sık sık kamuoyuna Japonya
örneği getirilmekte ve yaşanan can kayıpları nedeniyle Türkiye Japonya ile
karşılaştırılmaktadır. 2023’te gerçekleşen ve çok sayıda can kaybına yol açan 6
Şubat depremleri sonrasında da aynı konu gündeme gelmiştir. Bunun nedeni
her iki ülkenin de bir deprem ülkesi olmasına rağmen, Japonya’nın Türk kamuoyunda büyük depremlerle baş edebilen, deprem farkındalığına sahip bir
ülke olarak tanınmasıdır. Ancak, kamuoyunda yapılan bu tür karşılaştırmalar
sadece yüzeyseldir ve bilimsel bir anlam ifade etmemektedir. Bu çalışmanın
amacı; kamuoyundaki bu algıyı bilimsel bir platforma taşımak, Japonya’nın
kamuoyunda oluşturduğu algıda doğruluk payı olup olmadığını özellikle
toplumsal ve kültürel etmenleri de dikkate alarak araştırmak ve doğruluk
payı varsa bunu nedenleriyle ortaya koymaktır. Çalışmada ülkelerin karşılaştırılması amacıyla depremle ilgili 3 temel parametre belirlenmiştir: a) coğrafi
ve beşerî göstergeler, b) yapısal ve yasal göstergeler, c) ekonomik, siyasi ve
sosyokültürel göstergeler. Daha sonra ülkeler bu göstergelerdeki verilere göre
birbiri ile karşılaştırılmıştır. Yapılan karşılaştırma sonucu Japonya’nın doğal
afetlere daha yatkın bir ülke olmasına rağmen depremlerde Türkiye’den daha
az kayıp yaşadığı ve bu durumun iki ülke arasındaki toplumsal ve kültürel
farklılıklardan kaynaklandığı belirlenmiştir.; After every serious earthquake in Turkey, the case of Japan is frequently brought to the public and Turkey is compared with Japan due to loss of life. The same issue came to the fore after the February 6 earthquakes in 2023, which caused many deaths. The reason for this is that although both countries are earthquake countries, Japan is known in the Turkish public as a country that can cope with major earthquakes and has earthquake awareness. However, such comparisons made in public are only superficial and have no scientific meaning. The aim of this study is to bring this perception to a scientific platform, to investigate whether there is any truth in the public perception created by Japan, especially by taking into account the social and cultural factors, and to reveal the reasons if there is any truth in this perception. In the study, 3 basic indicators related to the earthquake were determined in order to compare the countries: a) geographical and human indicators, b) structural and legal indicators, c) economic, political and socio-cultural indicators. Then, the countries were compared with each other according to the data in these indicators. As a result of the comparison, it was determined that although Japan is a country more prone to natural disasters, it suffers fewer losses than Turkey in earthquakes and this is due to the social and cultural differences between the two countries.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZNo Strings Attached: Understanding Turkey’s Arms Exports to Africa
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No Strings Attached: Understanding Turkey’s Arms Exports to Africa
Kurç, Çağlar
Turkey’s defence industries have shown significant development in recent years. But the limited domestic market and the financial crisis created sustainability problems for the industry. To increase its arms sales, Turkey began to search for potential markets to expand, and Africa emerged as an excellent market to enter. Turkey had already invested in Africa through its multi-track diplomacy, a necessary condition for arms sales. While the multi-track diplomacy and increased engagement helped Turkey’s arms exports, they are insufficient to explain the recent rise of Turkish arms exports, which have been showing an upward trend since 2021. This paper argues that the increase in arms exports is the function of multi- track diplomacy, no-strings-attached arms export policy and the demonstration effect.
2024-01-01T00:00:00ZDifferences in the Self: Clinical Individuals Have Less Individuation and Promotion, but More Prevention
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Differences in the Self: Clinical Individuals Have Less Individuation and Promotion, but More Prevention
Yalcindag, Bilge
This research aimed to compare two samples (clinical and university) in terms of basic self-orientations and self-regulation strategies. We expected lower scores on basic self-orientations and promotion, and higher scores on prevention in the clinical sample. The balanced model of self claims that the flourishing of basic self-orientations (individuation and relatedness) is related to better psychological functioning. However, this claim was never tested in a clinical sample. Additionally, the regulatory focus theory, a theory of self-regulation, claims that to reach desired end states, individuals use two systems: promotion (advancement, accomplishment) and prevention (conservation, security). Individuals with psychopathology symptoms may use promotion less and prevention more. The clinical sample consisted of 91 people (55 females, 36 males) who were under a psychological/psychiatric treatment due to various mental health complaints (Mage=29.3, SD=5.95, Range=18-42). Most of them had at least university degrees (69%). The second sample consisted of 94 university students (63 females, 30 males; Mage=23.9, SD=2.22, Range=22-34). The first MANCOVA, comparing clinical vs. university samples on individuation and relatedness controlling for age and gender, revealed a group effect (F(2,171)=4.751, p=.01, Wilks’ Lambda=0.95, partial η2=.53). Individuation was lower in clinical sample (M=4.90) than university sample (M=5.29). The second MANCOVA showed a group effect on the promotion and prevention (F(2,171)=13.574, p=.000, Wilks’ Lambda=0.86, partial η2=0.14). Promotion was lower in clinical sample (M=19.74) than in university sample (M=22.37), however prevention was higher (M=17.52) than university sample (M=15.56). The psychological symptoms varied in clinical sample, and were not assessed in university sample. Individuals in clinical sample were less likely to have an individuated self, to regulate themselves with promotion, but more likely to regulate themselves with prevention. Researchers and clinicians should work on thwarted self-orientations and dysfunctional self-regulation strategies.
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