Browsing by Keywords "Religion"
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An architectural and conceptual analysis of Mesopotamian temples from the Ubaid to the old Babylonian period
(Bilkent University, 2007)This study attempts to explore the architecture of Mesopotamian temples from the Ubaid to the Old Babylonian period. It analyses the ways in which the layout of the temples changed and developed through time. It argues ... -
Atasözlerinde adil dünya inancı
(Geleneksel Yayıncılık, 2010)Halk edebiyatı alanında geçmişten günümüze dek yapılmış olan çalışmalara bakılırsa, atasözlerini farklı bağlamlarda inceleyen pek çok araştırma ile karşılaşılacaktır. Yine son dönemlerde edebiyat alanında, psikoloji biliminin ... -
Development and quality of life in Turkey: how globalization, religion, and economic growth influence individual well-being
(SAGE Publications Inc., 2016)Recently, scholars have been calling attention to the macro-social and institutional structures shaping development and welfare. In this study we offer a socio-temporally situated understanding of quality of life (QOL) in ... -
Dystopia in contemporary post-apocalyptic films
(Bilkent University, 2019-01)As an inseparable integrated theme, dystopia is the dominant form of societies in postapocalyptic worlds. Yet, the vision of this dystopian society changes based on events of the films’ production time and it portrays ... -
The formation of Alevi syncretism
(Bilkent University, 2006)The aim of this study is to explore the formation of Alevi syncretism by examining historical facts and religious interactions. By understanding how Alevis adapted various cultural, religious and social phenomena, and ... -
Fıkralarda dinsel iktidar örüntüsünün kırılması
(Geleneksel Yayıncılık, 2005)Fıkra geniş bir toplumsal kullanıma sahip olan, toplumun tüm katmanlannca üretilen ve söylenen birsözel anlatı biçimidir. Böylelikle, fıkra içinden çıktığı toplumun değerlerinden derin izler taşır. Toplumunalışkanlıkları ... -
Hittite rock reliefs in Southeastern Anatolia as a religious manifestation of the late bronze and iron ages
(Bilkent University, 2016-09)The LBA rock reliefs are the works of the last three or four generations of the Hittite Empire. The first appearance of the Hittite rock relief is dated to the reign of Muwatalli II who not only sets up an image on a living ... -
Inter-ethnic (In)tolerance between Turks and Kurds: Implications for Turkish Democratisation
(Routledge, 2017)Using public opinion survey data, this study investigates the determinants of inter-ethnic (in)tolerance among Turks and Kurds in Turkey. Our empirical analyses show that, compared with Turks, Kurds have a relatively higher ... -
International marketing at the interface of the alluring global and the comforting local
(Taylor and Francis, 2013)This chapter highlights the poles of global/local and standardization/adaptation and calls for a focus on the specifi c interaction between a local context and the global forces while forming a glocalization strategy. It ... -
Islamic encounters in consumption and marketing
(SAGE, 2013-12)In recent years, Islam has become highly visible in media, politics, and the marketplace. The increasing popular and academic attention to Islam is partly driven by the events of 9/11 and the related imperative to ‘‘better’’ ... -
Özal's politics with special reference to religion
(Bilkent University, 1997)Present thesis aims to analyze ÖzaTs politics while taking his special reference to religion into consideration. About Özal's politics, domestic and international politics, the Southeast problem, economy and religion ... -
Politics of nationhood and the displacement of the founding Moment: contending histories of the Turkish nation
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)This study examines the conception of nationhood developed by a political movement referred to as Ulusalclllk (nationalism), which emerged at the turn of the century. We focus on ways in which the Ulusalcl movement makes ... -
Religion and Coalition Politics
(Sage Publications, Inc., 2013)The literature holds that coalition-building parties prefer the policy distance of coalition partners to be as small as possible. In light of continued importance of religion in electoral politics cross-nationally, the ... -
Religion, government coalitions, and terrorism
(Routledge, 2013)When ethnic minority parties are excluded from government coalitions, are group attributes such as religion related to the groups' use of political violence? We argue that extremist factions within minority groups make use ... -
Religious communities and the marketplace: learning and performing consumption in an Islamic network
(Sage Publications, 2013)Sociopolitical analyses of religion evidence the increasing prominence of religious communities across the world. However, existing work on religion-consumption interaction focuses mostly on the personal effects of religion ... -
Religious divisions and ethnic voting: the case of sunni Kurds in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2018-07)This study investigates the impact of sectarian identities on ethnic voting behavior by focusing on Sunni Kurds in Turkey. The existing literature focuses on the political implications of the Alevi-Sunni cleavage among ... -
Religious education as an indicator of state-religion relations within the scope of Europeanization theories : case studies of Turkey and Poland
(Bilkent University, 2013)This thesis analyzes the impact of Europeanization on the conduct of religious instruction within the formal education system in Turkey and in Poland. The main argument is that according to the accounts of the Europeanization ... -
Religious engagement and citizen support for democratic accountability in contemporary democracies
(Academic Press, 2018)The paper posits that individual religious engagement reduces people's motivations to hold governments accountable for their performance while in office. This expectation is based on previous research which shows that ... -
Searching for power-sharing arrangements in the resolution of ethnic conflicts : the case of Kurdish conflict in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2017-09)Utilizing mixed-method design and multiple data sources (primarily three nationwide public opinion surveys and 113 semi-structured elite interviews), this study examines the power-sharing perspectives in the context of ... -
Secularization and international relations theory : the case of Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2001)Traditional realist and structural neorealist approaches to international relations have largely made a "secularization assumption" by approaching states as static givens without looking at the ways in which states have ...
