Theses - Department of Political Science and Public Administration: Recent submissions
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“Inside outsiders:” comparing state policies towards citizens of Palestinian and Kurdish descent in Israel and Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2021-10)Israel and Turkey have been regarded as ethnically divided societies where ethnicity represented a fundamental political cleavage between a national majority and ethnic minority. The formation of Israeli and Turkish ... -
Securitization of migration in official discourse in Turkey in post-Cold War Era
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)Since the end of the Cold War, Turkey has become a destination country for the human mobility of people who are not of 'Turkish descent and culture’. For the first time in the history of the Republic, Turkey has become ... -
Discussion of the Kurdish question in the 1970s Turkish left: textual analysis of the 1970s left periodicals
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)This thesis aims to investigate the origins of identity politics by focusing on its lasting relationship between ideological politics. Concerning the literature of the left theories on the question of identity and the ... -
Identity versus morality: conceptions of islam, modernity and politics in the writings of Necip Fazil Kisakürek and Nurettin Topçu
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)This dissertation analyzes diverging conceptions of Islam in the writings of Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904-1983) and Nurettin Topçu (1909-1975), and ensuing differences in their critiques of Turkish modernization and their ... -
Finding the othering in the representation of Syrian refugee women: critical discourse analysis of the Turkish newspapers Cumhuriyet, Hurriyet, Sabah, Sozcu and Yeni Safak
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)After the outbreak of chaos in 2011 in Syria Arab Spring uprisings, Turkey implemented an open door policy for those who were subjected to forced migration. In this process, Syrians faced the consequences of being in a ... -
Reproduction of Turkishness on television: an analysis of TRT series
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)This thesis analyses two different TRT series to reveal when and how Turkishness is reproduced on television. These two series are Sevda Kuşun Kanadında and Seksenler. The thesis makes use of an interpretative approach ... -
Securitization of cyberspace governance and the right to privacy: cases of the Us, China, and Iceland
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)This thesis adopts securitization theory to analyse the securitization of cyberspace governance in different parts of the world to understand how the securitization of cyberspace governance affects the right to privacy, ... -
Social investment welfare state in a least-likely case: policy development in family policy in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2021-08)This thesis aims to examine similarities between family policy in Turkey and the Social Investment policies implemented in the European Union members. This research agenda will be explored through examining the extent to ... -
Trust in context: problematizing trust(ing) in Turkey among rural-to-urban migrant women
(Bilkent University, 2021-01)This dissertation examines trust and problematizes the process(es) and context in the case of rural-to-urban migrant women in contemporary urbanizing Turkey. The influx of rural-to-urban migration since the 1950s has ... -
Differentiating faiths: strategies of intra-group and inter-group boundary making among Alevis in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2021-01)The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between inter-group and intra-group boundary making strategies through a study of Alevi civil society organizations in Turkey. This study argues that to mobilize and ... -
Wise People Commission through national press representations: a peace journalism analysis
(Bilkent University, 2020-12)Inclusivity in peace processes is a norm that aims to engage marginalized actors and issues at different stages of a peace process. Previous studies show that inclusivity can contribute to the building of sustainable peace ... -
Policy diffusion between the World Bank and Turkey: the social risk mitigation project
(Bilkent University, 2020-12)Turkey adopted the Social Risk Mitigation Project (the SRMP) in 2001 with the incentives of the World Bank (the WB) to recover the effects of the 1999 earthquake and 2001 financial crisis on the poor. This thesis aims ... -
The intellectual foundations of the Turkish National Student Union (MTTB), 1965-1980
(Bilkent University, 2020-08)This thesis examines the intellectual foundations of the ideology of the Turkish National Student Union (MTTB) by analyzing the publications of this organization, once a paragon of Islamic youth activism in Turkey. It aims ... -
Continuity and change in the ideology of the Nationalist Action Party (MHP), 1965-2015: from Alparslan Türkeş to Devlet Bahçeli
(Bilkent University, 2020-10)This Ph.D. dissertation offers an in-depth, systematic study of the continuities and discontinuities from 1965 to 2015 between the nationalist ideas and practices of Alparslan Türkeş (the founder and first leader of ... -
Towards a society of control? Transformations in functional music and biopolitical modulation of everyday experiences
(Bilkent University, 2020-10)The present study constitutes an attempt to flesh out and render visible some of the peculiarly concealed yet effective ways in which power and control are exercised in contemporary societies through a historical ... -
Spiritism in secular Turkey, 1936-1969: the Ruhselman circle between religion and modern science
(Bilkent University, 2019-12)Spiritism, established by Allan Kardec claims to study an immaterial world through scientific methods, proposes a doctrine of reincarnation and derives knowledge from communication with spirits. In contrast to its depiction ... -
Critical discourse analysis of tweets and entries of dissidents in Turkey: the irresistible lure of voting
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)Turkey had 12 major political elections in last 10 years. Such intensive election environment had profound impacts on voters. Especially after the elections conducted in 2018 and 2019 many dissident voters first stated on ... -
Structural constraints and choice in monetary policy regime design: Bosnia and Kosovo in comparative perspective
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)This thesis analyses Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo in a comparative perspective using the classic method of Most Similar Systems Design by assessing the extent and nature of change in the two states’ monetary policy ... -
A modernization project in a neoliberal urban setting: municipal statues of Eskişehir
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)This thesis studies a municipally orchestrated modernization project in the city of Eskişehir, Turkey, in parallel to neoliberal urban trends. Showing the post-industrial characteristics of a neoliberal urban scene, ... -
The ludic production of space: gamification and spatial experience
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)This thesis traces the changes in the spatiality of play with a focus on conceptual and structural transformations play has undergone in the modern times. These transformations lead to the dissolution of the boundaries ...
