Browsing by Subject "Environmentalism"

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    Ecology, love, and relationships in Sir Philip Sidney’s Astrophil and Stella
    (David publisher, 2015) Kurtuluş, G.
    One of the threats to the modern men today is the quick change in seasons and unusual fluctuations in temperature. Contemporary life is marked with various conditions that make life comparatively different and for that matter difficult for everyone. Amongst many worldly things, like materialism, struggle to survive in the highly competitive urban settings, people tend to consider the merits of cosmopolitanism more than anything else. Curiously enough, Sir Philip Sidney’s sonnets, though written in the 16th century and become milestones of the sonnet tradition in the English Renaissance which are applicable to today’s global concern of environmentalism. When considered in the light of ecocriticism, Sidney’s sonnets provide a suitable ground for the modern readers to reevaluate the current situation of the world we live in and the nature that we inherit from our ancestors. This paper aims to analyze some of Sidney’s selected sonnets from Astrophil and Stella in the light of ecocritical approach to literary works.
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    Türkiye'nin ilk çevrecisi: Manisa Tarzanı
    (Bilkent University, 2020) Yılmaz, Alper Can; Özkaya, Ece Nur; Çakmakcı, Güneş; Barlas, Pelin; Süel, Ata
    Kurtuluş savaşı sonrası yangınlar yüzünden bütün yeşilliğini kaybetmiş olan Manisa bölgesinin tekrar ağaçlandırılması sürecinde önemli bir rol oynayan Ahmet Bedevi, zaman içerisinde alışıla gelmişin dışında bir hayat biçimi benimseyerek Manisa Tarzanı lakabını almıştır. Şort dışında bir şey giymemesi, dağlarda yaşaması ve ağaçlara olan sonsuz sevgisi sayesinde halk arasında bir efsane haline gelen Manisa Tarzanı, tabiatı korumanın önemini çok erken bir vakitte fark etmiştir. Çevrecilik kavramının önemi fark edilmeye başlanmadan önce ağaçlandırma ve çevreyi korumayı benimseyen Tarzan, Türkiye’nin ilk çevrecisi olmuştur. Bu araştırmada, Tarzan’ın tuhaf yaşamı anlatılmış ve hayat felsefesi çevrecilik kapsamında incelenmiştir.
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    Understanding the nuclear energy debate in Turkey : internal and external contexts
    (2010) Udum, Şebnem
    Nuclear energy generation in Turkey has sparked debates on its relevance and necessity for energy security policy. As a developing country, Turkey chose nuclear energy to address both to sustainability and development needs. The decision is challenged on the basis of “threats” to life, environment and security. The arguments and prescriptions of the contending sides render two meanings for nuclear energy: “asset” and “threat.” This dissertation looks into the construction of these two meanings that prescribe nuclear energy either as the appropriate policy choice or an imminent threat to human life and environment. The respective arguments are shaped by the international norms on nuclear nonproliferation, environmentalism and antinuclearism. This study analyzes the contending discourses in order to find how the opposing meanings of nuclear energy are produced and sustained. It finds that the former meaning and policy prescription is formed with reference to the Realist conception of state power and security. It is Critical Theory, Marxism and Green Political Theory which account for the second meaning of nuclear energy. The “conflict” is not only at the practical but also at the theoretical level. The dissertation argues that this conflict can be addressed through a critical engagement of the parties concerned. It seeks to find common grounds on which the parties can talk. The analysis of the discourses reveals these common grounds where the two sides can find points of reconciliation and formulate a sound energy security policy