Browsing by Subject "Terrorism--Turkey."

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The original Turkish concerns about developments in Northern Iraq
(2008) Choi, Kwagnsoo
After the invasion of Iraq by the U.S., Iraq is undergoing significant transition that no one can predict the future perfectly. Such changes in Iraq will lead to the increasing concerns from neighboring countries including Turkey, Iran, and Arab states. Especially, there are historical, demographical, political and geostrategic contexts of Turkey‟s longstanding interests in the developments taking place in Iraq; treaties between Turkey and British related to Mosul that goes back to the 1920s, close cultural ties with Turkmen or Iraqi Turk who has lived in mostly northern Iraq, the direct threat of PKK who has stationed in northern Iraq to Turkey and an increased instability of security structure in Middle East. This thesis aims to elaborate the original Turkish concerns of developments in northern Iraq with political, demographical, political and geo-strategic dimensions by taking facts into considerations. Also, in accordance with the assessment of Turkish foreign policy about northern Iraq in particular since 1990s, it attempts to understand Turkish policies about northern Iraq.
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Values and risk perception : a cross-cultural examination
(2008) Güvenç, Gülbanu
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship between individual values and risk perception of terror attacks. This relationship is examined via a study employing university students from Turkey (n = 536) and Israel (n = 298). Those two countries share an ongoing threat of terror attacks, but differ in their socio-cultural backgrounds. Schwartz Value Theory (1992; 1994) is used to conceptualize and measure values. Cognitive and emotional responses about (1) potentially being exposed to a terror attack, and (2) a terror attack potentially occurring in the country are assessed to measure risk perception. Results partly support the hypotheses by showing expected associations of values with risk perception, as well as indicating gender differences and cultural variations. The more importance the Turkish and Israeli participants attribute to self-direction values, the less emotional they feel about the threat of being exposed to a terror attack. However, the greater priority they attribute to security values, the more negative affect they express about both threats. Furthermore, the more importance they give to hedonism & stimulation values, the less likely they perceive the likelihood of both threats. Current findings are discussed in relation to previous results, theoretical approaches, and practical implications.