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Policy knowledge, collective action and advocacy coalitions: regulating GMOs in Turkey
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-03)
Turkey's biosafety regulations allow genetically modified food to be imported from abroad while prohibiting cultivation in Turkey - a puzzling regime that discriminates against domestic production. This article demonstrates ...
"Old oxen cannot plow": Stereotype themes of older adults in Turkish folklore
(Oxford Publishing, 2015)
Purpose of the Study: Although much research has established the nature of attitudes and stereotypes toward older adults, there are conflicting explanations for the root cause of ageism, including the sociocultural view ...
Assessing the validity and reliability of a questionnaire on dietary fibre-related knowledge in a Turkish student population
(ICDDR, 2013-12)
This study aimed to validate a questionnaire on dietary fibre (DF)-related knowledge in a Turkish student population. Participants (n=360) were either undergraduate students who have taken a nutrition course for 14 weeks ...
Legal pluralism and the Shari'a: a comparison of Greece and Turkey
(Wiley, 2014-08)
The creation of a national and unified legal system was an important aspect of the rise of the modern state and national citizenship. However, this interpretation of legal rationalization has been challenged by sociologists ...
Body mass index, dietary intake and feeding problems of Turkish children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
(Elsevier, 2013-11)
The body mass index of 164 children (aged 4–18 years) attending four autism rehabilitation centers in Istanbul, Turkey, was determined and assessed using the BMI-for-age percentile charts by the World Health Organization ...
Existential antagonisms: Boundary work and the professional ideology of Turkish industrial designers
(MIT Press, 2016)
Industrial design (ID) is a fairly young and largely unknown profession in Turkey. Although significant developments have taken place in the field of ID in the past 15 years, the scope of scholarly attempts to analyze the ...
Disaster preparedness using risk-assessment methods from earthquake engineering
(Elsevier, 2018-09-01)
Analyzing the uncertainties associated with disaster occurrences is critical to make effective disaster preparedness plans. In this study, we focus on pre-positioning emergency supplies for earthquake preparedness. We ...
‘Names will never hurt us’: A qualitative exploration of çapulcu identity through the eyes of Gezi Park protesters
(Wiley, 2019-07)
While there is a wealth of literature on how and why people engage in collective action, there has been comparably less focus on the way identities that have emerged (as compared to how they are consolidated or politicized) ...
Change in industrial designers’ jobs: The case of Turkey, 1984-2018
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-08-21)
This paper examines the change in the forms of employment of industrial designers between 1984 and 2018 in Turkey. The empirical data come from the graduates of the four oldest industrial design departments in the country. ...
When elites polarize over polarization: Framing the polarization debate in Turkey
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-11)
This article aims to explore the views of the Turkish elite on the state of polarization in Turkey. By identifying four political frames-namely, harmony, continuity/decline, conspiracy, and conflict-that selected Turkish ...
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