8 research outputs found
An Example for the Construction of Masculinity in Turkey: The Woman Has No Name
No full textIn Turkey, the academic works on gender rather focus on Women’s Studies, whilst Masculinity Studies are perceived as a relatively new research field. From this perspective, the aim of this work is to look closely at the social construction of masculinity in Turkey through the feminist author Duygu Asena’s book entitled Kadının adı yok (The woman has no name). This book hit the bookstores in 1987 and had a selling record in Turkey with its forty editions within year. Duygu Asena rather depicts her male characters from a critical perspective. According to her, in the social construction of masculinity in Turkey we see that men use psychological, physical and sexual violence against women. Men criticize women, limit their liberties, beat them at times, have physical intercourse with them without necessarily asking for their consent. Even though in Turkey masculinity is actually getting modernized and we see non-traditional forms of masculinity around, we notice that hegemonic masculinity is getting reproduced in homosocial communities. We can argue that men encounter insecurity in the midst of the modernization process and suffer from the oppression related to the “male roles”. We recommend that there ought to be more contributions on Masculinity Studies in Turkey
The BDP in Turkey and Its Approach to the Gender Question
No full textThis article evaluates how the pro-kurdish party Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi (BDP, The Peace and Democracy Party) which was founded in 2008 in Turkey, deals with women’s problems. The research is based on three main pillars: The BDP’s gender approach in the party program, the BDP’s gender approach in the last national election bulletin and the declarations of the BDP members which appeared in one of the most sold dailies in Turkey, Hürriyet (Liberty). The BDP is a gender-sensitive party. It has gender quotas of 40 percent in its statutes and hence benefits from a significant female presence in its decision-making mechanisms. This sensitivity is reflected in the party program as well as in the last national election bulletin. The BDP declares its intention to further strengthen penal laws concerning women’s rights violations, open shelters for women exposed to violence, procure easy access to social security for homemakers, support female presence in political and economic life via gender quotas, supervise gender sensitivity of the medias, eradicate prostitution and finally implement CEDAW (The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women). In the declarations of its politicians, the support for the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) is evident. The women of the BDP gladly underscore that the PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan supports women. The BDP places women’s problems on top of its priorities, right after the Kurdish issue
Sensitivity of College Students towards Social Responsibility Projects in Turkey Sensitivity of College Students towards Social Responsibility Projects in Turkey
No full textAbstract: This paper aims to understand college students' sensitivity towards social responsibility projects through qualitative research. In June 2014, in-depth interviews were conducted with students who had taken part in social responsibility projects, in İstanbul. Most students who are sensitive towards such projects are females, students in the Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department. They participate in more than one project at a time and/or they have handicapped family members. The female embracement of charity work shows the patriarchalism of the Turkish society. Psychological Counseling and Guidance Department students are more sensitive than others, because they are prospective Care professionals. Presence in a project or one-to-one contact with a disabled family member encourages students to get involved in more projects and be socially responsible. To attract more people and especially men into such projects, the society should break patriarchalism, both campuses and mass media should work on raising awareness for social responsibility projects
Political science publications about Turkey
No full textWOS: 000426807700009In this study, we conducted a bibliometric analysis of Thomson Reuters' Web of Knowledge (WoK): Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), and Journal Citation Reports (JCR) focusing on political science publications about Turkey from 1900 to 2016. We found a total of 1280 publications: articles (65.20%) and book reviews (26.33%). Most of the publications were single-authored, were written in English (88.2%) followed by German (9.61%), were cited four times, and gave references to 27 publications on average. The words that frequently appeared in the 2000-2010 period (e.g., Cypriot, Greek, consolidation, military, armed, Islam) were related to important aspects of Turkish politics, particularly to Turkey-EU relations. Moreover, the words that frequently appeared in the 2011-2016 period (e.g., shift, Islamic, religious, party, hegemonic, AKP, CHP) were mostly related to Turkey's domestic politics and the rule of the governing party, AKP. Based on these findings, we predict that the number of political science publications about Turkey and their impact will continue increasing in the next decade
An Example for the Construction of Masculinity in Turkey: The Woman Has No Name
No full textIn Turkey, the academic works on gender rather focus on Women’s
Studies, whilst Masculinity Studies are perceived as a relatively new
research field. From this perspective, the aim of this work is to look closely
at the social construction of masculinity in Turkey through the feminist
author Duygu Asena’s book entitled Kadının adı yok (The woman has no
name). This book hit the bookstores in 1987 and had a selling record in
Turkey with its forty editions within year. Duygu Asena rather depicts her
male characters from a critical perspective. According to her, in the social
construction of masculinity in Turkey we see that men use psychological,
physical and sexual violence against women. Men criticize women, limit
their liberties, beat them at times, have physical intercourse with them
without necessarily asking for their consent. Even though in Turkey
masculinity is actually getting modernized and we see non-traditional forms
of masculinity around, we notice that hegemonic masculinity is getting
reproduced in homosocial communities. We can argue that men encounter
insecurity in the midst of the modernization process and suffer from the
oppression related to the “male roles”. We recommend that there ought to be
more contributions on Masculinity Studies in Turkey
SİYASİ PARTİLERİN “ÇOCUKLAR VE ŞİDDET” PROBLEMİNE YAKLAŞIMI: AKP VE CHP ÖRNEKLERİ
No full textBook title: CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE: CHILDREN UNDER THE PRESSURE
OF SOCIAL VIOLENCE: Children as the Victims of Violence = ÇOCUK VE ŞİDDET: TOPLUMSAL ŞİDDETİN CENDERESİNDE
ÇOCUKLAR: Şiddetin Mağduru Olarak Çocuklar -- Editor: Hasan BÜKER -- Publisher: Polis Akademisi Başkanlığı SAMER Scientific Publications Series -- Book chapter Political parties approaching the problem of 'children and violence': Examples from the JDP and the RPP = SİYASİ PARTİLERİN “ÇOCUKLAR VE ŞİDDET” PROBLEMİNE YAKLAŞIMI:
AKP VE CHP ÖRNEKLERİ -- Chapter Author: Şebnem Caqnsun -- ISBN : 978-605-64348-1-5 -- Date: 2014.Although political parties in Turkey have been compared, through their election bulletins and/or party
programs, on several aspects, there is no comparative work on the parties’ approach towards children’s rights. This
article evaluates how the ruling party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, Justice and Development Party, JDP) and the
main opposition party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Republican People’s Party, RPP) in Turkey approach children’s
rights and especially the problem of “children and violence”. The research is based on three pillars: a comparison of
the party programs, a comparison of bulletins from the last national election and a news search within Cumhuriyet
(The Republic) focusing on the last year (September 2012–August 2013). Analysis of Cumhuriyet, a national daily
known for its emphasis on human rights issues, intends to reveal which children are neglected, as well as other
issues related to violence and abuse that politicians underline in their declarations, and how those declarations
may relate to official promises made in party discourse. Roughly speaking, this research shows that the two parties
make similar promises to prevent child labor, fight juvenile crime and alleviate the plight of street children. The
politicians make declarations on young PKK members and raped children. The subject of “children and violence” is
just another subject where the ideological differences between the two parties can be seen. For instance, the
social-democratic RPP promises to work for the prevention of child marriage and for the coverage of rural labor
among 16–18 year olds under social security. The conservative-democratic JDP has not made similar promises.
Through the news search, this research also shows that election bulletins may specifically cover the situation of
youth involved in terror and that of children subject to physical abuse. The primary result surely is the urgent need
for a bipartisan effort to resolve the problem of “children and violence”Türkiye’deki siyasi partiler seçim beyannameleri ve/veya parti programları üzerinden çeşitli yönleriyle
karşılaştırılmış olmalarına rağmen, siyasi partilerin çocuk haklarına yaklaşımlarına dair bir karşılaştırma çalışması
yoktur. Bu makale iktidar partisi (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) ile ana muhalefet partisinin (Cumhuriyet Halk
Partisi, CHP) Türkiye’deki çocuk haklarına ve özellikle “çocuklar ve şiddet” problemine yaklaşımlarını
incelemektedir. Araştırma üç ana sütun üzerine temellendirilmiştir. Bunlar, parti programlarının karşılaştırılması,
son genel seçim beyannamelerinin karşılaştırılması ve Cumhuriyet Gazetesi üzerinden (Eylül 2012 - Ağustos 2013)
geçen seneye dair haber taramasıdır. İnsan hakları konusuna özel ilgi gösteren Cumhuriyet Gazetesi’nin analizi,
siyasetçilerin açıklamalarında hangi çocukları ihmal ediliyor gördüğü, şiddet ve suistimalle ilintili buldukları konuları
ve bu açıklamaların parti söylemlerindeki sözlerle ne kadar örtüştüğünü ortaya çıkarmayı hedeflemektedir. Genel
olarak, bu araştırma her iki partinin de çocuk işçiliğini önlemek, çocuk suçluluğuyla savaşmak ve sokak çocuklarının
durumlarını iyileştirmek konularında benzeri sözler verdiğini göstermektedir. Siyasetçiler genç PKK üyeleri ve
tecavüz edilen çocuklar hakkında açıklamalarda bulunmuştur. “Çocuklar ve şiddet” konusu iki partinin arasındaki
ideolojik farklılıkların görüldüğü alanlardan yalnızca bir tanesidir. Örneğin, sosyal-demokrat CHP, çocuk evliliklerinin
önlenmesi ve 16-18 yaşları arasındaki tarım işçilerinin sosyal güvenlik sistemine dahil edilmesi konularında çalışma sözü vermektedir. Muhafazakar-demokrat AKP’nin benzeri sözleri yoktur. Haber taraması kanalıyla ise araştırma,
seçim beyannamelerinin teröre karışan çocukların durumu ile fiziksel suistimale maruz kalan çocukların durumunu
içerebileceğini göstermiştir. Ana sonuç ise kuşkusuz, “çocuklar ve şiddet” problemini çözmek için iki partinin acilen
beraber çalışması gerektiğidir
SIMULATION ET SPATIALISATION DU RISQUE D’INONDATION DANS UNE VALLEE ANTHROPISEE. LE CAS DE LA VALLEE DE L’OURIKA (HAUT ATLAS, MAROC)
No full textThis work is devoted to the simulation and spacialisation of natural flows at the Ourika Valley in Morocco. Subject to climatic and anthropogenic forcing, the valley's flood flows are, nowadays, extremely high compared to the average flow. Decadal and centennial floods simulation was undertaken using two software solutions. The floodplains mapping gives valuable information related to the magnitude of the overflow affecting fields, buildings and the road, leading to Marrakech, along the river banks. Knowing that the Ourika Valley is narrow, heavily populated with a unique road to Marrakech, this work reveals the amplitude of flooding risks in this area. That’s why, regular human activities must be regulated and the risks must be managed by preventing and forecasting
