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Legislative Committees in the Turkish Parliament: Performing Procedural Minimum or Effective Scrutiny?
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2023) Bektas, Eda; Political Science and Public Administration
This study examines committee influence on government bills during the AKP's 2011-2015 majority government term in Turkey, an era characterised by democratic backsliding. It explores whether committees introduce more substantial amendments to government bills when they draw on their scrutiny powers (i.e. hearing sponsoring ministers, hearing stakeholders, forming subcommittees, secondary committee review) providing them diverse information and policy expertise. I hypothesise and test under what conditions committees use these competencies to initiate substantial changes. Overall findings based on a novel dataset indicate that legislative committees introduce more substantial amendments to government bills when they consult with sponsoring ministers and stakeholders. These findings suggest that the formal capabilities of legislative committees provide opportunities for legislators to influence government legislation even in adverse political contexts, as these mechanisms limit the government's ability to impose its legislative agenda unilaterally. It contributes to the debates on strengthening legislatures for effective government scrutiny.
Citation - WoS: 6
Citation - Scopus: 6
On Social Integration Process With Refugees in Turkey: How Can Ngos Be More Effective?
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2021) Seyidov, Ilgar; Seyidov, Ilgar; Seyidov, Ilgar; Public Relations and Advertising; Public Relations and Advertising
According to the statistics of UN, more than 6.5 million people have been internally displaced since the Syrian crisis in 2011. There are also more than 13.1 million people in need in Syria. Approximately 5.6 million people have become refugees in various countries, mostly in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan. Among the countries welcoming displaced Syrians, Turkey is at the top, hosting over 3.5 million refugees. Governmental agencies, and I/NGOs (non-governmental organisations) are working together to meet the needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey. In this context, the social integration of refugees into the host community has become prominent. This study is focused on the positive and negative aspects of this social integration process in Turkey. By positive aspect, the positive contributions were meant, on the other hand, negative aspects are used to illustrate the shortcomings of the social integration process. In the research, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with the supervisors of refugee- oriented programmes implemented by NGOs. The focus is on the evaluation of social integration and the role of civil society organisations in this process. The main purpose is to discuss the current situation and to elicit different perspectives on the development of social integration process.
The Paradox of Power in Turkey: Omnipotent Leader, Impotent State
(Wiley, 2026) Bektas, Eda; Muhurcuoglu, Korhan
This article examines a central paradox of contemporary authoritarianism: how the concentration of power in the hands of a seemingly omnipotent executive can simultaneously erode bureaucratic capacity and autonomy through subordination, producing an increasingly impotent state. Focussing on Turkey's transition to hyper-presidentialism after the 2018 elections, it argues that excessive centralisation has undermined the institutional competence and discretion required for coordinated and effective policy implementation. The government's response to the 6 February 2023 twin earthquakes provides a tragic and revealing case that affected millions of lives. Despite Recep Tayyip Erdo & gbreve;an's pledges that the presidential system would deliver efficiency and decisiveness, disaster governance was marked by delayed decision making, poor coordination, limited capacity for rapid mobilisation and communication and an emphasis on narrative control over effective execution. Drawing on bureaucratic capacity and autonomy as indicators of governance quality, this article shows how personalist rule hollows out state institutions, exposing its limits in delivering good governance.
Citation - WoS: 6
Citation - Scopus: 4
Latent Dynamics of Movement Formation: the Kurdish Case in Turkey (1940s-1960s)
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2015) Ozen, Hayriye
The attention of social movement studies has so far tended to focus on visible phases of movements, neglecting latent ones. This study argues that invisible mobilizations may be critical in preparing the groundwork of public mobilizations, particularly in authoritarian contexts. Using a process-oriented constructivist account of mobilization which incorporates insights from resistance studies, this article analyzes the Kurdish case in Turkey in the authoritarian 1940s and semi-authoritarian 1950s. Based on in-depth interviews, memoirs, newspaper reports, and official documents, it is demonstrated that a latent Kurdish dissent emerged in this period through the constitution of a sense of shared grievance and common identity both in hidden ways within the submerged networks of Kurdish students and professionals, and in public and visible, yet disguised, ways. Incubating the movement out of the gaze of the authorities within the authoritarian context, this latent dissent formed the groundwork of public acts of defiance and mobilization which emerged towards the end of the 1950s as the political changes encouraged Kurdish dissenters to publicly declare their opposition, and expanded in the more liberal context of the 1960s. Resume Les etudes des mouvements sociaux ont eu tendance jusqu'a present a privilegier les phases visibles de ces mouvements, negligeant les stades latents. Cette etude soutient que les mobilisations invisibles peuvent etre essentielles pour preparer le terrain des mobilisations publiques, en particulier dans un contexte autoritaire. En s'appuyant sur une interpretation constructiviste, axee sur le processus de mobilisation et reunissant des idees tirees des etudes des mouvements de resistance, cet article analyse le cas kurde dans la Turquie autoritaire des annees quarante et semi-autoritaire des annees cinquante. Fonde sur des entretiens approfondis, des biographies, des articles de journaux et des documents officiels, ce travail met en evidence l'apparition au cours de cette periode d'une dissidence kurde latente grace a la constitution d'un sentiment partage de mecontentement et d'identite commune au sein des reseaux secrets des etudiants et professionnels kurdes, de facon a la fois invisible et publique, mais dissimulee. Couvant a l'abri des regards des gouvernements autoritaires, cette dissidence latente a pose les bases des manifestations publiques de defiance et de mobilisation qui sont apparues a la fin des annees cinquante a l'occasion des changements politiques ayant encourage les dissidents kurdes a declarer publiquement leur opposition et favorise les mouvements sociaux dans le contexte plus liberal des annees soixante. Resumen La atencion de los estudios sobre movimientos sociales hasta ahora ha tendido a centrarse en las fases visibles de los movimientos, dejando de lado los latentes. Este estudio sostiene que las movilizaciones invisibles pueden ser centrales para la preparacion de las bases de movilizaciones publicas, en particular en contextos autoritarios. A partir de un relato constructivista orientado a los procesos de movilizacion que incorpora perspectivas de estudios de resistencia, este trabajo analiza el caso kurdo en Turquia en la decada autoritaria de 1940 y semi-autoritaria de 1950. Sobre la base de entrevistas en profundidad, memorias, informes de prensa y documentos oficiales, se demuestra que una disidencia kurda latente surgio en este periodo a traves de la constitucion de un sentimiento de agravio compartida y de identidad comun tanto en formas ocultas dentro de las redes sumergidas de estudiantes y profesionales kurdos, asi como de maneras publicos y visibles, aunque disfrazadas. Incubando el movimiento fuera de la mirada de las autoridades en el contexto autoritario, esta disidencia latente formo las bases del acto publico de rebeldia y movilizacion que surgio a finales de la decada de 1950 como los cambios politicos alentados disidentes kurdos para declarar publicamente su oposicion, y ampliado en el contexto mas liberal de la decada de 1960.
Citation - WoS: 13
Citation - Scopus: 12
Asymmetry in Farm-Retail Price Transmission in the Turkish Fluid Milk Market
(Bononia Univ Press, 2014) Bor, Ozgur; Smihan, Mustafa; Bayaner, Ahmet; Economics
This study investigates the price asymmetry in farm-retail price transmission in the Turkish fluid milk market. An asymmetric error correction model is applied on the monthly price data, and the results suggest that there is a positive price asymmetry in the farm-retail price transmission in the Turkish milk market. That is, the retail prices tend to adjust more quickly to the input price increases than to their decreases which yield welfare losses to the consumers. In addition, cointegration results imply that there is a significant market power in the Turkish fluid milk market. Therefore, the results of this paper support the view that retailers (as well as processors) can exercise significant market power as highlighted by asymmetric price responses in the Turkish milk market.
Citation - WoS: 7
Citation - Scopus: 8
Transferring Technical Knowledge To Turkey: American Engineers, Scientific Experts, and the Erzincan Earthquake of 1939
(Royal Society Publishing, 2022) Tunc,T.E.; Tunc,G.
On 27 December 1939, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Erzincan, Turkey, claiming close to 33 000 lives, and leaving 100 000 injured and 250 000 homeless. World War II was in its initial stages, and the USA was particularly concerned about the vulnerable situation in Turkey, since there was a possibility that it would join forces with Germany, as the Ottoman Empire had done in World War I. Consequently, the Turkish request for information on 'a type of quake resistant concrete construction understood to have been developed in California', resulted in a flurry of correspondence between numerous Turkish and American actors, including the US State Department, which supplied this material with notable attentiveness. As this article will argue, this request not only represents an early critical juncture in the transfer of earthquake engineering knowledge from the USA to Turkey, but also illustrates how diplomacy and engineering can intersect at pivotal points in time. Engineers and other scientific experts strengthened the Turkish-American relationship during this period, thereby laying the foundation of the technical cooperation that would flourish during the Cold War. This watershed moment also resulted in immediate developments in Turkey, such as the development of a comprehensive national disaster management programme, a seismic zone map, and earthquake building codes. © 2021 The Author(s).
Domestic Cooking, Bmi, and Factors Determining Women's Involvement - Tdhs-2013 Study Findings
(Karger, 2020) Kalyoncu, Z. Begum; Merdol, Turkan; Yildirim, Gonca; Cetiner, Ozlem; Gunesliol, Bartu Eren; Dag, Ayhan; Adali, Tugba
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Citation - Scopus: 1
Using Threshold Co-Integration To Estimate Asymmetric Price Transmission in the Turkish Milk Market
(Bononia University Press, 2021) Bor,O.; Tuncay,B.
We investigate the price dynamics between retail milk price and raw milk price in the Turkish fluid milk market. The study uses monthly fluid milk prices for 14 years between January 2003 and December 2016. We analyze the price adjustment in the fluid milk market through an asymmetric error correction model with threshold co-integration. We find that the transmission between the two prices has been asymmetric in both the long term and short term period. Differences between the farm milk prices and retail milk prices may exist due to marketing costs across the supply chain and pricing policies associated with the market structure. Results of the long-run analysis indicate a significant market power in the fluid milk market. Therefore, in this asymmetric case, the deviations are likely to be the reason for the market power of the processors/retailers and the reason for the oligopolistic market structure in the sector. © 2021, Bononia University Press. All rights reserved.
Citation - WoS: 17
Citation - Scopus: 24
The New Middle Class in Emerging Markets: How Values and Demographics Influence Discretionary Consumption
(Wiley, 2019) Belbag, Aybegum G.; Uner, M. Mithat; Cavusgil, Erin; Cavusgi, S. Tamer
The rise of new middle-class consumers in rapidly transforming emerging markets has attracted the attention of Western business executives. What they know about this growing segment of customers will determine whether they succeed or fail in these markets. The present study examines the factors that drive the discretionary consumption of this new middle class, including the effects of consumerist values, religious values, occupation, education levels, and ownership of fixed assets. The study draws its insights from data gathered from 391 new middle-class consumers in Ankara, the second-largest city in Turkey. The findings provide important implications for businesses, both indigenous and foreign. An overall implication is that managers ought to understand and qualify the new middle class in emerging markets not simply by their access to disposable income but by deeper attitudinal and behavioral characteristics.
Citation - WoS: 2
Citation - Scopus: 1
A Close Examination of Ankara's Reinforced Concrete Buildings Designed and Constructed Between 1923 and 1938
(Mdpi, 2023) Tunc, Gokhan; Tunc, Tanfer Emin
The Republic of Turkey was established in 1923 out of the remains of the Ottoman Empire. Between 1923 and 1938, the Turkish republic underwent fifteen years of rapid expansion and growth, with Ankara as its new capital and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) as its first president. During this period, reinforced concrete (RC) played a significant role in the construction of Ankara's public-use buildings. This study focuses on 57 of these structures, built either partially, or entirely, out of RC. The buildings are classified with respect to their duration, soil properties, foundation types, structural design details, construction types, materials and overall costs. In order to provide a better picture of the time period in which these buildings were designed and constructed, the technical, financial and political aspects of the projects, and the difficulties and challenges involved in their design and construction, are also discussed. Furthermore, this study outlines the impact of foreign engineers, construction workers, firms and the educational system on the development of civil engineering and use of RC in Turkey.

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