Essays about: "Turkey cultural analysis"

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1. 6. What can cooperation in the Black Sea Region teach us about Securitization Theory

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alex Tanchev; [2019-09-26]
   Keywords : securitization; collective action; realism; Turkey; NATO; Russia; European Union; international cooperation; low-trust system; Black Sea Region; Eurasianism; Neo-Osmanism; soft power;

   Abstract : As a relatively new theoretical framework, Securitization Theory has been criticized for its descriptive, rather than explanatory, nature, lack of unified methodology and its limited transferability. By using the Black Sea Region as an empirical example, I offer a new perspective on the merits of Securitization Theory–namely that it should be seen as a step towards an integrated multidisciplinary approach that allows for a dialogue between different theoretical schools. READ MORE

3. 7. Conditional Freedom: Identifying How Orientalism Informs Structural and Cultural Violence Towards Muslim Women in Turkey

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Yousor Akrawi; [2019]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to point out the ways in which Muslim women who wear the headscarf are subject to cultural and structural violence, and to discuss how that violence is informed by Orientalism. The study answers the following question: How does Orientalism inform structural and cultural violence against the wearing of the headscarf by Muslim women in Turkey? The theoretical framework applied to this study explores Johan Galtung’s different forms of violence: structural and cultural violence. READ MORE

4. 8. The last “terrorist” - Kurdish Marginalized Perspectives in the Turkish Social And Political Landscape

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Isabella Berfin Aslan; [2019]
   Keywords : Kurdish conflict understanding;

   Abstract : Despite the vast research on the protracted conflict between the PKK and the Turkish state, recent battles in the South-East of Turkey have increased the anti-Kurdish attitudes and discourses in Turkish society. I argue that Kurdish marginalized individuals conflict understandings are silenced in the Turkish social and political landscape. READ MORE

5. 9. Nothing New from the Eastern Front : The Role of Socio-Economic and Historical Factors in Influencing Leadership Style in Russia and Turkey

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Eraj Khurram; Ghazanfar Mahmood; Reil Sokolaj; [2019]
   Keywords : Leadership; Authoritarian Leadership; Strongman; Followers; Country in Focus; Russia; Turkey; Economy; Society; Culture; History; Leadership Assessment Traits.;

   Abstract : Strongmen leaders in the 21st century continue to have a role to play in organizations and business. This research is an inquiry to provide understanding behind the tendency to follow strongman leaders that exist in Eastern Europe. READ MORE

6. 10. Black Metal in Turkey: Islamic Semiotics and Subcultural Resistance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Douglas Mattsson; [2018]
   Keywords : black metal; extreme metal; metal; subculture; Turkey; Islam; counter-culture; identity; resistance; social semiotics; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : The most extreme subgenre of metal, black metal, is famous for its anti-Christian and Satanic aesthetics. Violent incidents connected to the formation of the Norwegian black metal scene in the early 1990s, such as Church-burnings, murders, and arsons, would make the genre notorious and solidify the perception that its fans and musicians reject religion. READ MORE