Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Tezleri: Recent submissions

  • The comparative political economy of pharmaceutical intellectual property rights in Mexico and Turkey 
    Bayraktar, İpek Tuğba. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    Since the late twentieth century, the protection of intellectual property has become integral to a free and fair international economic order. The ensuing global harmonization process in intellectual property that aimed ...
  • Comparative study of peace negotiations 
    Yetim, Orhan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    This study aims to investigate the mechanisms that support the success of peace negotiations. Two main factors are the focus of this work, which are third-party intervention and payoffs of parties. When third-party ...
  • Turkish foreign policy discourse :|a critical evaluation 
    Koçarslan, Yasin. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    Turkish foreign policy have undergone a critical transformation in the last two decades. This change also affected the discourse adopted by Turkish officials and institutions operating in the foreign affairs domain. ...
  • The state of Turkey’s construction sector during the AKP era 
    Akdoğan, Murat. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    In this research, I focus on the noteworthy performance of Turkey’s construction sector during the Justice and Development Party (AKP) era and examine why the construction sector per se has been promoted by the AKP ...
  • The dynamics of political information environments in the age of misinformation 
    Karaoğlanoğlu, Ural Berk. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    This thesis examines the relationship between the news consumption behavior of individuals and the types of information environments they are situated within. Investigating the transformation of politics-media-society ...
  • The political economy of Turkey wealth fund :|the interplay between fiscal policy and economic governance 
    Örmeci, Berkay. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    The studies on the political economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) in recent years revealed many aspects of international economic relations, economic policymaking, and domestic political relations. Although the role ...
  • Violence and voting behavior :|evidence from 2015 Turkish elections 
    Erdoğdu, Ulaş. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    How does violence affect voting behavior? Using the Turkish elections in June and November 2015 as a case study, this thesis tries to answer this question. To do that, first, I conduct a variety of quantitative analyses ...
  • Politics of transit in Turkey :|analysis of bilateral energy relations with Russia and the European Union 
    Şahin, Samed. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    Turkey is a strategic transit country located on the routes of energy flow between the leading supplier and the largest market in the region, Russia and the European Union (EU). Taking advantage of this geopolitical ...
  • Fethullah Gülen's perception of state and society 
    Altınoğlu, Ebru. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 1999., 1999.)
    This study is an analysis of the discourse of Fethullah Gillen, who is the leader of an Islamic community in Turkey, with respect to his perception of state and society. The main problematic of my study is to understand ...
  • The political economy of sovereign wealth funds :|the globalization paradox 
    Arslan, Ayşe Dilara. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    One of the many results of global financialization in the twenty-first century is the transformation of the traditional understanding of sovereignty. In the case of sovereign wealth funds (SWF), states commodify their ...
  • Political Islam and democracy :|how Islamist political parties survive in hostile settings 
    Sağlam, Kadir Barış. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    In Muslim majority countries, political parties with Islamic backgrounds often come to power after democratic openings (e.g., first democratic elections). Only some of these parties, however, manage to survive after ...
  • Everyday practices of domination and resistance in the Turkish mainstream media 
    Ünal, Elif. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)
    This thesis aims to find an answer to the following question: How does domination work inside Turkish mainstream media outlets? Although the neoliberal transformation and the establishment of a competitive authoritarian ...
  • Invented spaces beyond legal arrangements :|living together with Syrian refugees and practices of neighborhood associations 
    Sert, Gülbeyaz. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)
    Refugee incorporation literature tends to concentrate on macro-level indicators of incorporation that is mostly drawn on policy level analysis. On the other hand, refugee incorporation also has a strong societal connotation. ...
  • Explaining the expansion of Turkey's arms industry 
    Şahin, Mehmet Onur. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)
    This thesis investigates the new bureaucratic form of the Turkish arms industry established after Turkey’s shift to the Presidential system. This study has a three-pillar framework. The first pillar, the building arms ...
  • Understanding the “Harmonization” of Syrians :|the politics of implementation at the local level 
    Gürlek, Seden. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)
    This thesis studies the implementation processes of Syrian refugee incorporation projects at the local level in Turkey. Recognizing the municipalities’ increased role in refugee incorporation due to being the first level ...
  • Kurdish tribes and the question of assimilation in Turkey 
    Azbay, Hüseyin. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    After modern Turkey was founded, state elite initiated a comprehensive nationbuilding project and assimilation of Kurds has been a fundamental of part that project. From forced resettlement to compulsory Turkish education, ...
  • Rethinking state and civil society :|two educational policies during the Justice and Development Party era 
    Tunçel Gürlek, Özlem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    In the early years of the Justice and Development Party regime, educational policymaking was a collaborative and inclusive process with input from civil society organizations (CSOs). In the following years, the state ...
  • Media ownership structure and media freedom analyzed from a republican conceptualization of freedom 
    Köksal, Mert. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This thesis demonstrates how and why contemporary media ownership structure in Turkey damages the internal freedom of journalists. After explaining the emergence of the ownership structure, which is monopolistic, the ...
  • Citizenship ambiguity in unrecognized states :|the case of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 
    Kesbiç, Kayıhan Nedim. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)
    The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (the TRNC) has received a significant number of Turkish migrants after Turkey’s military intervention to Cyprus in 1974. However, academic research, so far, is unable to explain why ...
  • Civil society participation and weak institutions :|the case of urban expansion in Istanbul 
    Kutlu Karasu, Rabia. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)
    Istanbul has experienced a multifaceted transformation between 2009 and 2019 with the introduction of various urban megaprojects. During this period, the urban expansion through the northern parts of the city has accelerated ...