Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Tezleri: Recent submissions

  • Formations of the body: Talal Asad and the secular 
    Peksöz, Ömer Faruk. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    The present study aspires to read Talal Asad’s Genealogies of Religion and Formations of the Secular not as works of anthropology of religion, but as one major contribution to body studies. The novelty of this thesis lies ...
  • Fragile identities: prostitutes as signifiers of patriarchy and heteronormativity in Turkey 
    Sorma, Mediha Pınar. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    'Prostitute', being a term or a stigma, both talks through the mouth of patriarchal system and deciphers it as an object, a tool and a subject created and reproduced by this very system over and over again. In a society ...
  • Fans by proxy: cross-cultural media fandom in Turkey 
    Yıldırım, Utku Ali (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    A “fan” can be anyone, from a regular viewer of a TV show, to a fan fiction writer, a collector, or an obsessive consumer. “Fandom”, therefore, is a community of these myriad of fans with their myriad of ways to interact ...
  • The Social construction and change of consumer identity, ideology and 'spectacle': a study of credit card commercials in Turkey from 1989 to 2004 
    Kaya, Engin. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Graduate Institute of Social Sciences, 2005., 2005.)
    Starting from the liberalization period by the Ozal government in mid-1980s, the Turkish society has become increasingly dominated by consumption. Introduced around the same time, credit cards have spread exponentially and ...
  • The mad’ spotted? politics of mad identity through discursive themes on Mahallenin Delisi (The Mad of the Neighborhood) 
    Arıcan, Aysu. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2013., 2013.)
    This study primarily deals with the politics of mad identity, and specifically, it aims to explore the discursive construction of mahallenin delisi (the mad of the neighborhood), a disappearing public figure, as a social ...
  • Towards another ontology of performance 
    Akıncı, Eylül Fidan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2013., 2013.)
    This thesis focuses on the concept of performance, specifically in its artistic modality, as a reflexive event through which an ontological examination of being can be actualized. Starting from a critique of current ...
  • Comparing the different perceptions of site engineers, workers, and graduate students to safety training by using eye-tracking technology 
    Marwa, Zaki. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)
    The construction industry is known to be risky and full of trammels; therefore, an appropriate safety training method is needed to mitigate the hazardous e ects of construction activities. Researchers and practitioners ...
  • The making of luxury markets :|comparison of Chinese and Turkish patterns 
    Ateş, Alp Anıl. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    During the recent decades of globalization, consumption practice of the people in developing countries has drastically changed and ostentatious products have become popular. This study explores the luxury consumption ...
  • Turkey, China and the silk road of energy :|The Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline 
    Akar, Zeynepcan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This thesis analyzes the motives behind involvement of Turkey and China in the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP). Referred as the Silk Road of Energy, TANAP is a fundamental section of Southern Gas Corridor ...
  • Practices of soft power: A comparison of South Korea and Turkey from the 1990s to 2017 
    Muter, Irem Cihan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    Throughout the history, power has been conceived as the ability to get what you want through inducement or threats which is basically called hard power and states have been longly practicing hard power in order to get ...
  • Prospects for a multicultural Korean society: Minority politics with a focus on Afro-Koreans 
    Mirkelam, Burcu. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    This thesis looks into the potential towards a multicultural South Korean society and possible improvement of minority politics with a focus on Afro-Asians in South Korea. The main research question is to what extend the ...
  • Representations of the modern girl in Japanese interwar literature 
    Kaynar, Aslı İdil. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This study explores the Japanese modern girl’s (moga) representations in Taishō and early Shōwa texts, and the role these representations played in women finding their voice in literature. The project acknowledges the ...
  • “One Nation, Two States”: Turkey–Azerbaijan economic relations and the rhetoric of Turkic identity 
    İskender, Barış. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    The rhetoric of “One Nation, Two States” has been dominating the official expressions of Turkey-Azerbaijan relations since the independence of the latter in 1991. Along the way, both countries have been cooperating in ...
  • The influence of the Vajrapāni on Japanese martial ideologies 
    Norris, Jennifer. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    This study follows the relationship between the iconic warrior figure Vajrapāni, and two of its derived characters: Fudō Myō-ō and the Niō, as they influence the development of martial ideology in Japan, following the ...
  • Understanding Jimintō (Liberal Democratic Party) factionalism as a structure of elite circulation in Japanese politics 
    Akçevin, Yalın. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    The factions of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (Jimintō/LDP) have been subjected to different analyses over the years, each seeking to explain their origins and functions, and to forecast their future. Factions ...
  • Changing the status of the presidency: A comparison of constitutional amendments in South Korea and Turkey 
    Demirbulak, Hülya Görkem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)
    The aim of this thesis is to plot South Korea and Turkey’s journey towards a constitutional amendment by focusing on their current debates about changing the status of the presidency and to find an answer to the question ...
  • The strategic importance of the Kuril Islands for Japan’s national security 
    Kır, Taner. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    This thesis was written on the strategic importance of the Northern Territories, for which Japan and Russia did not sign the peace treaty that would end the Second World War. Claiming that the four islands of the Kuril ...
  • The perception of Chinggis Khan :|a comparison of medieval Mongolian, Persian, and Chinese historical sources 
    Karaarslan, Burcu. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    This study aims to present a comprehensive understanding of Chinggis Khan's life, career, and policies by comparing his perception via evaluating the fair and harsh policies of Chinggis Khan in major primary sources in ...
  • Branding Washoku as an instrument of Japanese soft power 
    Yahşi, Merve. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    Japanese food has become a global trend over the past two decades, and boosted the international standing of Japan. This study delineates the role of Japanese cuisine, or washoku, as an instrument of Japanese soft power. ...
  • The legacy of inequality in the status of Turkish and Chinese women’s rights to property 
    Gümüş, Cansu. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    This study aims to present an analysis comparing the differences and similarities of women’s property right both as a legal concept and as a practice in China and Turkey. The focus is particularly on property rights ...