M.A. Theses: Recent submissions

  • Entrepreneurial officers:|Examining the commercial enterprises of the Algerian, Turkish, and Indonesian armed forces 
    Samhan, Omar Talal. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    The role of the armed forces within any given polity has been maintained by a sovereign state for the explicit purpose of the application of violence. The Cold War and decolonization provided new opportunities for ...
  • Sheltered bodies:|Investigating the representations of Syrian refugees in Turkish media 
    Mamak, Onur. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This study investigates the representations of refugees from the Syrian Civil War in Turkish print media. It does so by quantitatively and qualitatively analyzing all of the refugee related news ran by five newspapers ...
  • Threat perception, contact and social distance :|factors that affect public opinion on Syrians in Turkey 
    Eşigül, Aşkınnur. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This thesis examines the factors that affect opinion on Syrians. Relying on the literature, perceived threat is offered as the main explanatory variable, alongside contact with Syrians and social distance. A secondary ...
  • Rethinking the production of space:|The case of Istanbul's Beyoğlu 
    Özdemir, Kübra. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district has been undergoing a massive transformation since the 2013 as other parts of the city. While various state-led projects have been reshaping both the physical and non-physical elements of space ...
  • Beyond limits :|the mobilization of a wildcat strike in Turkey 
    Gökçek, Alican Çağrı. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    With the increasing poverty and rising social injustice in Turkey, the working class’ grievances have recently become more visible in the public. In this sense, Turkish society witnessed one of the most disruptive and ...
  • Women’s labour force participation :|rethinking the role of civil society 
    Gürçay, Sena Bilen. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This thesis aims to explore the roles and responsibilities given to civil society organizations (CSOs) under welfare mix system and the implications of these roles over depoliticization of CSOs. To this end, this thesis ...
  • The politics of judicial independence :|explaining the trajectories of judicial councils in Italy and Turkey 
    Silsüpür, Sinancan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This thesis presents a comparative historical analysis of the trajectories of judicial councils in Italy and Turkey from their inception at the beginning of the second half of the 20th century. Through a detailed analysis ...
  • The impact of policy-making on tourism development :|the case of Uzungöl 
    Küçükaşçı, Ebrar Şahika. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    In 2007, the Justice and Development Party developed a tourism strategy as a part of its “Turkey’s 2023 Vision” to be applied all throughout the country. The promising strategy is grounded on sustainable development, ...
  • The role of the military in democratization processes: The cases of Egypt and Tunisia 
    Küçük, Ömer Naim. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    Why do some militaries allow institutionalization of democratic reforms, whereas others disrupt them? By process-tracing the critical processes in Tunisia and Egypt, this research examines why the Egyptian military ...
  • Nezihe Muhiddin: |bir Osmanlı-Türk kadın hakları savunucusu 
    Zihnioğlu, Yaprak. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 1998., 1998.)
    Bu çalışmada, Nezihe Muhiddin'in düşünceleri ve etkinlikleri incelenerek, ülkemizde 1934'de kadınlara siyasal hakların Kemalistler tarafindan verilmesinden önce, kadınların siyasal haklarını almak üzere harekete geçtikleri ...
  • A methodological critique of studies on multicultural policies and sociocultural integration 
    Morrison, Mitchell Max. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    A contentious debate over migration in Europe has emerged in recent years, with a significant amount of attention focusing on the perceived lack of immigrant integration into the receiving host countries’ societies. This ...
  • The politics of the Olympics: The case of the Sochi 2014 winter games 
    Karasaç, Ayşe. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019., 2019.)
    This study aims to analyze the political aspects of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics that were held in the Russian Federation after many protests and controversies. The analysis of the Sochi case contributes to our ...
  • Rethinking urban transformation and contested spaces: The case of Diyarbakı 
    Bakan, Ronay. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    The literature on contentious politics tends to explain the dynamics of collective political struggle on the ground of sequential events in national and international politics. This time-centered perspective in contentious ...
  • Surviving tribes as political actors: The evolution of political clientelism in Şanlıurfa 
    Akbıyık, Ahmet Utku. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    Tribes have been important political actors throughout the history of southeastern Turkey. What are the tools that tribe leaders still utilize to protect their scope of influence within the southeastern region of Turkey? ...
  • The politics of rap: Rap music as a tool for expressing exclusion in Istanbul 
    Mişe, Umut. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    In Istanbul, in the neighborhoods where there are problems such as poverty, discrimination and exclusion with the effect of urbanization, globalization and neoliberalism, young people who suffer from these problems use ...
  • Political football: Making football fandom a symbol of political dissent 
    İncedere, Kamile Sena. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    This study aims to examine the role and effects of politicization of football fandom in the Gezi Movement, which was the biggest social upheaval of Turkish political history in the 2000s. This movement brought a lot of ...
  • The expansion of neoliberalism in Turkey: The case of the Mass Housing Development Administration 
    İspir, Kerem Mert. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    The neoliberal transformation in Turkey’s housing market and urban economy creates a legal and institutional framework that accelerates the commodification of land, and construction-based economy. This thesis illustrates ...
  • Threatening security: Conflicting conceptualizations of security during the Gezi Park protests 
    Güngör, Mustafa Utku. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)
    18 days of resistance against the destruction of Gezi Park at the heart of Istanbul opened up a new phase for the public political debate in Turkey. For a while, neither the government and its supporters nor separate ...
  • Political liberalism and religious discourses: An evaluation of the asymmetry objection 
    Mutaf, İbrahim Çağrı. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2018., 2018.)
    John Rawls’ Political Liberalism (2005) addresses the question of enduring plurality of conflicting worldviews within societies under democratic regimes. As a theory of justification, political liberalism excludes religious ...
  • The politics of religion: State policy towards muslims in Post-Soviet Russia 
    İltekin, Sümeyye Mine. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)
    This thesis analyzes the state’s Muslim policy in post-Soviet Russia with a focus on Putin period. The thesis aims to make a modest contribution to the analyses of the complicated relations between state and religion in ...

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