• 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 ...
• Bunka Gaikō (Japan’s Cultural Diplomacy) :|re-constructing Japanese identity in France and Turkey (1952-1989) 

  Karaoğlu, Semiha. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)

  Japan has evolved into a cultural nation in the aftermath of World War II owing to the promulgation of the Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan. Given its pacifist culture and emerging role as a responsible member of the ...
• Hyundai Motor Company’s overseas manufacturing policy :|the analysis of Turkey as a production site 

  Uçar, Kuntay Yiğit. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)

  By the 1980s, the dominance globalization was felt on the world economy. Large companies in developed countries have started to make overseas investments in order to make more profit, consequently they have turned into ...
• Tracing the criminal women in Edogawa Ranpo’s stories 

  Kot, Ayşe Selin. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)

  Edogawa Ranpo is a Japanese author whose works concentrate on detective fiction. This study focuses on the portrayal of criminal women in his detective fiction works, Appearance of Osei (Osei Tōjō), Beast in the Shadows ...
• Patterns of contemporary Russo-Syrian relations: A realist interpretation from the Moscow perspectıve 

  Sakaoğlu, Emre Tunç. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)

  The primary aim of this thesis is to shed light on the past, present, and near future of Russian-Syrian relations from a broadly realist perspective, the particular variants of which had been labeled as “old-fashioned” and ...
• Artificial intelligence for social good :|from a global perspective to a regional one 

  Bağlar, Nazlı Almira. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)

  This thesis looks into the question of how the use of artificial intelligence can be utilized for the social good, what problems can it alleviate and what possible solution we can discover by using these new technologies ...
• The impact of the Japanese occupation on contemporary ethnic politics in Malaysia 

  Yakut, Neslihan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)

  This study aims to analyze how the Japanese occupation of Malaysia, back then Malaya, created a post-war continuation in the formation of contemporary ethnic politics under Malay political primacy in Malaysia between ...
• A marxist reading of Kuroshima Denji 

  Saf, Kemal. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2020., 2020.)

  Although there exist many critical studies discussing Japanese proletarian literature, Kuroshima Denji, an anti-war proletarian writer and his works, unfortunately, still have not drawn much interest from academic circles. ...

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