• A Study of the Combination of Popular Culture and İslam in Turkey: The case of İlahi Sanatçıları 

      Eom, Mına (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2018-07-18)
      Since Western societies have been regularly viewing Islam through an orientalist perspective pertaining to the Middle East and that due to the over-emphasis upon the existence of radical Islamist groups following the events ...
    • Different Iranian Tourist Experiences in Turkey. Case Studies: Istanbul, Antalya, Konya 

      Hashemı Moghaddam, Amır (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2021-06-08)
      Every year, more than two million Iranian tourists travel to different cities in Turkey. In these different destinations, they gain different experiences. However, since no serious research has been done on them so far ...
    • Dynamics of Highly Skilled Emigration From Turkey After Year 2000 

      Evirgen, Evrim Anıl (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2024-09-19)
      Migration has been one of the important features of human communities in every period of history. Turkey has similarly had its share of historical changes. The industrial revolution and the increasingly important ...
    • Headshaping in Anatolia: A qualitative and quantitative research 

      D'Amico, Valentina (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2023-04)
      Several studies worldwide, by applying different methods, have investigated different aspects of intentional headshaping and, especially in the last decades, have tried to elaborate standardised quantitative analysis ...
    • Negotiating Diaspora Identities: Kazakhs in Turkey 

      Rakhimzhanova, Aray (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2021)
      This study explores the ethnic identification of Kazakhs living in Istanbul, Turkey who settled here in the beginning of the 1950s. Today their approximate number is 20.000. The work is going to discuss and analyse discourses ...
    • Transnational Social Fields of Ethiopian Migrants in Turkey 

      Musa, Mohammed Ali (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2019)
      Using the lens of transnational social fields of migration, this thesis examines and scrutinizes motivations, adaptations, transnational practices, and the lived experiences of Ethiopian migrants in Turkey and returnees ...
    • Underground Echoes: The Resonance of Persian Rap as Everyday Resistance 

      Omri, Nazanin (Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2024)
      In our study, we're closely examining how rap music has quietly become a rallying cry for a significant part of Iran's youth. It's their secret way of expressing what they can't say out loud and pushing back against the ...