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KAMU HARCAMALARININ FARKLI BECERİ DÜZEYLERİNDEKİ İSTİHDAM ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ: DİNAMİK PANEL EŞİK VERİ YAKLAŞIMI
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2025-11-21) ömer batuhan beşirli; Maliye
In recent years, the accelerating process of globalization has led to significant transformations in labor market conditions. Digitalization, automation, and technological progress have reshaped the sectoral and qualitative structure of employment, contributing to the spread of a phenomenon referred to as labor market polarization. In this process, while middle-skill occupations have relatively declined, the share of low- and high-skill jobs in total employment has increased. This structural transformation affects not only employment dynamics but also income distribution and equality of opportunity.
This dissertation aims to examine the impact of public expenditures on the structure of the labor force within this transformation process by disaggregating the effects according to skill levels. Employing a dynamic panel threshold model with data from 38 countries over the period 2000–2022, the study investigates the heterogeneous effects of public spending on employment. The findings reveal that the effect of public expenditures on employment differs once R&D expenditures exceed a certain threshold, and that this effect generally tends to be employment-reducing. However, the skill-level disaggregation shows that the impact is not distributed symmetrically across labor groups. In particular, the positive effect of public expenditures on high-skilled employment increases significantly when the R&D threshold is surpassed, whereas public expenditures are found to reduce employment in medium-skilled groups in both pre- and post-threshold regimes. For low-skilled labor, the effect of public expenditures remains positive, but this favorable impact weakens once the R&D threshold is crossed.
The results suggest that under conditions of accelerated technological progress, public expenditures may have the potential to exacerbate job polarization. Overall, the study demonstrates that public spending exerts important influences on labor market dynamics and distributional relations. In light of the findings, it is argued that fiscal policies should be designed with an approach that explicitly takes into account different skill levels.
REFUGEES INSIDE, REFUGEES IN SIGHT: VISUAL NARRATIVES OF SYRIAN AND UKRAINIAN DISPLACEMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2025) KARAMIK KAYA, İrem; Uluslararası İlişkiler
This thesis investigates how European Union institutions visually narrate migration, with particular attention to the cases of Syrian and Ukrainian refugees. Theoretically, this study bridges the aesthetic, and narrative turns in International Relations. Visuals, for most of the history of the discipline, are left in the sidelines and seen as secondary. This work puts forward that visuals are not ornamental but constitutive, not supplementary but fundamental in institutional storytelling. Through a framework of Visual Narrative Analysis, it argues that visuals are not peripheral illustrations of reality but active meaning-makers that both reflect and constitute international politics. The study develops an original methodological tool specifying the elements of visual narratives (theme, object, colour scheme, social/cultural/political references, context, and accompanying text) and applies it to a corpus of 1,418 visuals drawn from three official European Union (EU) media repositories: the EU Commission Press Corner, the EU Newsroom, and EUROPARLTV. The analysis reveals patterns of striking asymmetry: EU visuals show the Syrian refugees linked to externalised and contained spaces whilst the Ukrainian refugees are visible on more welcoming scenes such as the reception centres, schools, their European hosts’ houses. It is also noted in relation to EU bodies that their visual narratives reflect their broader political functions: the Commission is visualised as the executive engine of the Union, the Parliament gives voice to public, while the Council visually inhabits its role as mediator, balancing national interests with the Union’s outlook. Through the selectivity in the storytelling of the Syrian and Ukrainian refugees visually, the European Union and its bodies create an asymmetry that does not sit easily with its normative self-branding. The stories the EU tells through images do not merely mirror reality — they construct the conditions of possibility for solidarity, inclusion and exclusion, and being.
İNFERTİLİTEYLE MÜCADELE EDEN ERKEKLERİN YAŞAM DENEYİMLERİNİN SOSYAL HİZMET PERSPEKTİFİYLE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2025-12-16) Pekasıl Ayşe Nur; Sosyal Hizmet
Infertility is a social issue that must be addressed through a rights-based approach, considering its psychosocial and societal dimensions. The experiences of men struggling with infertility in Turkey remain largely invisible, creating significant gaps in knowledge production and practice. This study aims to explore the life experiences of men struggling with infertility, analyzing them through the lens of hegemonic masculinity and the ecological systems perspective, thereby addressing this gap. A phenomenological qualitative research design was employed to examine infertility as experienced within the context of social interactions. Maximum variation and snowball sampling strategies were used to identify participants, and in-depth interviews were conducted with 23 men who met the inclusion criteria, using a semi-structured interview guide. Data were thematically analyzed with MAXQDA and reported according to SRQR standards. Findings were organized into five themes: (1) the construction and reinforcement of masculinity, (2) confronting infertility as an unexpected journey, (3) understanding challenges through an ecological lens, (4) resilience pathways of men struggling with infertility, and (5) participants’ ecosystem-based recommendations. The analysis revealed that masculinity is not a fixed identity but a dynamic process reconstructed through social expectations and personal experiences. Infertility constitutes an unforeseen and cyclical journey, during which men face challenges ranging from the micro to the macro level. Nevertheless, they sustain psychosocial resilience through various coping strategies. In conclusion, infertility represents not only a biological condition but also a multidimensional and fragile experience that influences men’s identities, social roles, resilience, and relational dynamics. Social work holds the potential to make men’s often invisible experiences visible, assess their needs across ecological levels, and foster transformative approaches grounded in gender equality. Strengthening psychosocial support services, promoting inclusive rights-based practices through inter-institutional collaboration, and expanding interdisciplinary research are recommended.
TÜRKİYE’DE AR-GE VE YENİLİK FAALİYETLERİNE YÖNELİK DEVLET TEŞVİKLERİNİN ETKİ ANALİZİ
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2025) EBRU YALÇIN; Maliye
R&D and innovation activities are among the key determinants of sustainable economic growth, increased productivity, and international competitiveness. Incentives, one of the tools of industrial policy, find a wide range of implementation by supporting R&D and innovation expenditures, ultimately aiming to enhance innovation capacity and economic performance. However, since incentives are a form of public expenditure or tax expenditure, they create an additional fiscal burden on the budget. It is imperative to establish a counterbalance between the fiscal burden of incentives and their economic benefits, given the limited nature of public resources and the necessity to ensure efficiency in resource allocation. Therefore, appraising the profitability and efficiency outcomes engendered by incentives at the sectoral and macroeconomic levels is imperative in evaluating the effectiveness of public resources. R&D and innovation activities and profitability are in a cyclical relationship that mutually reinforces each other; increased R&D activities strengthen profit performance in the long term, while the profits obtained encourage the continuation and increase of R&D investments.
Within this theoretical and empirical context the study assessed the impact of direct support provided by TÜBİTAK -a pivotal actor in shaping of Turkey's R&D ecosystem- to private sector firms operating across 58 sectors between 2009 and 2021, focusing on their impact on sectoral profitability indicators (including return on assets, return on equity, operating profit margin, and operating profit). The analysis applied the Heckman Selection Model alongside the System GMM (Generalized Method of Moments) estimator to account for selection bias and dynamic panel data effects. Two separate models have been developed to assess the impact of policy preferences that prioritise the manufacturing sector: one that includes only support for the manufacturing sector, and another that covers support for all sectors. This approach provides a framework for policy analysis that takes into account the pivotal role of the manufacturing sector within the context of Sustainable Development Goal 9, which is entitled "Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure". The results from the Heckman Selection Model indicate that export capacity and the number of innovation applications (including patents, utility models, designs, and brands) significantly influence the allocation of TÜBİTAK support, reflecting a picking-winners strategy that targets firms with the highest potential. Findings obtained using the System GMM estimator reveal that no significant effect on the dependent variables is observed when all supported sectors are taken into account. However, the findings indicate that TÜBİTAK support exerts a favourable influence on return on equity, operating profit margin, and operating profit in the manufacturing sector. The findings indicate that TÜBİTAK support contributes to the 9th Sustainable Development Goal of strengthening industry, innovation, and infrastructure in Turkey by improving financial performance in the manufacturing sector.
İhsan Doğramacı: Bir Vizyonerin Biyografisi (1915-2010)
(Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2025-12) Ahmet Feyzi GÜL; Tarih
This doctoral thesis centers on the life story of Prof. Dr. İhsan Doğramacı, examining the structural
transformations that took place in the fields of health and higher education in Turkey within their historical
context. This journey, which began in Erbil and extended to Bilkent University, is not only the story of an
individual but also the story of the development process of an era in Republican Turkey.
Doğramacı's family background, education, professional development, and national and international
experiences are examined. The establishment of institutions such as Hacettepe and Bilkent, his
contributions to this process, and the relationships he forged in the socio-political atmosphere of the period
are explored. In this respect, the study attempts to evaluate Doğramacı's individual initiatives within the
framework of the conditions of the period.
The theoretical framework of the thesis discusses the historical development of biography writing, its
methodology, and the use of sources. The primary and secondary sources used in the study are supported
by oral history materials and visual documents and are treated with methodological sensitivity.
This study is conceived as a historical examination focusing on health and education developments centered
on Doğramacı. Rather than idealizing Doğramacı as a “founding figure” or “sole leader,” the thesis
examines him within the context of the progress made in health and education in Turkey during that period.
In this respect, as a biography, it also offers an opportunity to observe recent Turkish history.