In the early part of 20th century, nation state formation s taking a place in the Middle East; the Middle East met with the phenomenon of national boundary. Therefore, the research subject of the current study is as ...

This thesis problematizes why there are only a few protests against the violence of police in Turkey although it’s visible on tv news nearly every day. It claims that the visual culture which makes this violence visible ...

Carried out in and around Mardin, also called Tur Abdin, in this study, Sayyids of Becirman were discussed in the context of group identity, ethnicity, social and culturalconditions which allowed the formation of identity, ...

This thesis explains which meanings do the discourse “white Turk” comprises of and the stages of the evolution thereof. Critical Discourse Analysis is used to focus on how the distinction between “We” and “Others” is formed ...

In this study, ludological meaning of youth music festivals, that go on for many dayshowever are temporary in any case, has been discussed. It has been assumed that themusic festivals would be an important tool to reflect ...

This dissertation, which is based on a two-year-field research carried on in Kamil Ocak Neighborhood of Keçiören province in Ankara, moves from the assumption that the global consumption culture which occurs ...

In this dissertation, the causes, dimensions and consequences of conflicts are studied among groups that live in the city center in the Eastern Anatolia as well as Southeastern Anatolia Region and those that settled in the ...

Mass migration of rural population became a social fact due to displacement policies of the state by using its power in the Eastern and South-eastern regions of Turkey since late 1990s. Diyarbakır, the main and most important ...

This thesis’ subject is about the role of the migration process in the formation of ethnic boundaries and identity among the Kyrgyz community. This community lives in the eastern Anatolia in Turkey, in Van region, Erjish, ...

Although the main concern of this thesis is to analyze the anthropological aspects of the identity construction process among the Süryani Kadîm community's members settled in Istanbul, a comprehensive historical perspective ...