The Journal of Kesit Academy, Year 2022 Issue 32

Fear of Covid-19 and Psychological Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Significant Other Support and Sleep Quality

Hamit COŞKUNGözde AKMAN — 2024-08-29

Although the increase in Covid-19 cases brings competence in health services to the agenda, the problems experienced by individuals and the mechanisms accompanying these problems have not been explained yet. Although masks, distance, and cleanliness are desired targets, the continued increase in the number of cases indicates that these principles are not working. The news in the press and the situations experienced continue to increase the fear of getting this disease. The psychological health of people who constantly experience this fear is unknown, and there are information gaps in the literature on this subject. Whether individuals experiencing fear are positively affected by the social support system is still unknown. In this process, it is necessary to know the sleep quality of individuals while dealing with fear. This study tried to enlighten how the fear of catching Covid-19 is related to psychological symptoms and the mediating role of social support and sleep quality in these relationships. A total of 229 psychology students participated in the research in return for research credits. The participants filled out the Covid-19 Fear Scale, Multidimensional Perceived Social Support, Sleep Quality, and SCL-90 Scale, respectively. The findings of the study showed significant relationships among these variables. Also, the fear of Covid-19 was positively correlated with psychological symptoms (somatization, anxiety, depression, sensitivity, obsession, phobia, anger, and paranoia). Significant other support partially mediated the relationship between the fear of Covid-19 and some psychological symptoms. Besides, sleep quality played a partial and fully mediating role in the relationship between the fear of Covid-19 and all psychological symptoms. These findings indicate that significant other support acts as a buffer. In the future, we suggest that practitioners develop programs that will increase family and friend support and improve sleep quality in reducing the fear of Covid-19 and psychological symptoms.

A comparative reading of The Clown and His Daughter and The Mill on the Floss through a Vindication of the Rights of Women

Fikret GÜVEN — 2024-08-29

The purpose of the present paper is to analyze Halide Edib Adivar’ s The Clown and His Daughter (1935) and George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss (1860) in the light of Mary Wollstonecraft’ s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). Although the authors of both novels come from different cultures and backgrounds, they have depicted a common theme: the patriarchal oppression. The common element of the selected texts is consistent with Wollstonecraft’s observations in her treatise. Wollstonecraft lived during Victorian era in which public and domestic spheres were gendered. While women were confined to domestic spheres, the public space was reserved for men. Women were expected to be ‘Angel in the house’ and act according to the norms of patriarchal society. Wollstonecraft demanded equal opportunities for women in education. She argued that if given an opportunity women can be as successful and influential as their male counterparts. Problematic gender relationship described in her work can be observed in both texts. The heroines portray the confinement of women and lack of opportunity. They react against the patriarchal norms and yearn for a different life. The shift in gender roles is observed through female characters’ trials and tribulations.

The Critical Theory Perspective on Mass Media

Mehmet Emin BEGTİMUR — 2024-08-29

The foundations of modern science of communications were laid by Chicago School psychologist Charles Horton Cooley and educational scientist John Dewey, who attempted to define communication with a psychological approach. Communication became a scientific discipline with the works on propaganda by Walter Lipman in the 1920s and the propaganda model developed by Harold Lasswell in the 1930s. In these studies by American behaviorist school members known as mainstream communication studies, the facts that the initial studies were conducted with the sponsorship of a political institution or foundation and by certain private research corporations, and the affirmative approach to mass communication tools as a part of the system were noteworthy. However, concurrent studies were primarily conducted by independent universities or individual scientists unlike those conducted in the US. Furthermore, the ideas or discussions in these studies were negative towards the mass media. Those published by Frankfurt School and the British Center for Cultural Studies are the examples of such communication research. The present study aimed to discuss the approach of Frankfurt School or Critical Theory that played a key role in the development of the critical tradition in communications to mass media. Thus, the works of the Frankfurt School scientists were reviewed to provide a handbook for future studies on the topic.

Discussion of the Impact of Communication Tools and Equipment Design on Lives and Reality

Ahmet Şadi ARDATÜRK — 2024-08-29

Communication is a phenomenon as old as the history of humanity. This phenomenon is one of the most fundamental facts of humanity's dominance over the world. Humans have always designed, produced and used new tools and equipment for communication throughout the history. Developments in the field of communication radically affect both people at the micro scale and the society at the macro scale. The speed of designing, producing and consuming communication instruments unprecedentedly increased in the 21st century. This situation caused by technological realities creates a new representation on a world scale. This representation affects all kinds of actions from daily life to private life, from experience in private spaces to experience in public spaces. In this context, human, culture, society and the manner of living are evolving into a new reality. Developments in field of technology, software and design affect the social existence and humanity. The developments and changes in these fields directly shape the design of communication tools and equipment. This study provides an overview on the effects of communication tools and equipment and their design on today’s reality. It aims to reevaluate the relations between individual and meta and discuss social realities in connection with communication instruments and their design. Once understanding the past, it attempts to look to the future with today’s reality; and suggest the effect of new types and forms of communication and instruments on design and individuals. The designs serving for this reality are moving individuals away from the known reality day by day. And the life and living reshaped with these realities evolved to a state “the metas we previously owned are now the owners of us”. At the same time, the work invites the designer to present a new perspective and rethink the realities known in the relevant field.

An Overview of Music Performance Anxiety through the Sample of Horn Artists

Koray AY — 2024-08-29

The aim of this study is to create an overview of the problem of musical performance anxiety, which is a situation that every musician experiences more or less, through the sample of horn players. Within the scope of this purpose, the symptoms related to music performance anxiety, its effects on the individual, external factors, internal/individual factors and ways of coping will be discussed. The findings of the research are intended to be both a source for future studies and a starting point for new studies. The participants in the study group of the research are limited to 19 horn performers who have been active or previously worked in State Symphony Orchestras, State Opera and Ballet Orchestras and orchestras abroad. In line with the purpose of the research, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants, and the data obtained from these interviews were written down as verbatim. Afterwards, coding on the written text was done with descriptive analysis and content analysis methods over MAXQDA qualitative research software.

محمد بن يوسف الكريمي(1068هــ) دراسة في ديوانه

İbrahim İBRAHİMOĞLU — 2024-08-29

This research deals with the POETRY of a scientist of the twelfth century AH, the writer, poet, Muhammad bin Yusuf al-Karimi al-Dimashqi (1068 AH), and the poems he left. Where he was nicknamed "The Writer of Age" and one of the best prose and systems writers, and he was the most talented of poetry casters in his time, and the guardian of the Levant district of Rakb in Damascus, and From the descendants of scholars, his father, grandfather, and brother are all of the best literary scholars. The researcher stood on a complete unprinted poetry book by Al-Karimi, whose topics and purposes varied between praise, spinning, lament and satire. Most of it came in the praise of a large number of scholars from its professors and contemporaries, and dates in some of it to the dates of their accession to the position of judiciary or their arrival to the city of Damascus or the Roman lands (Turkey now). This Diwan (a book of poetry) is a historical document dating to an important period. This Diwan did not receive its share of study, except for what was mentioned by reference to it in the books of translations. This research sheds light on this Diwan, and mentions samples of the poems contained in it which exceeded eighty poems, knowing that this Diwan does not have it in the printed references except for a few poetic verses, and some corrections have occurred in it that I made in this research, by referring to the manuscript copy. I followed the inductive approach in tracking each of his poetry in the printed and manuscript references, the descriptive approach in defining his life and poetry, and the analytical approach in analyzing these poems and identifying his poetic purposes.

According to the Local Press in Tunceli Escape Cases in Geyiksuyu (Deşt) Open Agriculture Prison (1969-1973)

Savaş SERTEL — 2024-08-29

The known as Geyiksuyu or Deşt parish is one of the two sub-districts established in Hozat. The military barracks built here became inactive over time. In time, the Tunceli deputies made great efforts to evaluate this place. As a result of these efforts while the Ministry of Justice was building a closed prison in Tunceli, it opened the Geyiksuyu Open Agricultural Prison in the Geyiksuyu district of Hozat. This prison is famous for regular escapes of prisoners. According to the local media, there were continuous cases of escaping from this prison between 1969 and 1973. On the other hand, the prison administration and the Ministry of Justice officials did not take any precautions in this regard and almost remained a spectator. Most of the prisoners who escaped from the Geyiksuyu Prison came from the eastern provinces. Convicts were put in Geyiksuyu Prison to escape. According to newspaper reports, more than one hundred and fifty prisoners escaped in a period of three and a half years. Except for a few prisoners who escaped, none of them could be caught. These escapes have also been effective in destabilizing the country. The unstable political structure of the period and the uncanny environment the country was in made itself felt in Tunceli, as well as the lack of peace and security throughout the province, and the prisoners constantly escaped.

Investigation of Corona Virus Fear in University Students According to Some Parameters

Erol DOĞAN — 2024-08-29

The aim of this research is to investigate the fear of corona virus in university students according to some parameters. A total of 449 volunteer students participated in the study. Of these, 254 are men and 195 are women. Besides the "demographic information" questionnaire created by the researcher, the "corona virus fear scale" was used. Independent sample t-test was used for pairwise comparisons. One-way anova test was used for multi-group comparisons. The difference between the groups was determined by the LSD test. No statistically significant difference was found in the comparison of the students' fear of coronavirus according to the gender factor (p>0.05). A significant difference was found in the comparison of the corona virus fear scores of the students according to the field they studied (p<0.001). A significant difference was found in the comparison of corona virus fear scores according to smoking status (p<0.001). No significant difference was found in the comparison of Corona virus fear scores according to regular and irregular sleep status (p>0.05). A significant difference was found in the comparison of corona virus fear scores according to the situation of catching the corona virus in himself and his family (p<0.001). There was no statistically significant difference between the Corona virus fear scores according to the presence or absence of a chronic disease (p>0.05). A significant difference was found in the comparison of the Corona virus fear scores according to the status of following the news in the social media (p<0.05). . As a result, it was determined that while the fear of corona virus in university students does not change according to the parameters of gender, regular and irregular sleeping patterns and having a chronic disease, it changes according to the department, grade level, whether he and his family have been caught in the corona virus or not, and the frequency of watching corona virus news in the media. It has been determined that smokers and non-smokers have a higher fear of death in those who have the corona virus themselves and their families, compared to those who do not. Reliable sources should be respected in the monitoring of coronavirus news in the media.

The Concept of the Boundary in Anatolia Historical Cities

Mahshid MİKAEİLİ — 2024-08-29

From historical antiquity to the present, the essential needs of human beings are shelter, protection, and a sense of belonging to a society. Humans have belonged to a community since the times when they lived with the hunter-gatherer method. People who moved from nomadism to a life based on agriculture made an effort to make the place they lived in a safer place. In the formation of the first settlements, humans created a protective boundary around the elementary shelters in which they lived, with the thought of being protected from the wild nature, and tried to keep the place they lived in safer. The elementary shelters, where people lived, interlocked over time and formed the first village, and then the first cities emerged with the development of the social order. The concept of boundary conveys the meaning of protection, ownership, and belonging. The mean of property or possession of a place, the right to be an urban space, refers to the measurement and breadth of the land owned by individuals and states. In the establishment of the first state-cities, the concept of the boundary has appeared through the formation of urban space elements, the development of trade, and increasing the population. Throughout history, the boundary concept has been created by the integration of natural features around the cities with architectural defense elements such as fortifications, gates, and castles. In today's cities, the concept of boundary emerges in different dimensions: landscape edge, city edge, and building edge. In this study, the meaning of the boundary concept will be examined in terms of urban space and urban landscape in the historical cities of Anatolia from prehistoric settlements until the Ankara announcement as the capital city in the Republican period. Finally, in today's cities, the meaning of the boundary concept as an ecological edge, its formation, and its importance will be revealed. Then the suggestions will be made to strengthen the boundary concept.

Upcycle Practices in Jewellery

Neşem ERTAN — 2024-08-29

Industrial waste has tremendous negative impact on environment. Therefore, the most important element of sustainable development considered as waste management. In this study, information on “upcycle” which can be evaluated within 3R’s of waste management and that can be cycled with the least energy requirement which brings an added value to waste through design is described and sample practices of upcycled jewellery from Turkey is presented. Corporate practice samples and upcycling concept are studied in English and Turkish literature. Contribution of upcycle concept in jewellery design and production is determined and explained. In this study through the upcycled examples of jewellery design using various materials, it’s aimed to increase upcycling by inducing new ideas.

Can the Social State Approach be Abandoned? An Assessment on the Covid-19 Pandemic

Hasan YILMAZTarık YÜCEL — 2024-08-29

The social state basically means an understanding that aims to provide its citizens with minimum living standards in a manner worthy of human dignity, and therefore does not hesitate to interfere with social and economic life. Thus, it tries to establish social justice, especially income distribution, by minimizing the differences between classes. Although its intellectual foundations date back to ancient times, the social state, which started to emerge institutionally in the late 1800s, has been in conflict with the liberal understanding that has emphasized the market since the day it emerged. Is it possible to completely abandon the understanding of the social state, which is sometimes right and sometimes wrong in this conflict? Discussions on the welfare state have flared up again, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic that emerged at the end of 2019. This pandemic, which can be defined as the crisis of the neoliberal understanding, has enabled the social state understanding to find a field of application again. In this study, it has been examined whether it is possible to completely abandon the social state understanding based on this idea. In this study, which has a qualitative research feature, it was tried to establish a conceptual framework related to the social state and in the continuation of the study, it was emphasized how the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the world, affected the understanding of the social state.

Some Observations on the Economic Perspectives of Old Turkic Khans Based on Certain Written Sources

Hasan Ali DİKEN — 2024-08-29

It would be beneficial to point out that Old Turkic peoples, when seen from a historical progress perspective, had important traditions especially in terms of economic activities. As a continuation of this consideration, evaluating Old Turkic culture in the light of some written sources and in an "economically" centered manner is necessary. Because it was seen in several written documents that there is a strong tie in Old Turkic peoples between the governing order and the manner of rule in terms of economic activities. This matter has largely come to the forefront at the level of "rulership". As a matter of fact, Old Turkic rulers made huge efforts in order to establish and provide the economic welfare of the people under their rule. In relation to the relevant matter, the only way for the Old Turkic rulers was to improve the conditions of their people, especially economically. This study will attempt to present the essential ideas of Old Turkic rulers regarding their economic worldviews, based on the available written sources. Therefore, the Old Turkic governing tradition, which forms the basis of this framework, will be explained in regard to the folkloric elements which take place within the scope of the economic policies which are applied or must be applied as part of this tradition. Accordingly, an attempt will be made towards discussing the economic worldviews of Old Turkic rulers within their unique sociocultural and socioeconomic conditions. In regard to this situation, some folkloric materials in the written sources will be used, which are limited to the Orkhon Inscriptions, Kutadgu Bilig, Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk and the Book of Dede Korkut. In this context, an attempt for explaining rulership in Old Turks will be made by taking as basis the primary economic qualities which Old Turkic rulers had or must have had.

Evaluation of the Opinions of Child Development Professional on Error Management Culture

Zülküf NANTO — 2024-08-29

The general purpose of this research is to evaluate the views of child development professionals opinion on Error Management Culture. Using the convenience sampling technique, 36 child development professionals working in the different provinces of Turkey formed the sample of the research. Vignette technique was used to obtain data. With this technique, a semi-structured interview form was prepared. The questions in this form were prepared as a result of literature review and interviews with child development professionals. Obtained opinions were transferred to the virtual environment and numbers were given. Thus, the views of child development professionals were analyzed using content analysis. According to the results obtained from the research, when the results of the research are examined, it has been concluded that the child development professionals participating in the research are competent in managing mistakes, they share the mistakes, and they receive positive reactions from their managers and colleagues for the mistakes they cause. In addition, child development professionals stated that if they cause any mistake, they will mostly take the necessary actions to solve this mistake. They stated that they would share their mistakes for reasons such as getting support for the solution of the error and not experiencing the same mistake again. They stated that in the institutions where they work, the administrators of the institution and other child development professionals help them in solving the mistakes by directly helping or making suggestions. According to the results of the research, it has been suggested that the child developers and administrators should be trained by experts on the management of errors, the managers and employees should show supportive attitudes in case of any mistakes in the institution, and the team spirit should be formed in the institution at the point of maintaining the tasks and solving the mistakes by acting with the fact that mistakes may occur.

Şile Fabric Motifs Used in Traditional Embroidery Art

Dilek TÜM CEBECİ — 2024-08-29

With aesthetic and visual perception, the art of ornament was born with the creation of the images that people see around them using various materials and techniques. Embroidery is one of the areas where decorative arts are used most effectively. Embroidery art, which is seen on clothes and various items, has an important place in Turkish culture and art. In the historical process, the first examples of embroidery were found in Central Asia. Especially B.C. in the 3rd century, the first findings of the art of embroidery were obtained from the Huns, Pazirik, Noin Ula and other kurgans. This deep-rooted art has been applied in many regions and regions until today. In terms of its history and geography, Şile district has come to the fore with its weaving and embroidery and created an important cultural heritage. Şile fabric weaving and hand embroidery are seen as the identity of the region. This cultural value has been passed down from generation to generation and has represented rare examples of traditional arts. The art of embroidery, which has a deep-rooted history, contains a very rich archive in terms of technique, application and motifs. In particular, the motifs used were not only created in terms of aesthetics, but also created important data sources about the periods in which they were made. In this study, descriptive research based on scanning method was conducted. The material of the study includes the embroidery in Şile district of İstanbul and the technical, motif and composition features of these embroidery. The aim is to document the embroideries, which have an important place in traditional handicrafts, within the scope of cultural heritage. In this context, motifs traditionally embroidered and defined on Şile fabric were investigated. In this context, both original works and today's application studies with original motifs were examined. The information obtained from the fieldwork is presented with examples and documents.

Analysis of Ruşen Ferit Kam's Karcigar Kemenche Taksim

Cüneyt ÖBEK — 2024-08-29

Since the first half of the 20th century, Rûşen Ferit Kam has made important contributions to Turkish Music by guiding the kemencheist players in the Turkish Music kemenche performance, the formation of the taksim tradition, and his mastery of the kemenche in terms of technique and attitude. Rûşen Ferit Kam participated in many programs as a choir conductor and kemenche performer at TRT throughout his life. In this research, the karcığar kemenche taksim that Kam made in his radio show was analyzed. In this study, the General scanning model was used, a literature search was made to reach the written sources about Kam, and an archive search was made to reach the taksim records. The kemenche taksim that Kam made in karcığar maqam was notated and the technical and melodic analysis of the taksim was made. With technical analysis, the ornamentation techniques that reveal Kam's kemenche performance style are explained with examples by analyzing the elements of expression, and the weighing structures and personal motifs that he uses are revealed with examples by melodic analysis. With this study, Rûşen Ferit Kam's performance style has been embodied and tried to be shown on the note. In line with the findings, it was concluded that Kam used the decoration techniques and expression elements skillfully in the performance of the karcığar taksim, has a unique style, and exhibits a performance style depending on the Turkish Music tradition.

Cyberfeminism: Beyond Gendered Technology

Duygu KÜÇÜKÖZ AYDEMİRHanife Nalan GENÇ — 2024-08-29

In society, each individual has his/her own characteristics and personality traits as well as conditions that enable him/her to be his/her own. As a matter of fact, affiliations such as gender, class and racial discrimination are both a result and a cause of the hierarchical structure among people. The technological society also gets its share from that situation. As a matter of fact, gender in many places, from digital devices to human behavior; it becomes part of inequality in a discriminatory way. In other words, most things, from hardware to software, are gendered based on masculine gender. Therefore, science and technology have had a tendency to exclude the non-male by being gendered. The feminist movement, which is a stance against this discrimination in social life, has created various fields of struggle based on both discourse and practice. Cyberfeminism, on the other hand, as a movement that constitutes the technological pillar of this revolt and reveals the masculine bias of technology and its consequences, proposes different solutions to this problem and discusses the criticism of the hierarchical classification of people according to gender in the techno-digital field. In the focus of this problem, the subject of this study is the problems caused by the gendering of science and technology and the cyberfeminist movement that offers solutions to these problems. According to this approach, in the gendered techno-digital order, gender roles prevail in a number of technological fields ranging from robots to artificial intelligence. Therefore, the cyberfeminist movement, which prioritizes technology going beyond the sexist structuring in cyberspace, also criticizes the binary gender approach and looks beyond heteronormative gender in the technological structure. In this direction, the importance of this study is to reveal the problem of gendering of techno-digital systems in general and information technologies in particular. In addition, the study suggests that it may be possible to share a postgender space. It is thought that the study, which is a qualitative case study, will contribute to many fields, especially women's studies and informatics literature.

Detection, Archival Research and Digitization of Ottoman Sport Periodicals

Ömer ALANKAÜlhak ÇİMEN ,Fatih DEĞİRMENCİ ,Asiye ATA — 2024-08-29

Sports and physical training have an important place in the cultures and modernization processes of societies. In the Ottoman Empire, it is seen that the social consciousness of sports lags far behind the West. Although the Ottoman Empire, which aimed to eliminate the deficiencies in military, legal, scientific and scientific fields, made various arrangements in partial areas before the Tanzimat Edict, it is seen that the first comprehensive regulation in the real sense emerged with this edict. Following the Tanzimat Edict, Ottoman subjects, who gradually began to accept modern Western life, began to be aware of sports activities in European states. Sports branches such as football, gymnastics and volleyball started to attract attention, especially with the interest of minorities living within the borders of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman society, which started to be aware of the sports branches of the Western world, started to adopt Western sports as well as traditional sports branches, and the concept of sports press emerged following the public's interest. It is understood from the literature reviews that many periodicals (newspaper, magazine, ruzname, salname, etc.) related to the sports theme were published from the publication of the "Football" newspaper, which started its publication life on October 11, 1910, to the 1928 Alphabet Revolution. In particular, it is seen that these publications have content such as health, morality, socialization, militarism and physical training. With these publications, it is possible to examine the social, military and cultural environment of that period. In this context, it can be stated that determining the sports periodicals to be obtained by the archive scanning will eliminate an important deficiency in the literature.

Evaluation of Movement and Message Relationship in Moving Posters

Seda Nur ATASOYKübra AYGÜN — 2024-08-29

A moving poster is the whole of a production created by combining photos, images, texts and videos in a certain plan and integrity, with the systematic that will provide motion in the digital environment, and sometimes with sound effects that will facilitate the perception of extra movement, and by designing and preparing them in a certain order. In this production process, it is important for the designer to consider the poster as a whole while constructing the movement and to keep its relationship with all other elements in balance. The effort to create a perception of movement in poster design overtakes the purpose of conveying a message, which is one of the basic building blocks of the poster. While the poster aims to convey the message to the other party via the perception of motion, the viewer may get caught up in this perception of motion and this may push the message to be given into the background. A number of elements such as the velocity of the applied motion, its size and positioning on the poster affect this process. Animated designs are a synthesis of graphic design and animation concepts that are widely used in today's design world. Although they are multidisciplinary studies, they can be designed through supporting programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Animated, Maya, 3D Max, Cinema 4D, Moho, Nuke, Houdini, Maya, Syntheyes and DragonBones. However, if the designers or animators ignore the interdisciplinarity in design and intend to solve this process on their own before they reach a certain experience, a series of problems arise. The research aims to shed light on the most important of these problems, the relationship between motion and message. In this research, the "Combination (Diversification) Pattern", a mixed method pattern including qualitative and quantitative research methods, is used. In the light of the findings obtained in the research, it is observed that most of the time, the designer concentrates on the motion but could not protect the integrity of the design, or on the contrary, successfully executes the design but could not integrate the motion in the design, and the motion overtakes the concern for the message. When considered the reflection of the motion and message relationship problem on the survey results; it is concluded that the traditional poster is more understandable and perceptible, while the moving poster is more eye-catching; accordingly, suggestions are made for designers to direct the structure of the movement in their designs.

An Examination of Adventure Tourism Studies in Turkish Literature

Erdem TÜRKYakup ERDOĞAN — 2024-08-29

Tourism, which is a sector that is in constant development and change, is an important field that both contributes to the promotion of countries and provides economic input to countries. The place of adventure tourism, which is among the alternative tourism types that emerged with people's search for difference and innovation, is important. In this study, 41 studies, consisting of thesis, article, and papers made in the last 10 years on adventure tourism in Turkey, were analyzed with the SLR (Systematic Literature Review) method. According to the findings obtained from 41 studies examined in the field of adventure tourism, it has been understood that the studies in this field have increased in recent years. The most researched types of adventure tourism; “Mountain and Winter Tourism” and “Underwater Diving Tourism” are the least researched ones; It has been seen that there are "War Tourism", "Hiking" and "Camping and Caravan Tourism". In addition, 58% of the studies in the field are articles. It was seen that the index information of the journals in which the articles included in the research were published were TR Index and other indexes. No studies were found in the journals indexed in Scopus and ISI, and in indexes such as SCI and SSCI. As a result of the study, it can be said that adventure tourism types are new in the national literature and there are deficiencies in this field. In this context, the study also foresees a possible benefit in terms of contributing to the work to be done in the field of adventure tourism.

Evaluation of Emotions, Thoughts and Behaviors Related to Corona Virus (Covid-19) in University Students

Erol DOĞANOtabek RAHİMOV — 2024-08-29

The aim of this study is to evaluate the emotions, thoughts and behaviors related to the corona virus (covid-19) in university students. A total of 335 volunteer students participated in the study, consisting of 195 men and 140 women. Multidimensional coronavirus scale was used. T-test, one-way analysis of variance and LSD tests were used in statistical operations. There was no significant difference in the comparison of multidimensional coronavirus scale scores according to gender variable, active sports status, department they studied, class variable and smoking status (p>0.05). In the comparison of multidimensional coronavirus scale scores according to sleep status, there was a statistically significant difference in the thoughts sub-dimension (p<0.05), while no significant difference was found in other dimensions and total scale scores (p>0.05). A significant difference was found between emotions and behaviors, thoughts, measures taken, and total scale scores according to the status of following the news about coronavirus in the media (p<0.001). As a result, it was determined that there was no significant change in the level of anxiety about the corona virus in the variables of gender, sports status, department, class and smoking status in university students. A significant difference was obtained according to the sleep status of the participants, they and their family's catching the corona virus, and finally their status of following the news. It is thought that the data we obtained can shed light on similar studies to be carried out in the future. In future studies, it may be recommended to conduct additional studies with participants who have demographic characteristics such as chronic disease status, smoking status and symptom status of those who have the corona virus.

Globalized Aesthetics on the Axis of Modernism-Postmodernism

Gökçen ŞAHMARAN CAN — 2024-08-29

Modernism, which started with the Enlightenment in the 18th century, lasted until the 1950s and developed on the axis of globalization; The effort of Western societies to spread the cultural life and value judgments that will cover the whole world to other nations by turning the reality of modernism and globalization into an opportunity, II. It ends with the outbreak of World War II. After the Cold War, especially when it comes to the 1960s, the face of modernism changes, and this change also shows its effect in artistic structures. After the western modern art, which claims to be universal, claims that it is at the center of the universal and that the arts of cultures outside this center have no place in this universality; They questioned the hierarchical understanding of modern art and argued that people from all cultures should be included. Thus, a hybrid, eclectic, postcolonial and pluralist democratic structure that embraces all cultures with the internal dynamics of the phenomenon of globalization in today's art has emerged. Aesthetics that has become globalized in the axis of modernism-postmodernism, which constitutes the content of the research, has been examined in the context of the internal dynamics of globalization, and the data presented are discussed through a wide bibliography. The findings were explained with sample pictures, and a general evaluation of the subject was presented in the conclusion section.

Comparative Analysis of Global Brands under the Brand Value

Kadir AYDINYusuf GÖRGÜLÜ ,Ülviyya BABAYEVA — 2024-08-29

The fact that market activities are experienced and developed increasingly all over the world causes brand value to be more important for businesses. In today's world, it is noticed by businesses that it is not enough to create a brand alone, and that it is necessary to work within the scope of brand value in order to ensure the continuity of the created brands. It is a well-known fact that the importance of brand value does not consist only of visual identity elements such as symbols and names, and in this direction, it is an approach portfolio beyond the relationship of abstract images. As it can be understood, each of the tangible and intangible assets and responsibilities of the enterprise has positive or negative effects on the brand value. Therefore, the primary goal of enterprises; It determines effective communication strategies by focusing on the activity that reflects the brand value and leaves a lasting impression in the mind. In this study; brand, brand equity and brand value components were emphasized, and then the world's most valuable brands, published by Brand Finance every year, were analyzed comparatively over the years 2016-2017-2018-2019-2020 and 2021 on the basis of sectors and countries. The data obtained in the research were interpreted by the content analysis method. In our research, which was carried out with the aim of performing content analysis, the data were obtained from the reports published by the Brand Finance company. According to the results of the research, it is seen that US companies are dominant in the list. It is seen that Germany, which is known as the giant of the West in the developed European region automotive sector, as well as the USA, will make a name for itself with Mercedes, BMV and Volkswagen brands today and in the future, as in the past years. It is noteworthy that, apart from Germany, many developed European countries are not included in the ranking, and that no brand from Turkey, as well as European countries, is included in the list. Among developing countries such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia has been on the list with a brand in the oil sector and India with a brand in the automotive sector, while China has seen that it has developed its position as a global brand in the last three years.

The Opposite Side of Love in the Balkans

Doğan YÜCELDžasen BRIGIĆ — 2024-08-29

Some emotions in human nature sometimes overcame religion, belief, and social environment. Love is one of these emotions. The fact that the sides were from different social environments or religions could not prevent such love from happening. There was an Ottoman Muslim administration in the Balkans, which can be considered quite long. After that, Muslims and Christians continue to live together in this geography today. The absence of social relations in this long union is unthinkable. In the study, the loves of two different religions lived and written in the Balkans were discussed. The classification was made over the examples from Greece, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, and Croatia. As a result of this classification, the existence of literary products belonging to almost all kinds of love belonging to two different religions has been revealed. The classification of loves was made in three categories as marriage, declared, and undeclared loves. The study is a descriptive study and the opinions of the experts in the Balkans were also taken and scans were made. It is a very important situation that these literary works on love and marriage show that they are a means of social and human rapprochement between peoples of two different religions in the Balkans.

Investigation of the Effects of Self-Esteem on Leadership Behaviors in Students Studying Sports Education

Aykut ŞAHİNAtalay GACAR — 2024-08-29

This research was conducted to determine the predictive power of self-esteem of students studying in sports education institutions on leadership behaviors. The sample group of the research consists of 276 randomly selected students. "Self-Esteem" and "Leadership Behaviors" scales were used to obtain data from the sample group. The self-esteem scale consists of 10 items and the leadership behavior scale consists of 19 items and 2 sub-dimensions. As the data showed normal distribution as a result of the normality analysis, parametric analyzes were performed. “Pearson Correlation” analyzes were used to determine the direction and strength of the relationship between dependent variables, and “Simple Linear Regression” analyzes were used to determine the power of self-esteem to predict leadership behaviors. No significant difference was found in the gender variable of the sample group in both scales. In the department variable, a significant difference was obtained in the dimension of establishing the structure of self-esteem and leadership behaviors. In the class variable, a significant difference was observed in the leadership behavior scale and the dimension of showing understanding. As a result of the correlation analysis, it was determined that there is a positive and significant relationship between self-esteem and leadership behaviors (r= 0.283; p<0.01). In addition, as a result of the regression analysis, a significant relationship was observed (R2 = 0.080), and self-esteem was a significant predictor of leadership behaviors (F = 23.807; P < 0.01). From this point of view, it can be stated that students who receive sports training, who will be in environments where leadership characteristics will gain importance in their professional lives, should have a high level of self-esteem in order to reflect these characteristics in their behaviors.

Investigation of Interest Rate Pass-Through in Turkey by Granger Causality Analysis

Nagehan ÖZSOY ÇALIŞŞenol BABUŞCU ,Adalet HAZAR — 2024-08-29

Monetary policy is the whole of the decisions and practices taken by central banks in order to achieve their economic policy goals. The effect of monetary policy on macroeconomic variables is through the monetary transmission mechanism. The main component of the monetary transmission mechanism is the interest rate pass-through. The aim of this study is to reveal the causality relationship between short-term interest rates and market interest rates in Turkey. In the study, in which the quantitative research method was used, the data for the years 2020 and 2021 were analyzed. In this context, the relationship between CBRT BIST O/N repo rates and the rates of consumer, housing, vehicle and commercial loans was evaluated with Granger Causality Analysis. Due to the increase in inflation in the mentioned years, it is worthwhile to reveal the current situation regarding the interest rate pass-through. In the study, it was seen that there is no reciprocal Granger causality between BIST overnight repo rates and consumer, housing and commercial loans. It has been observed that there is a mutual Granger causality between BIST overnight repo rates and vehicle loans. It has been concluded that there is a problem in the interest rate pass-through and, accordingly, the effectiveness of monetary policy in 2020 and 2021.

Uncertain Images in Olivier De Sagazan's Transfigurations

Osman YILMAZ — 2024-08-29

Olivier De Sagazan continues to create obscure images in his transfigurations that question the concept of self with the identity he created nearly 20 years ago. The images he creates in his transfigurations the known (identity) into the uncertain. He faces and confronts with his searches between objectivity and transcendence and creates an uncanny situation. The images that Sagazan transforms himself into frightening, imaginary creatures like a series of scarecrows have a psychological weight. This situation naturally brings with it psychoanalytic explanations and interpretations and establishes new links between art and psychology. With his identity inquiries, Sagazan's self becomes a medium for spiritual, physical and mental change and transformation. The post-modern individual formed from the disintegration of modernity's integral subject design, has been detached from its past and deterritorialized under the name of individual's freedom. The historical and current contradictions that open the self and identity to discussion, finding a response in Sagazan's art and form the basis for the search for a new identity through the self. Sagazan transforms into an animal hybrid creature with a new face in his bodily constitution. The animal-like creature, which reveals its primitive form from the depths of the soul, touches the primitive emotions in the collective subconscious with its expression that contains taboos and releases instinct. Taking refuge in the past from the intolerable present is in a retreat in a continuous cycle of destruction and re-creation. In their uncanny expressions, the images of transfiguration are alien, as if they came from a different world. The self is ambiguous, identity is problematic, and both are intertwined a body. The uncannyness of the images points to multiple ideas that connect the viewer and the artist and replicate themselves on them at the same time. This article aims to contribute to the understanding of identity problems of today's people through art by analyzing the unknown images created by Sagazan in his search for a new identity in his transfigurations, through the titles of "Self-Identity in Transfigurations" and "The Uncanny in Transfigurations".

The Effect of Technical Studies on Musicality and Effective Technical Study Methods on Classical Guitar

Serkan AĞIR — 2024-08-29

Every musician who wants to play an instrument with a mastery level must have a good command of the techniques used in that instrument. The reason for the desire to have a sufficient technical level in the instrument is to gain a musical sense of expression and to share this with the audience. Being able to express oneself comfortably in a language requires knowing grammar, rules, literature and having practiced them many times. From a musical point of view, this situation is not much different. No matter how much musical and aesthetic understanding the performer has, he must be able to effectively use the playing techniques applied in his instrument in order to express himself comfortably on his instrument. The attainment of these techniques to a level that will serve a musical expression can only be achieved as a result of a regular and intensive work process. In this study, the concept of musicality, which is of great importance for musicians, and the importance of technical studies are mentioned. At the end of the study, effective technical study methods are presented in order for classical guitarists to gain comfort in musical expression.

Swot Analysis For Pedagogic Formation Education Certificate Program

Münevver Melis TEKİNTuğba YANPAR YELKEN — 2024-08-29

This research is the evaluation of the needs and current status of the pedagogical formation education certificate program within the scope of SWOT analysis by taking student opinions. The research was carried out with the participation of 150 pedagogical formation program students studying at Mersin University in the 2021-2022 academic year. In the study conducted with the qualitative research method, basic qualitative research was adopted as a model. Research data were obtained by group discussion technique. A structured open-ended questionnaire and SWOT analysis form were used as data collection tools and the forms were physically collected. The obtained data were subjected to content analysis. According to the findings, it was determined that the opinions that stand out as the strengths of the program are "professional development, personal development and internship practice", and the opinions that stand out as the weaknesses are "the short duration of the course and the inability to meet the needs in the faculty building". . It was observed that they stated "the opportunity to find a job and be appointed" as the opportunities of the program, and "the probability of not being appointed" as the threat elements. It has been revealed that the criticisms about the program include "the program is paid and communication problems with student affairs", and the suggestions for improving the program include "the program is free of charge and there is an internship opportunity in every city". Thanks to the findings obtained as a result of the research, the current status of the program was revealed and its needs were determined. Thus, the study will enable the development of strategies appropriate to the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the program.

TÜBİTAK 4004 “Math is in My Nature!” Examination of Science Diary of Students who participated in the Project

Gülşah SALTIK AYHANÖZEser KAHRAMAN ,Serdar AKMEŞE — 2024-08-29

The aim of this study is “Mathematics Is In My Nature!” supported in 2021 within the scope of TÜBİTAK 4004 Nature Education and Science Schools is the evaluation of the science diaries written by the participants of the project. In this project, it is aimed for students to discover the hidden mathematics in nature and other branches of science with the knowledge and skills to be gained through workshops and laboratory studies, nature-themed activities, different and new learning approaches. The target audience of the project is 7th and 8th-grade students studying in public schools in the 2020-2021 academic year. In this project, it was ensured that the participants were actively involved in individual and group work, their sense of curiosity was activated, and they learned by doing. During the project, the participants were asked to report all the activities they participated in during the day in their science diaries. Students expressed in their science diaries what they experienced during the day at the end of the day when the activities were carried out and what kind of feelings and thoughts these experiences aroused in them. The science diaries in which the participants wrote down their experiences, perceptions, thoughts and feelings about the project were examined through descriptive research; Qualitative content analysis of the written documents they produced was carried out. In the light of the findings in the student diaries, it was seen that the project participants created an important awareness of the place of Mathematics in real life. In line with the data obtained; The learning experiences gained by students in educational environments enriched with project activities prepared with an interdisciplinary perspective increase their level of mathematics knowledge; raise awareness about discovering mathematics hidden in nature and other branches of science; they are happy to learn by doing and experiencing with activities prepared based on project-based learning; In this way, it has been seen that they have developed a positive perspective towards culture, art and sports branches, and they have started to establish a connection between the mathematics subjects they have learned in the lessons and daily life. In the light of the findings obtained from the project diaries; It has been seen that students' learning mathematical elements by doing-living together with nature contributes to their internalization of the knowledge of mathematics and making mathematics a part of their lives.

“Baby Shower” Ritual in the Context of Globalization and Cultural Fluıdıty: The Case of İstanbul

Gül Bastok ÖZKAN — 2024-08-29

The effective use of mass media, which is one of the important devices of globalization, and the developments in technology, combined with other elements of capitalism, cause of the formation of new cultural understandings in the world. Globalization with its dynamic and ideological characteristics; It homogenizes national cultres by eliminating borders in the cultural field as in many other fields. Culture moves away from its national elements and locality, changes and evolves into a new process. It is seen that Turkish birth rituals, which are performed to celebrate a happy beginning, have undergone some changes in the context of globalization and cultural fluidity. With this research, it is aimed to examine the Baby Shower ritual, which was not found in Turkish culture before, but whose awareness and application has increased in recent years, in terms of setting an example for the changes in question. With the survey conducted in 39 districts of Istanbul, it has been concluded that Baby Shower, which is mostly informed by social media and mass media, is known, applied or desired to be applied as a birth ritual.

A Critical Review on the Movie The Return (1972)

Öznur YEMEZ — 2024-08-29

A Critical Review on the Movie The Return (1972)