M.A. Theses: Recent submissions

  • Zihnioğlu, Yaprak. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute of Social Sciences, 1998., 1998.)
    This thesis has attempted to show through a study of Nezihe Muhiddin and her works that women sought their political rights before they were granted them in 1934. It has long been claimed that women were given their rights ...
  • Akkaya, Ercan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    In the Turkish film industry, the term independent is mostly used for certain kinds of film to differentiate between mainstream films. Even though the terms independent and mainstream are used to refer to films’ positions ...
  • Zağralı Tunç, Fatma Nur. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)
    The main aim of the thesis is to scrutinize the coexistence of two different social assistance understandings in Turkey observed through the Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations (SYDV) of seven districts. On the ...
  • Sağnıç, Şevin Gülfer. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)
    In 2015, several thousands of Syrian refugees made the illegal journey from Izmir, Turkey to Western Europe – mainly to Sweden and Germany. This resulted in thousands of drownings in the Aegean Sea and, as many people ...
  • Sykes, Patrick Joseph. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2017., 2017.)
    This thesis asks how reformist politicians in Iran advance their interests in the face of resistance by the country’s tutelary institutions. It focuses on the Majlis (Parliament), because it sits at the intersection of the ...
  • Eraydın, Seza. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    This thesis examines the failure of disaster management after the earthquake in Van, one of the poorest cities in the Kurdish region in Turkey. It evaluates the underlying reasons of failure and how,such failure affected ...
  • Murat, Ezgi. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    This study aims to analyze the effects of state violence in everyday life on an alternative education program. Halkevleri has organized free Summer Schools for children at their ages of primary and secondary schools in ...
  • Şar, Edgar. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    This thesis offers a detailed analysis of the relationship between secularism and democracy, with particular reference to the case of Turkey. At a time when secularism is often associated with states’ non-egalitarian and ...
  • Can, Murat. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    thesis explores the relationship between the cyberspace, which has turned into an inseparable part of individual and social life in every way imaginable and state sovereignty, a fundamental concept of the political science ...
  • Sözmen, Mesadet Maria. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    This thesis examines the transformation of feminist and women‟s movements in Turkey in the post-1980 period in relation with the existing theoretical debates among scholars of feminism and gender studies. It has been ...
  • Iğdır, Zeynep Özge. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    This thesis aims to explore emerging political action repertoires that interact in both public and private arenas, through multiple forms of both institutionalized, state oriented forms of political participation and more ...
  • Altınöz, Meryem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    Privatization became a global phenomenon in the 1980s, and as one of the main pillars of structural adjustment programs it was promoted by international institutions, namely the International Monetary Fund and the World ...
  • Genç, Nadire Pınar. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    Humanitarian intervention, which aims to carry out one of the noblest intentions, seeking to rescue populations that are getting eradicated by their compatriots, and which is conducted via internationally legitimate actions, ...
  • Danacı, Özlem. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute of Sociaal Sciences, 1997., 1997.)
    The aIm of this study is to investigate the position of three French newspapers, namely Le Figaro, Le Monde and Liberation, over the completion process of the EU-Turkey Customs Union and to see what kind of a position or ...
  • Coşar, Tamer. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    The significance of the concept of social trust has increased in recent years, particularly within the context of the welfare state. This thesis examines social trust (conceptualized as generalized inter-personal trust) ...
  • Uğur, Hande Gökşin. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the contemporary situation of the prison-labor in Turkey through adopting a political economic perspective. The significance and the new role that prison-labor gained regarding the ...
  • Sönmezgil, Serkan. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2016., 2016.)
    International civil aviation consists of an intricate web of private and public parties. The national sovereignty on air space puts constraints on market forces. Particularly between the end of World War II and the late ...
  • Mardesic, Sonja. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2014., 2014.)
    In this thesis, I analyze the role of agency and structure in the migration process of Sub-Saharan African migrants in Istanbul, including their decision to leave their country of origin, their decision to come to Turkey ...
  • Ergünöz, Mehtap. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2014., 2014.)
    This thesis examines migrants’ remitting practices, which constitute a much neglected issue in the literature, with the case of Post-Soviet irregular labor migrants in Istanbul based on the data collected through semi-structured ...
  • Korkmaz, Seren Selvin. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2015., 2015.)
    This thesis offers a space-centered analysis of Kurdish question by examining the social exclusion of Kurdish migrants in Malatya, concentrating on both the political economy and everyday life. The case of Malatya is a ...

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