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Higher education expansion policy in Türkiye: Institutional efficiency, structural determinants, and national-level implications for public universities Kulakoğlu, Büşra; Kondakçı, Yaşar; Wigger, Berthold U.; Department of Educational Sciences (2026-6-12) This thesis examines the expansion of Turkish higher education, particularly since 1990s with attention to the “a university for each province” policy by (1) assessing whether this policy intervention has resulted in a HE ...
Tools Across Time: Affordance Perception Through Prehistoric, Antique and Modern Tools Koca, Ceyda; Dövencioğlu, Nahide Dicle; Department of Psychology (2026-6-8) Affordance refers to the possibilities for action that objects provide based on their physical characteristics and the perceptual and motor capabilities of individuals.Material culture encompasses all tangible artifacts, o...
A HAUNTOLOGICAL READING OF HELEN OYEYEMI’S THE ICARUS GIRL AND STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES’ THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS Çavuş, Zeynep; Korkut Naykı, Nil; Department of English Literature (2026-6-8) This thesis aims to explore spectrality and ghostly manifestations of the inherited past in The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi and The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones using the framework of hauntology described by ...
RHETORICAL NARRATOLOGICAL APPROACH TO NARRATIVE SPACE AND PROGRESSION IN THOMAS HARDY’S THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE, THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE, AND TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES Oruç Kesici, Sinem; Öztabak Avcı, Elif; Department of English Literature (2026-5-21) This is a study about the role of space in the narrative progression of selected works from Thomas Hardy’s “Novels of Character and Environment.” Focusing on The Return of the Native (1878), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886...
WORK LIFE BALANCE POLICIES IN TURKIYE FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF INSTITUTIONAL ACTORS: AN ANALYSIS OF DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND RESULTS Yılmaz Gülcemal, Sema; Aybars, Ayşe İdil; Department of Social Policy (2026-5-20) This thesis aims to examine the design, implementation, and outcomes of work-life balance policies in Türkiye from the perspective of institutional actors working in this field. The study addresses the current policy frame...
From Beliefs to Classroom Realities: A Mixed-Methods Study on High School Teachers’ Perspectives on Education and Curriculum Adaptation Patterns Koçaş, Şule Eylem; Engin, Cennet; Department of Curriculum and Instruction (2026-5-20) This study examines whether curriculum adaptation decisions differ between teachers with progressive and traditional educational views. To this end, teachers’ educational views and the curriculum adaptation patterns were e...
A Neoclassical Realist Analysis of Russian Intervention in 2015 and Non-Intervention in 2024 in Syria Özgül, Azad; Altunışık, Meliha; Department of Middle East Studies (2026-5-20) This thesis examines Russia’s changing foreign policy behavior with regard to her act of intervention and non-intervention in Syria at two critical junctures. By using neoclassical realism as a theoretical framework, the s...
A consideration of Edgar Allan Poe's “Berenice” and “Ligeia” and Angela Carter's “The Bloody Chamber” and “The Lady of the House of Love” through the lens of the grotesque Büyükbekçi, İpek; Korkut Naykı, Nil; Department of English Literature (2026-5-20) This study explores in what ways the female characters in the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe and Angela Carter embody the grotesque tradition and to what end the grotesque is employed by the authors. As an aesthetic and ...
BODY APPRECIATION, PERCEIVED STRESS, AND YOGA SELF-EFFICACY AMONG FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ACCORDING TO WEEKLY YOGA PRACTICE FREQUENCY AND INSTRUCTION TYPE Büyükayhan, Can; Söğüt, Mustafa; Department of Physical Education and Sports (2026-5-18) The purpose of this study was to investigate the levels of body appreciation, perceived stress, and yoga self-efficacy among female university students according to their weekly yoga practice frequency and instruction type...
THE EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS ON THE ACCOUNTING AND AUDIT SECTOR Sever, Doğu; Aydınoğlu, Arsev Umur; Department of Science and Technology Policy Studies (2026-5-15) This thesis examines how automation and artificial intelligence are reshaping the accounting and auditing profession in Türkiye through a task-based analytical perspective. Although the literature on technological change h...
Legal protection of critical infrastructures in cyberspace Pur, Ahmet Semih; Polat, Necati; Department of International Relations (2026-5-8) The increasing integration of cyberspace with critical infrastructures, which are essential to the well-being and healthy functioning of society and the State, has rendered them highly vulnerable to cyber threats. This the...
Anthropomorphic figurines in prehistoric cyprus during the 4th and 3rd millennia bc: A diachronic and relational analysis in comparison with anatolia Bingöl, Berivan Helin; Atakuman, Çiğdem; Department of Settlement Archaeology (2026-5-7) Anthropomorphic figurines from prehistoric Cyprus provide important evidence for changing forms of social organization, material value, and interregional connection between 4000/3900 and 2200 BC. This thesis examines how f...
INTELLECTUAL ISLAMISM AS A CRITIQUE OF COLONIALITY IN TURKEY: TEXTS OF SEZAİ KARAKOÇ AND İSMET ÖZEL Ateş, Enes; Çırakman Deveci, Aslı; Department of Political Science and Public Administration (2026-4-27) This thesis examines two thinkers based on Islam-based political thought production in Turkey through the concept of the “Islamic Intellectual Field” (IIF), acknowledging that this field comprises conflicting, clashing, or...
Enhancing campus resilience: Developing and evaluating a need-based trauma-informed training for university academic and administrative staff Başaran, Burcu; Erdur Baker, Özgür; Department of Educational Sciences (2026-4-27) The present study examined the need for trauma-informed care (TIC) in higher education and the effectiveness of a TIC training program designed for university staff. Two consecutive studies were conducted. In Study I, a mi...
INTERSECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF “OTHER(NESS)” DISCOURSES AS COUNTER-MEMORY OF THE REPRESSED ONES IN LITERARY NARRATIVES IN THE SOCIETY OF TÜRKİYE Dutlu, Didem; Ertuğrul, Kürşad; Department of Political Science and Public Administration (2026-4-27) Memory studies, as a prominent research area, examine how individual and collective memory is shaped, transmitted, and represented. This field of study investigates the ways in which social and/or individual traumas, ident...
THE PRE-COLD WAR ORIGINS OF US STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT WITH TURKEY, 1920-1945 Çengel, Esra; Çıtak, Zana; Ünlü Bilgiç, Tuba; Department of International Relations (2026-4-27) This dissertation examines the evolution of United States strategic engagement with Turkey from the end of World War I to the conclusion of World War II, challenging the conventional view that meaningful US engagement be...
SPATIAL EXPERIENCES OF ENERGY IN TURKEY IN THE 1930S Gür, Zeynep; Pinar, Ekin; Department of History of Architecture (2026-4-27) This dissertation examines the spatial experiences of energy in Turkey during the 1930s by approaching coal and electricity as socio-material forces that reorganized territory, reshaped everyday life, and mediated the reci...
A Foucauldian Analysis of Social Production of Disease: The Case of Fibromyalgia Günok, Firdevs Ezgi; Mücen, Barış; Department of Political Science and Public Administration (2026-4-16) This study argues that disease is not a natural entity awaiting discovery within the body, but an object historically constituted through shifting configurations of power, knowledge, and subjectivity. Drawing on Foucauldia...
Acting out the unexpressed: The mother as a discursive position in suicide attempts Olgaç, Simay; Gençöz, Tülin; Baltacı, Sinem; Department of Psychology (2026-4-16) The prevalence of suicide attempts is increasing. Considering that this increase is particularly evident during adolescence and young adulthood, the aim of the present study was defined as examining the discourses of indiv...
FROM A BUILDING TO A SETTLEMENT: MODERN PUBLIC SPACES OF ANKARA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND HISTORY-GEOGRAPHY, 1930s-1970s Dökmen Aykaş, Sabahat Selcan; Altan, Tomris Elvan; Department of History of Architecture (2026-3-27) This study investigates the architectural and social transformation of Ankara University’s Faculty of Language and History-Geography (DTCF) as a case of Turkey’s broader modernisation process. It bridges two historical era...

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