In this dissertation I explore the relationship between spatial organization of domestic practices and their role in the process of community constitution at the local and regional levels during an enigmatic time period on the Iranian Plateau called the Proto-Elamite horizon. Th…
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This dissertation investigates the forces at work in the formation of a tightly knit but ultimately non-genetic dialect group. The Iranian languages, a genetic sub-branch of the larger Indo-European language family, are a group whose development has been profoundly affected by m…
This thesis examines macrobotanical remains recovered from Early Bronze Age and Iron Age (approximately 3300-600 BCE) deposits at Tell Tayinat in southern Turkey. Tell Tayinat was a large, urban centre which was situated in a region with favourable environmental conditions and h…
This dissertation investigates the relationship between changes in the international economic structures and transformation of Islamic identities by focusing on the neoliberal restructuring in Turkey that started in the early 1980s and its impact on the discourses of two Islamic…
This dissertation will exploit a known linguistic method for the comparison of the Hebrew Bible and Mesopotamian literature. "Contact linguistics" has developed as an autonomous discipline in the field of linguistic studies. Previous studies in evaluating interactions between th…
This research represents an attempt to demonstrate a potentially flexible and fluid confessional environment during the early Islamic period, with particular interest in Muslim attitudes toward monastic communities of the Near East. The analysis is broken into several sections t…
Traditionally scholarship has viewed the book of Hosea as originating in eighth-century Israel before being taken to Judah, where it underwent one or more redactions in later centuries, making it applicable to a Judahite audience. However, several lines of evidence suggest inste…
Sex appears as a prominent literary theme in Near Eastern mythology. As a mysterious power that inexplicably draws humans together and that can miraculously result in the creation of new life, sex served in these traditions as a force connected with the most powerful beings in t…
In the early third century BC, Ptolemaic Egypt had a reputation as a strong maritime power in the eastern Mediterranean. Ptolemy I Soter had not only gathered a strong fleet and loyal network of allies, but also compiled a surplus of resources that helped fuel the economy of the…
The sociopolitical landscape of the Late Bronze Age Levant and the changes that occurred during the transition to the Iron I have long been topics of intense interest and debate, particularly because of the implications they hold for understanding the historical and biblical dat…
Scholars have long analyzed Biblical Hebrew poetry on a number of levels, yet consonance has received less attention than most other literary devices. Moreover, even when consonance has been studied, scholars have usually focused on consonance only at the level of the line or th…
A significant degree of public opinion research has been conducted on Muslim Americans, but very little has focused on their perceptions. This study explores how opinion leaders address the question of patriotism, Americanness, hyphenated identities, and the implications of such…
İnsan ve tüm yaşam formlarının refleks olarak uyguladıkları, gen haritalarında yaradılış olarak var olan bazı davranış şekilleri vardır. Bunların en başında ‘hayatta kalma’ gelir. Bildiğimiz tüm canlılar hayatta kalabilme adına evrimleşmiş ve bu süreçte paralel olarak savunma ad…
Tarihsel süreçte medeniyetlerin gelişiminde büyük bir rol oynayan su, havuz mimarisinin gelişimindeki önemli etmenlerden biri olmuştur. Eski çağlardan itibaren Yakın Doğu’da havuzlar ile birlikte bahçe mimarisinin de bir atılım gösterdiği anlaşılmaktadır. İslâm mimarisinde, önce…
Osmanlı Devleti’nde teşrîfât (protokol) önemli bir yere sahiptir. Devlet işlerinde, saraya dair günlük hayatta ve dinî günlerde yapılan merasimler düzenli ve görkemli kutlamalar şeklindedir. Bu durum devletin bu işlere verdiği önemin yanında, içte ve dışta büyüklüğünün de bir gö…
Bu araştırmada, yetişkin bağlanma stilleri ile dini başa çıkma arasındaki ilişki Türk örnekleminde incelenmiştir. Çalışmaya İstanbul’da yaşayan ve 18-72 yaş aralığında bulunan 453 kişi katılmıştır. Katılımcıların yetişkin bağlanma tarzları, İlişki Ölçekleri Anketi ile, dini başa…
Şâirlerin yetişmesinde bir mektep rolü üstlenen nazirecilik, Türk şiirinin en yaygın geleneklerindendir. Şiirden iyi anladıkları kabul edilen derleyicilerin, nazireleri bir araya getirerek oluşturdukları eserlere genel adıyla "Nazire Mecmuası" denir. Bu mecmualarda zemin şiir ad…
ÇALIŞMA GELİŞEN TEKNOLOJİ İLE HAYATIMIZA GİREN SOSYAL MEDYA TELEVİZYON HABERCİLİĞİNİ NASIL ETKİLEMİŞTİR SORUSUNA YANIT ARAMAKTADIR.
Günümüzde hızlı değişimlerin ve gelişmelerin yoğunlukla meydana geldiği yerel yönetim anlayışı ile devletin vazifelerinde de devamlı bir dönüşüm ve boyut büyümesi meydana gelmektedir. Özet olarak tasviri yapılacak olursa, toplumun isteklerine karşı hassas, iştiraklere değer vere…