The Cretaceous Sidi as Sid Formation outcrops in the Jabal Nafusah Escarpment, northwest Libya. It is composed of two members; the lower Ain Tobi Member and the upper Yifran Member. The Yifran Member consists of marl, dolomitic limestone and gypsum. The Ain Tobi Member is compos…
The aim of this research is to investigate lexical cohesion patterns in expository texts written by Arabic speaking students of English in the EFL Program at the Lebanese American University. Specifically, it investigates whether such patterns are an indicator of writing quality…
This thesis analyses the determinants of the real exchange rate in Turkey. It is the first major study of the sources of real exchange rate variability in Turkey. This is an important topic because, if the real exchange rate is misaligned, there will be adverse effects upon econ…
By the end of the First World War the Ottoman Empire had been defeated and was in a state of disintegration. The Mudros Armistice which ended the war between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies in October 1918 was the final stage of this process; the Treaty of Sevres which followe…
This thesis investigates statistically the existence of a long-run relationship between public expenditure and GNP (Wagner's Law) using data for Turkey over the period 1950-1990 and examines whether there is a structural break in the public expenditure series as a result of the …
The Koga feldspathoidal syenite complex is a part of the alkaline igneous province of Northwest Pakistan lying between Loe Shilman and Tarbela. It consists of sodalite - cancrinite rich pegmatites, foyaites, feldspathoidal syenites, pulaskitic and garnet bearing feldspathoidal s…
The Curriculum of the Intensive English Program (IEP) established in the mid-twentieth century at the Lebanese American University (LAU) has been reviewed several times. However, since the 1970s, the minor changes that have been implemented to the program structure and content n…
The aim of this study is to attempt to focus on the relationship between educational innovation and primary school supervision in Turkey. The main focus is on the innovative behaviours exhibited by the primary school supervisors. Thus, the experiences of primary school teachers,…
The subject of this thesis is a Malay work entitled Manhalu'l-Safi. The work was written by Shaykh Daud al-Fatani, one of the famous Malay authors, who wrote in the most prolific manner ever seen in the history of Islamic literature of the Malay-lndonesian Archipelago. The main …
The policing systems in England & Wales and Turkey have problems in terms of legitimacy, flexibility and accountability, and solutions are currently sought through a range of organisational changes. The policing system, as an institution of social control, is under unique pressu…
This dissertation is about the political rights in the Turkish Constitutional system. It critically analyses the Turkish Constitution and the case-law of the Constitutional Court concerning the political rights. In this analysis, I will use a liberal framework which is based on …
This study analyses the effect the Hungarian government had on Austro-Hungarian policy towards Serbia in the four years after the 1867 Ausgleich. Benjamin Kallay, at the request of the Hungarian minister president, Andrassy, was appointed consul at Belgrade in 1868, and thereaft…
The new communication technology and its implications on national and international relations has been one of the key debates during the last two decades. This received a new impetus with the emergence of Direct Broadcasting Satellite (DBS) together with the convergence of elect…
The ulttamafic and related lithologies of the Swat valley ophiolite lie along the Main Mantle Thrust (MMT) between the Kohistan island arc and Indo-Pakistan plate. The textural and mineralogical characteristics of the ultramafic rocks seem to be the result of a complex interplay…
A limited number of lacustrine basins in western Turkey contain world class borate reserves, with mineralisation present as strata bound deposits in Neogene volcano-sedimentary successions. This study examined in detail the relationship between magmatism and borate mineralisatio…
This study is concerned with the politics of gender formations and the role of communication media in the perpetuation of different and changing forms of patriarchal power and of women's oppression, and communication education as one crucial site for both professional socialisat…
This study examines the effect of propaganda in the Biafran war. Nigeria, the show case of British colonial rule and Empire, and transfer to independence, was at the point of disintegration in 1967. A section of the country, the Eastern region had dared to do the unthinkable at …