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The study aims to determine the prominent sub-topics of climate change in the academic literature in Turkey, the sources that make up this literature, the products derived from these sources, and the contents of these products. In this context, the prominent issues of climate change in international studies are discussed in the study, and then the background of the subject in Turkey is presented. Followingly in the research part, the content analysis focuses on the doctoral theses on climate change in Turkey. According to the superior results of the study, the doctoral theses focused on climate change to be produced in Turkey in the future should be directed based on Public Administration, Economics, International Relations, Urbanism, and Regional Planning in the field of social sciences and Meteorology, Forestry and Forest Engineering and even Environmental Engineering in the field of natural sciences. In particular, the lack of practice, strategy, and policy-oriented studies on climate change, which are expected to be produced by social scientists and contribute to decision-makers, is remarkable. In this regard, it is thought that there is a particular need for the efforts of academicians who advise doctoral students in these fields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Daily life is a social reality that individuals construct through their mutual relationships and interactions. This reality has become one of the areas of interest for micro-theories that constitute the contemporary sociology paradigm in recent years. This study field, which is called the sociology of everyday life, is the subject of many theoretical or empirical sociological studies. However, daily life is not only a field of interest to sociologists, but also a field that other social scientists explore. Some of the studies that take this field or reality into account have been dealt with on the axis of religious belief that organizes or directs daily life in many ways. In this context, the aim of the study is to make a general assessment of the religion oriented daily life studies carried out in all fields of social sciences in Turkey between the years 1992-2022. When the religion oriented everyday life studies are examined; it has been determined that the relationship between daily life and religion has been covered in the frame of topics and concepts such as social relations, social stratification, modernization, secularization, consumption habits, media and folk beliefs. On the other hand, it has been realized that there is a need for sociological studies dealing with whether there is a relationship between the patterns of stereotyped behaviours or actions that are repeated every day in daily life and the reasons behind them and religious beliefs as well as what kind of relationship takes place between religious values and the places where social and cultural activities are carried out and the ways they are performed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Şerif Mardin, one of Turkey's leading social scientists, has made important contributions to the field of social sciences with his original studies in the fields of political science, history, sociology and sociology of religion. A lot of research has been done about Mardin, which mainly offers analysis of religion and sociology of religion in his works. However, his methodological approaches to the sociology of religion have not been studied specifically, except for a limited number of studies. Therefore, this article aims to examine Mardin's methodological contributions to Turkish sociology of religion, based on such a need. In this context; Mardin's books, articles, presentations, interviews with him and various studies about him were used. In particular, his works within the scope of the sociology of religion were focused on, and the methodological approaches in these studies were analyzed with a critical view. According to the results, it has been seen that historical background analysis, interdisciplinary approach and understanding sociology have an important place in Mardin's methodology for social sciences in general and sociology of religion in particular. Mardin has also benefited a lot from conceptual tools to understand society. In addition, he presented multi-layered and in-depth analyzes that consider the background, continuity and integrity of the subject, rather than simple evaluations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social scientists have persuasively documented the relationship between religion and life satisfaction in Western societies; however, the empirical findings or related theory about how religion shapes life satisfaction in Islamic countries is limited. There is a scarcity of research that examines how patriotism may impact satisfaction with life among Muslims as well as Western societies. Therefore, the present study examines the relationships between patriotism, religion, and life satisfaction in Turkey, which is known for its Muslim culture. Using World Value Survey 2017-2020 (n = 2415), related to two different approaches, four hypotheses were created and attempted to be tested. This study provides compelling evidence in which direction patriotism and religion impact life satisfaction. Findings from this work suggest that people who can be considered patriots have more favorable satisfaction with life. In the same direction, the importance of religion, traditional religious faith, and prayer practice seem to predict positive overall satisfaction with life in Turkey. The findings of the research analysis were discussed and concluded in the social and cultural context of Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social inequalities, which have increased with the globalization process, show significant differences from previous periods. The deepening of inequalities, their self-producing nature and the expansion of their sphere of influence are at the forefront of these differences. This is one of the important reasons why social inequalities have become a subject of interest for many social scientists, especially sociologists. Bauman also included the subject of social inequality in his works. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the different aspects of Bauman's approach to social inequality. For this purpose, Bauman's works on the subject were examined and his views on social inequality were tried to be understood. At the end of the study, it was concluded that; Bauman based his views on social inequality on the criticism of neoliberalism, global forces eroded the social character of the state, politics and power were separated from each other and individuals became lonely. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concept of social capital, which is extremely important for economic development; emphasizes the relationships between individuals in society. In this context, social capital; It emerges as a concept that collects people on a common ground in the axis of social norms such as tradition, attitude and attitude, and creates a network through social networks, and creates social benefit on the basis of trust. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between social capital and development, which has been of great interest by social scientists in recent years. For this purpose, the relationship between social capital and development was analyzed using the Structural Equation Modeling method, which is one of the multivariate statistical methods for 129 countries whose data can be accessed. According to the goodness of fit values of the 1st Level Multi-Factor Model examined, it is seen that the research model fits the data. Thus, it is seen that the variance and covariances related to the variables observed by the model in the study are explained quite well. As a result, it can be mentioned that there is a directly proportional relationship between economic development and social capital. In this sense, the causality relationship between social capital and economic development has been tested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Among the approaches that deal with the emergence of political structures with a long-term analysis, Moore's contribution seems very important. Carrying out his analysis in the context of comparative historical sociology, Moore tried to make the emergence of different political structures of democracy, fascism and communism in terms of certain alliances and conflicts between the classes by examining the class structures of exemplary countries in depth. In this respect, Moore, who is among the important names of comparative historical sociology, seems to have influenced many social scientists who came after him. Standing out among Moore's many works that employ the method in question, his main work is "The Social Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship". In this work, Moore emphasized the importance of many factors that played a role in this process. The role played by landlords who have experienced a transformation to commercial mentality and peasants in the revolutions were strongly emphasized. In this study, the analysis of the emergence of democracy in Britain, France and the USA, fascism in Japan and Germany, and communism in Russia and China is examined within the framework of Moore's method. One of Moore's most important contributions in this context should be seen as a powerful challenge to modernization theorists who advocate an ahistorical view of political modernization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Global virus outbreaks that threaten the existence of the humankind have profound social, economic, political and cultural effects as well as medical. Covid-19 disease, which has become a pandemic as of2020, has reached the level of changing many established social behavior patterns of societies. While health scientists focus on the treatment of this pandemic, social scientists are more concerned about the economic and social dimension of the epidemic and its meanings in terms of national and international security. This research was conducted in April 2020 to determine how Atatürk University academicians perceived the Covid-19 outbreak. The sample of the study was 245 academicians who filled the questionnaires completely. The questionnaire used to gather data was developed by the researchers. Survey questions were evaluated in three parts: 1) Perceptions that the Kovid-19 pandemic was intentionally produced, 2) Economic expectations and evaluation of institutional and individual measures for the Covid-19 outbreak, and 3) General perceptions about the Covid-19 outbreak. As a result of the study it was found out that academicians evaluated the national and local measures taken in combating the Covid-19 sufficient, but they also stated that this might be one of the biological attacks designed by global minds and it would continue in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Crime is a subject that is of great interest to economists as well as all social scientists. There are different levels of relationship between crime and many macroeconomic variables. One of these variables is the income distribution, which implies that the income generated in the society is distributed fairly among the agents. There are a number of studies which conclude that income distribution is effective in feeding the crime phenomenon in societies. In this study, unlike the literature, it is investigated whether the relationship between crime and income distribution includes spatiality, that is, whether the border neighborhoods of the regions carry a decisive feature in the relationship between crime and income distribution. For this purpose, the relationship between income inequality and crimes against property was studied using spatial econometric methods for NUTS 2 level regions in Turkey. The data is obtained from Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) local database for 2016. The results of the spatial determination tests show that the Spatial Error Model is the most appropriate model. The findings of the study illustrates that for NUTS 2 level regions in Turkey there are positive and significant relationship between income distribution and crime, and also suggests a spatiality effect. As a result, for the 26 NUTS 2 level regions in Turkey, it is possible to say that border neighborhood is effective in crime-income distribution relationship. This suggests that the neighborhood relations should be taken into consideration in both income distribution and crime prevention policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the position and the importance of the concepts used in the process of scientific knowledge production basing on an analysis of Prof. Dr. İlhan Tekeli’s relation with concepts as a scientist. Concepts are the main tools for social scientists to grasp and explain social reality. İlhan Tekeli’s journey of concept building as a social scientist is portrayed to present an exemplar to scientists being a part of the world’s shared ideas and claiming to convey scientific facts to everyday life. Tekeli not only guided the field of urban studies by presenting new concepts and conceptualizations as one of the founders of the field of urbanism in Turkey but also engaged in epistemological interrogation on concepts of the field. Two samples among the set of broad-spectrum of concepts that Tekeli contributed to the development of urban studies are examined. Tekeli’s adventure of concept building is portrayed through analyzing his contribution to the concepts of “governance” and “mode of housing provision”. The study applies mixed-method as the research method to combine various forms of data collection techniques and analysis strategies. Participatory objectification and discourse analysis are conducted for converting data into findings within the mixed method. The opportunities for developing authentic contributions of a scientist to the scientific knowledge production process through concepts are opened for discussion basing on the findings of the study. It has been argued to conclude that Tekeli has developed an alternative path with regards to his relations with concepts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the concept of communicative action theory and the concept of public space which is created by Jürgen Habermas, who is one of the current representatives of critical theory are discussed. This study carried out in order to recognize and understand these approaches of Habermas aimed to gain a new dimension by looking at the social sciences from a different perspective. Habermas's ideas represent the critical theory of the Frankfurt School and are also considered as the new Marxist and the new Kantian. By adding interpersonal communication concept to Marx's concepts of infrastructure and superstructure, Habermas stated that the relations of production are not the only elements that are effective in the process of determining the society. However, the concept of public space shows that public interaction is controlled by capitalist interests, including leisure activities. These approaches of Habermas constitute an effective area in order to explain the hegemonic relations that critical theory particularly emphasizes. The use of culture as a tool is another area of study for the Frankfurt School. Habermas' theory of communicative action is an effective theory in evaluating, interpreting and understanding the processes of production, reproduction and distribution of culture. Control of communication devices is the most effective method in the formation and creation of public opinion. In this study, the sociological evaluation of the communicative action and the public sphere, especially the Frankfurt School thought, was made. In addition, the structure of interpersonal communicative relations is evaluated through the definitions of meaning and consensus. Especially the fact that a social scientist is aware of the communicative structures will contribute positively to the power of transference. Habermas' rich world of thought and approaches open a new horizon for social scientists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Determinist approach has been accepted as a hegemonic thinking a long time after the rationalist-positivist world understanding of the modern individuals integration with political arguments. According to that, societies, like individuals, can be evaluated within the frame of general universal order in accordance with the rules of physics and they will evolve to the ideal form. However, the idea, asserting that individuals and societies will evolve and they will adopt some values such as secularization, rationalization and individualization in this process has been criticized rigidly in recent years. It is remarked that individuals and societies have abandoned macro-theories, adopted some different identities, gathered some arguments which apparently seen contradictory in their own personalities. These new identity politics show that it is hard to make generalization. Even though there is an agreement on the idea that social relations are solving, there are various differentiations on the definition of the period that we live in. For instance, A. Giddens, J. Habermas and F. Jameson who are important names in social sciences suggest that modern period hasn't finished yet, although we are experiencing its radical version in these days. In spite of that some social scientists such as F. Lyotard, J. Baudrillard S. Hall, U. Beck, Z. Bauman, and D. Bell argue that both social relations and political trends have changed and gained new dimensions. Due to the fact that this period of time needs to be renamed descriptively. In this context, the main aim of this study is to gather and categorize theoretically these debates so that we can understand why they think that modern period hasn't finished yet, or on what references the others think that modern period has over. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The e-democracy, which argues that liberal democracy produces practices to overcome the crisis of representation, claims that the use of information and communication technologies increases the interaction between state-citizens in a country and increases the capacity for democratization. This study has attempted to reveal the literature review of how e-democracy is effective in expanding participatory democracy's participation phenomenon in a descriptive framework. Many studies that advocate that information and communication technologies increase the impact of political participation, suggest that political actors use social media in the context of information and communication technologies. However, in response to all these positive contributions and expectations of democracy practices to participatory democracy; some social scientists state that the digital division and group polarization of these practices have sometimes resulted in disastrous consequences, namely the principle of consensus and tolerance, which is one of the fundamental elements of democracy. On the other hand, electronic panopticism created by e-democracy practices causes a restrictive and pacifizing effect rather than liberating its citizens in political participation; this destroys the image of participatory democracy as an active political actor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The restructuring process of capitalist relations, generally called neoliberalism, while constituting comprehensive changes in the realm of labour economics and industrial relations, has also led to considerable shifts in their geography. The expression of this world-wide process in Turkey are the "new industrial regions" that have emerged in some inner-Anatolian cities. These phenomena, which became popularised as Anatolian Tigers, have also generated increasing interest among social scientists. However, they have completely ignored labour in their analysis, while generally focussing on employers' so-called success stories. On the other hand, a few numbers of critical analyses on these phenomena have taken labour into consideration yet as the victims of neoliberal policies composed of unorganised masses. Nevertheless, there have been also considerable struggles on the part of workers for their survival, which could then turn into different collective workers' organisations and/or unionisation attempts in these Anatolian cities. Drawing on a comprehensive field study in the city of Kayseri, where there has been a rapid industrialisation process in furniture, metal and textile sectors since 1990s, this paper therefore discusses employers' labour control strategies, workers' responses and local union practices in such Anatolian cities that has been developing as the new labour basins of industrial geography of Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to open up controversial discussion about the languages of the social policy. Science speaks with concepts. Like all language structures, scientific concepts are not "innocent" or "neutral". The term, metaphors and concepts we use as social scientists are closely linked to the political struggles. Nevertheless, concept construction and reconstruction mechanisms have been radically changed for the last 30 years. To define the radical differentiation in the formation of scientific terminology, the traditional mechanism can be called the diffusion, and the existing one could be called the penetrative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social Studies lesson Schedule which is based on social science aims to make students think like a social scientist and gain the social methods of researching.It is necessary to find out how students imagine social scientists in their eyes in order to reach the goal of the research.The study in which descriptive scanning method is used, the data is analyzed by the qualitative research method to find out results.The group of study is consisted of seventy 6 th graders in a state school in İzmir between 2012-2013. As a result of the study, it is seen that students have various descriptions about social scientists.With the classical image of scientists, students describe the scientists as happy, wearing ties and good looking people which shows us how positive images they have in their minds about them. In lessons, various studies should be done to make students have an image of social scientists. Social scientists should be placed in visiul media and with different programmes social scientists image should also be formed in the eyes of students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It has been shown that under the pressure of natural selection, tooth size varies over time among societies. The study of metric size variation is a common method used by anthropologists to investigate the morphologic relationships in archaeological Anatolian societies. The size, shape, and structure of the tubercles of teeth is primarily determined by genes. The integral role of genes does not only apply to the crown and roots, but also to numerous features of the tooth. In this study conducted at the Urartu Altıntepe site, skeletal measurements were taken to understand the critical differences in size and morphology among the individuals. The data for this study in the Altıntepe necropol area is comprised from 152 individuals from 38 graves from which mesio-distal measurements were taken from 684 permanent teeth and bucco-lingual measurements were collected from 693 permanent teeth. The measurements taken from upper and lower left teeth were graphed in a statistical Cluster analysis to reveal dental similarities in community groups. The data results show that the Altıntepe Urartu community shares tooth size similarities with the Van-Karagündüz society of the Early Iron Age and the Kütahya Ağızören Hittite society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although sex researchers use the same methodology as other social scientists, they are constrained by ethical concerns and taboos which are not experienced in other fields. Because of the taboos surrounding sexuality, some traditional research methods are inappropriate. However, sex research, like most social science researches, uses scientific methodological approaches such as survey research (questionnaires and interviews), observational research, experimental research, clinical research and case studies. Ethical issues are especially important in sexuality which is a subject loaded with emotional and moral values. Methodological concern, regarding sampling techniques and their accuracy, is the other important issue. Without a representative sample, the conclusions drawn by these methodologies are limited. Furthermore, sex research is important on both social and personal level. Human sexuality is inherently linked to many of the most important social concerns in the world today. Many public health crises, including sexually transmitted infections, family planning, sexual assault and adolescent pregnancy, are related to human sexuality and to the contribution of sexual attitude, religion and values to these issues. Sex researches may constitute a basis for improved health care, effective social policies, and improvements in public perception. This article reviews methods for sexuality research and their advantages and disadvantages in a historical perspective. Our article aimed to provide valuable information and to encourage the scientists who are interested in sexuality research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In contemporary states which have a parliamentary system, many organizations come on the scene which change the nature of parliamentary democracy and intervene in the area of parliament -that is law makers. In the name of stability, the executive organ's power is increased which undermines its essence; and because of independent administrative organizations, tire parliament loses its main function of making law. The Constitutional Court is the most powerful organization among these. Many political scientists have developed and advocated some thoughts which legitimatize constitutional control of the Constitutional Court, According to these scientists the Constitutional Court is the most important institution of democracy. In this article opposition by the majority among social scientists, it is advocated that constitutional control of the constitutional court undermines democracy and causes change in the definition of the democratic state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]