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Copyright of Journal of Social Sciences Research / Sosyal Bilimler Arastirmalari Dergisi is the property of ODU Journal of Social Sciences Research and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Individuals are exposed to discrimination because of their different qualities. In addition to the classical types of discrimination such as religion, language, race, ethnicity, gender and worldview, discrimination against the "elderly" is a category of othering that should be taken into account. The "others" of the new generation, the elderly, constitute the main material of the caps, which come into our lives, especially through social media and interpret the events in society in a more entertaining and sarcastic way. In this study, the caps shared about the elderly people on social media in Turkey are examined and it is revealed how they are marginalized. As a result of the research, it has been determined that caps reinforce age discrimination with discourses such as "naughty, grumpy, unlovable, weak, forgetful, lacking in physical capacity, unable to keep up with the times, cannot contribute to the production and are in need of care." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Humanitas: International Journal of Social Sciences / Uluslararasi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi is the property of Humanitas: International Journal of Social Sciences and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

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The Greeks have a distinctive status in historiography. In fact, some historians declared the Greeks as the "inventor of history" and Herodotus, the Greek historian called as “father of history. Following the Greco-Persian Wars, the Greeks gained self-confidence and described the non- Greek- speaking peoples as “barbarian”. This might be the first “othering” movement in historiography. The Scythians, one of the ancient societies of Turkish history, between the 8th and 4th century BC in history timeline. When the Greek historiography began, the Scythians were the neighbors of the Greek societies. Because of this adjacency, many Greek authors and historians depicted much information on the Scythian society in addition to Persian, Assyrian and Chinese sources about Scythian history. In our study, the Greek historiography was examined in the context of "barbarian and the other", by attributing the inability to be "objective" in historiography. Then, a portrait of the “the other (marginalized) Scythians” was searched in the works of Greek authors and historians. In Greek historiography, it has been observed that the Scythians were marginalized at least as much as the Persians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Itobiad: Journal of the Human & Social Science Researches / İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi is the property of Itobiad: Journal of the Human & Social Science Researches and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Copyright of Beytulhikme: An International Journal of Philosophy is the property of Beytulhikme: An International Journal of Philosophy and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Orientalism is a kind of alienation forms that the Western Society's system of thought. It emphasizes the underdevelopment of Eastern. It also has an institutionalized structure with a systematic thought. To build the West's own existence, it has an ethical-based, othering discourse that defines religion, language, and ethnicity as outlying societies. The cinema, accepted as the seventh art, is one of the tools by which this discourse is used. Cinema shapes people's view of the world, changing the perceptions of viewers and influencing their thinking mechanisms. It is also used as an effective art to create the perception of us and other that orientalism uses against Eastern societies. Especially Hollywood cinema plays an important role in the transfer of orientalist representations. This study aims to contribute to the sociology literature by examining the orientalist perspective of Turkey and Turks in Hollywood films taken in Turkey. In this context, the Taken-2 Istanbul, Midnight Express, Arabian Lawrence, Prison Heat and Passport to Terror that shot the films of Hollywood cinema, were discussed in study. Orientalist ideologies presented in the films have been tried to be put forward and the perception of Turkey presented through an imaginary image of the East in Hollywood cinema haz been examined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, which aims to investigate the gender of migration, the first issue to be identified is that, if there is a gender distinction, it can be revealed what the characteristics that make women different from men in this distinction. The subject will be evaluated in two different ways: migration and gender / migration and gender, and will be based on the relationship between those who manage and manage migration. It will be tried to explain how women have a power relationship in the migration process with other / othering concepts and possible strategies. In the historical migration adventure of women, economic, social, political and cultural factors as well as important multidimensional areas such as war, disaster, discrimination will be examined in order to contribute to the future. The differences between the experience of migrant women and the experiences of male migrants and the disadvantaged factors will be associated with future migratory movements. Does immigration involve a male-oriented mindset? What is the validity of the discourse that migration puts women in a fragile position as the other and reinforces their secondary position? What are the roles that women and men should be given in finding their rightful place during and after migration? In this study, we will discuss the gender of migration and the role of women in the migration process in societies without being accepted as individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The cultural effects of myths and the plays in which they are performed are still evident today. Cultural elements and relations between people and problems in ancient times resemble those experienced in contemporary period. That is the reason behind the fact that the plays which were based upon myths and written during Ancient Greek period still inspire many playwrights. One of them is Medea written by Euripides. The play, including the conflicts, spiritual obligations, male-female relationship, divine power, emotional ties and othering in society, perpetuates its actuality and appeals to the contemporary audience. This study examines Brendan Kennelly's interpretation of Medea, a current translation of Euripides' play, Medea. In this new adaptation, which is shaped by the thoughts and lifestyle of the author, the effects of the processes that Ireland has gone through on the citizens of this country are presented with special attention to Medea's experiences. The purpose of the study is to analyse the reinterpretation of Medea through comparing it with Euripides' Medea in order to examine the conditions of a country going through political structures and to draw attention to the othering and gender issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

German Author Thorsten Becker's novel "Galib with Numbers", published in 2004, is an important work that conveys Eastern/Turkish culture (Turkey and immigration) from a German perspective. The novel, besides bringing European and Turkish culture face to face, allows a German writer to make Turks and their mentality understandable through empathy. In addition, the novel provides an opportunity to compare eastern and western cultures. Since cultural diversity increases the interest in foreign cultures, the field of literature, in which this interest is reflected, can be seen as a tool to promote other cultures. This novel, in which there is an intercultural conflict that includes issues such as identity problem/Otherness, offers the opportunity to see how Turkish culture is evaluated as the other. As a German writer, Becker reflects people of different nationalities, cultures, impressions and deals with Turkey/Turkish impressions through empathy. Combining his own impressions/evaluations within the scope of themes such as the Eastern theme and being the Other, Becker shows that he can create a work that is of great importance in multicultural societies and has an intercultural quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

All religions introduce different explanations about the evil in the context of the relationship between evil and God. Apart from religions, various disciplines have been searching for answers about what is the evilness, and they answered differently. The evil is the reality of the Universe. The evilness exists and people live by being aware of its existence. Religions, philosophy and other sciences study and discuss the evil from a theoretical point of view; however, for the literature, evilness is a practical problem. In the literature, the evilness is discussed in fiction and reality's borders. In the tales, which is the most common narration type in the oral narrative tradition, there is a fiction, too. Tales narrate the evil and evilness to the audiences in the fiction. In the tales, there are moral acceptances, and whether written or oral, all texts are the transmitters of these. The evilness in the tales is a moral problem and tales do not discuss it. Not only indicate they the evil to their audiences and attempt to protect them from it, but they also try to draw their attention to its negative impacts and the significance of the good. In the world of the tales, one the one hand, the evil always gets receive its just deserts. But, on the other hand, tales also allow forgiving the evil. Forgivingness observed in the tales is not impotence against the evilness. On the contrary, it is an opportunity presented to the evil to turn into the good. Tales, by doing that, remind the audience about the values such as mercy and forgivingness. Tales' original language narrates that the evilness is a temporary situation against the goodness. Therefore, the audience witnesses the triumph of the good against evil. This rule does not change in the Helvacı Güzeli folktale, as well. In this tale, the "goodness" is an absolute and creating value, and the evilness is not permanent, but temporary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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