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Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to present a new approach to managing process changes in uncertain conditions. The proposed approach is applied in one of the largest production companies in Turkey to manage the changes in their warehouse processes which formed after the merger. Design/methodology/approach: In the model, interval-valued hesitant fuzzy the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (IVHF-DEMATEL) methodology is integrated into one of the most used BPR tools, change matrix. The main focus of the proposed model is to increase both flexibility and applicability in uncertain conditions. Thus, while the change matrix enables companies to be agile and responsive to changes, IVHF-DEMATEL provides a better way to continuously evaluate and determine critical processes, and strategies to align with evolving conditions. Findings: Initial analysis revealed two major problems, the slowness of shipments caused by the increase in costs and the confusion in the organizational structure. However, the conventional methods fall short of effectively determination of critical objectives in terms of dealing with uncertainty. Therefore, a comprehensive roadmap for managing the change is developed with the integration of IVHF-DEMATEL and change matrix so that a successful transition is achieved. Originality/value: It is believed that the study will contribute to the existing literature by providing a novel approach in which the IVHF-DEMATEL methodology is integrated into the change matrix. Also, the study provides a guideline for practical applications by presenting a step-by-step implementation of the model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The beginning and the development course of the novel genre in Turkish literature has been with an external influence. It is possible to talk about the continuation of the foreign influence in the emergence of original works after this first stage, which is described as translation, imitation and copyright. With the reflection of the idea of nationalization that started with the period of national literature and accelerated in the Republic period, the people of Anatolia and Anatolia started to enter the novel as a subject and place. However, despite all these movements of nationalization, various opinions regarding the insufficient presence of Islamic elements in the novels are also an opinion expressed. Based on this point, our work will be about Ahmet Gunbay Yildiz, who is evaluated within the framework of the concepts of an Islamic novel, A Hidayat novel, and a popular novel. He also states that Yildiz has entered the path of becoming the representative of Islamic literature in the field of novels with his adventure of transition from poetry to novel. Yıldız is in the first ring with Hekimoğlu Ismail and Şule Yüksel Şenler among the Hidayet novelists. Our study included discussions on the concept of Islamic literature, thoughts on the Hidayat novel and the classification of popular novels, and assessments of Ahmed Gunbay Yildiz's place in these classifications. As a result of these evaluations, it was determined that the author's works contained elements of the Hidayat novel and popular novel. Thus, it was concluded that Yıldız wrote his novels in the popular Islamic novel category without paying much attention to the literary and aesthetic features. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Data Envelopment Analysis is a popular tool for assessing the relative efficiency of units, treated as a whole unit, without considering the internal structure of decision-making units. In contrast to the conventional models, Network DEA models consider the internal operations of units. In both models, the most favourable weights of the input–output factors for each unit are used. One of the main pitfalls of these models is that they require a set of n different vectors of these weights for the units, thus the factors may not have the same importance for each unit. To overcome this drawback and avoid ignoring some factors, several methods have been proposed to determine a common set of weights (CSWs) of the factors. However, none of the proposed approaches can determine the CSWs in network DEA models. This paper contributes to the existing literature by proposing a novel approach for determining the CSWs based on Entropy Method. Finally, the proposed approach is applied to demonstrate their applicability in both numerical and illustration examples. Moreover, a case of assessment of Science and Technology Parks in Turkey was used for the purpose of illustration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Using the 2013 Turkish Life Satisfaction Survey, we investigate two hypotheses that are novel to the happiness literature. The first of these hypotheses is that income dispersion/inequality within an individual's reference group has a negative effect on happiness, ceteris paribus; we find evidence to support this hypothesis. The second hypothesis is that housing is a positional good that has a negative positional externality; we find evidence to support this hypothesis as well. Additionally, we explore the notion that non-pecuniary factors (like social life satisfaction) carry more weight in explaining happiness than do standard pecuniary factors (such as an individual's own income). Our findings suggest that in large part, the path to a happy life is through gaining access to a wealth of non-pecuniary characteristics. In a broad sense, our study explores the significance that comparison effects in the pecuniary domain can have on individual happiness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Underground Literature, which started to give its first examples in Turkish literature after 1980, had an important breakthrough at the end of the 2000s. Underground Literature, rather considered to have started with Metin Kaçan'sAğır Roman, has also been followed with interest by readers, and this has led to an increase in the number of Underground Literature products. Underground literature made sinister, sub-culture and the eerie apparent in Turkey under the leadership of particular publishing houses. While making these elements visible through literary works, Underground Literature did not hesitate to adopt linguistic violence. Underground Literature, which is shaped and developed on these elements in general terms, has also acquired a unique readership. An important part of Şebnemİşigüzel's writing adventure, which started with her first story book Hanene Ay Doğacak, can be evaluated within the framework of Underground Literature. As a matter of fact, Şebnemİşigüzel's novel titled Çöplük published in 2004 by Şebnemİşigüzel, who is considered as one of the powerful women writers of this literature, has almost all the characteristics of underground literature when considered in the content plane. Because this novel has managed to become a remarkable example of Underground Literature by telling about the evil, violence, those who are out of society, the garbage dump, the underground lair, sub-cultures, alienation, perversions, eeriness and pessimism. Based on these observations, the traces of Underground Literature in the novel Çöplük and the display of these marks on women are discussed in this study. Based on this, the place of women were revealed under the headings of sub-culture and women, evil and women, alienation and women [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Contemporary scholarship on speculative fiction has increased in Europe and the United States substantially in recent years. An upsurge in the number of speculative literary works and cinematic adaptations has played an instrumental role in this growing interest. Turkish writers have also joined this trend since they are now writing more speculative fiction. The aim of this study is therefore to present an overview of speculative fiction studies in Turkey and to introduce speculative fiction in Turkish literature from the second part of the nineteenth century until the present day. Such a projection will acquaint scholars with scholarship on speculative fiction and relevant literary production in Turkey. This critical survey hopes to pique international scholarly curiosity about the Turkish tradition of speculative fiction and to inspire a revitalization of relevant scholarship in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this paper is to offer a framework for the gradual transition to cycling as a sustainable mode of transport in developing megacities having low or non-existent cycling modal share. By drawing on multi-level perspective, the paper first establishes a socio-technical transition framework incorporating the multi-actor, multi-level and multi-dimensional aspects of the cycling systems. The paper then argues that the transition to cycling is contingent on integrating the multiple dimensions of the cycling socio-technical system. A case study of cycling in Istanbul, a rapidly growing developing megacity in Turkey with a population of nearly 15 million people, is given to illustrate how the proposed framework can be applied. The paper concludes that significant progress towards the introduction of cycling in Istanbul depends on integrating a variety of socio-technical elements including infrastructure, technology, policies and regulations, culture and social meanings. This perspective informs the analysis of the socio-technical transition to cycling for the cities aiming to introduce cycling for the first time. The paper contributes to both sustainable urban mobility and socio-technical transition literature by developing a novel framework for cycling systems. • Proposes a socio-technical transition framework for the adoption of cycling in developing megacities • Adapts the multi-level perspective (MLP) approach for cycling systems • Provides a multi-level, multi-dimensional and multi-actor analysis of the cycling systems • Gives an empirical application of the proposed framework for Istanbul's urban mobility [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]