Individual Giving and Philanthropy in Turkey (Full Report)

Civil society organizations (CSOs) are at the heart of Turkey's democratization process. Today there are more than 109,000 associations and 5,075 new foundations (established after the Republic) operating along with many informal organizations such as platforms, initiatives, and groups.Despite the importance of donations for the financial sustainability of CSOs, results of the "Individual Giving and Philanthropy in Turkey" (Report) conducted in 2015 in 68 of Turkey's 81 provinces with the participation of 2,495 respondents, show that giving through CSOs in Turkey is low. Also, compared to an earlier study conducted in 2004 and published by TUSEV in 2006, "Philanthropy in Turkey: Citizens, Foundations, and Pursuit of Social Justice" there has been a marked decrease in donations made to CSOs (from 18.4% in 2004 to 12.9% in 2015) in the past decade

Individual Giving and Philanthropy in Turkey (Executive Summary)

Civil society organizations (CSOs) are at the heart of Turkey's democratization process. Today there are more than 109,000 associations and 5,075 new foundations (established after the Republic) operating along with many informal organizations such as platforms, initiatives, and groups. Their areas of work are mostly concentrated in social solidarity, delivering social services, education, health and various rights-based issues. Over the past years, the not-for-profit sector in Turkey has grown both in size and the level of participation, and played a significant role in providing services and contributing to the democratization of the country. Despite all of these developments, legal constraints and financial sustainability continue to pose a challenge for the future of the sector. It is of critical importance for CSOs to ensure their financial viability to make a difference in society and contribute to social change through their activities and work

Individual Giving and Philanthropy in Turkey 2021

This study is a continuation of the research on individual giving and philanthropy in Turkey conducted in 2004, 2015 and 2019 by TÜSEV. The main goals of this research are to provide an overview of: individuals' perceptions of civil society organisations in Turkey; their engagement with CSOs; giving practices, and to track behaviors and trends in these areas through time. For this study as for previous ones, the authors and research team have collected and analysed data from interviews with a representative sample of the voting-age population in Turkey. The fieldwork for this report focused on the year before October-November 2021, a period of significant challenges including Covid-19, lockdowns and natural disasters. The authors take into account the impact of these events in their evaluation of how both the giving behavior and the attitude toward civil society and philanthropic activities in general have developed and changed. The report also provides a comparative analysis of the change that took place in the field of individual giving in Turkey over a 15-year period.Previous studies can be accessed from TÜSEV website: https://www.tusev.org.tr/en/research-andpublications/online-publication

Microwave-assisted synthesis, characterizations, antimicrobial activities, and DFT studies on some pyridine derived Schiff base

This study reports a joint experimental, theoretical and microbiological investigation on the (E)-N,N-dimethyl-4-((pyridine-2-ylmethylene)amino)aniline (5), (E)-N,N-dimethyl-4-((pyridine-4-ylmethylene)amino)aniline (6) and (E)-N,N-dimethyl-4-((pyridine-3-ylmethylene)amino)aniline (7). These compounds were synthesized with microwave method and their structures characterized by FT-IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, and elemental analysis tecniques. In the theoretical studies, torsional barriers analysis, ground state structure, Fourier Transform Infrared spectra (FT-IR), and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectra (NMR) of 5, 6, and, 7 were calculated by Density Functional Theory (DFT) computations. The conformers obtained from the torsional barrier scanning were optimized by B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level. The harmonic vibrational frequencies, potential energy distribution (PED), infrared intensities, and NMR chemical shifts of the most stable conformers were determined using the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p). Theoretically, predicted spectral data were compared with experimental results. Antimicrobial studies of the synthesized compounds were performed against various microbial strains. Antimicrobial activities of 5, 6, and, 7 were tested against selected bacteria and yeast through minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and diffusion method. Compound 7 was found to be the most active against bacteria and yeast, while compound 5 was found to be moderately active. Compounds 6 (against S. aureus and C. albicans) and, 7 were found to have a very high minimum inhibitory concentration, ranging between 1.95 and 7.81 g/mL (against P. aeruginosa and E. coli). Compounds (6 and 7) showed zone of inhibition values in the range of 10–20 mm against other bacteria except L. monocytogenes and S. thyphimurium. © 2022 Elsevier B.V

Analysis of TIKA (Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency) Data on development aids between 2005-2012, Applied Turkey Sample,

One of the most important features arisen by globalization is the fact that all world countries get into a process to affect each other voluntarily or involuntarily. During this process, differences between countries are revealed more clearly and developed countries cannot remain insensitive to the problems of developing countries. At this point, development aids through which inequalities between countries can be, even partially, removed and the impact of existing problems on other countries can be decreased are important for receiver and donor countries. This research aims to determine the changes resulted from development aids by years with the use of data obtained from Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) related to development aids made between 2005-2012. The dataset obtained from TIKA was analyzed in Excel program. Within scope of the analysis, frequency and descriptive tables were used. At the end of the research, it was found that total development aids tend to raise in Turkey and the biggest share among the total development aids of 2012 belongs to official stream. In addition, it was found that official development aids raised 97% compared to the previous year; social aids exceeded 16 billion dollars in 2012 and the countries to which the most aids have been sent are Afghanistan and Syria

GSM Kurum Çalışanlarının Sunduğu Hizmet Kalitesinin Müşteri Memnuniyeti Üzerindeki Etkisinin İncelenmesi,

Bu araştırmanın amacı kurumsal kimliğe sahip “GSM” operatör çalışanlarının sunduğu hizmet kalitesinin müşteri tercih ve memnuniyetleri üzerindeki etkisinin ortaya çıkarılmasına yöneliktir. Ayrıca GSM operatör çalışanlarının müşteri talep ve beklentilerine yönelik düşünceleri ile geri bildirimleri konusundaki görüşleri üzerinde durulmuş ve araştırma bu yönde genişletilmiştir. Araştırma Türkiye’de hizmet sunan üç büyük “GSM” operatöründen hizmet alan toplam 3682 müşteri ve 961 GSM çalışanının katılımlarıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu araştırma yaklaşık olarak 9 ay sürmüştür. Araştırmanın evrenini Türkiye örneklemi ise İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Bursa, Antalya ve Tekirdağ illeri oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmadan elde edilen veriler SPSS 18 istatistik programı ile analiz edilmiş ve analizde güvenirlilik, faktör, çoklu regresyon, t testi, varyans, korelasyon ve Mann – Whitney U testleri gerçekleştirilmiştir. Analiz sonrası hizmet alan müşteri tarafının büyük çoğunluğu GSM operatörleri tarafından sunulan hizmet kalitesinden memnun kalmadığı, hizmet sunan çalışanların ise büyük çoğunluğunun mesleki tükenmişlik ve özellikle psikolojik anlamda yıprandıkları sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Saptanan bir önemli nokta ise çalışanların tükenmişlik boyutunun yüksek olması iş kalitesi ve sunulan hizmet kalitesinin düşmesine neden oluşturmasıdır

Health Tourısm In Turkey And Practıcal Example Of Its Economıc Dımensıons,

Turkey has made significant progress in health tourism within the last 20 years and began to compete with the most successful countries in health tourism. Also, the income obtained from health tourism has an important impact on the income obtained in health sector in Turkey and makes great contribution to the economy. This study aims to investigate the place of health tourism in health sector and its impacts on it. Within this context, various statistical data regarding the spending on health and health tourism between 2004-2013 was used. The data obtain from TUIK (Turkish Statistical Institute) was analysed via PASW Statistics 18 (SPSS-Statistical Package for Social Sciences) package program. Within the scope of the analysis, frequency tables and regression tests were used. The research findings illustrated that private hospitals were preferred more in health tourism, Germany, Bulgaria and Iraq are among the countries that send most health tourists, service is obtained more in other branches and eye and oncology fields and health tourism income is affected by the number of the tourists. The results of the study indicated that foreigners make up 70% of total health tourists in 2013, the rate of health spending in health tourism is 2.3% and health tourism income increased total heath income significantly

Kamu Ve Özel Sağlık Kurumlarında Çalışan Personelin Ücret Beklenti Düzeylerinin Uygulamalı Örneği,

Günümüzde daha kaliteli, etkin, verimli ve sürekli bir sağlık hizmeti sunumunda sağlık kurumu çalışanlarının kurum amaçları doğrultusunda etkin ve verimli bir biçimde organize edilmeleri gerekmektedir. İyi bir personel yönetimine sahip kurumlar çalışanlarının özelliklerini ve beklentilerini değerlendirerek bu yönde tedbirler almalı ve iyileştirmelerde bulunmalıdırlar. Sağlık kurumlarında hem iş doyumu hem de örgütsel bağlılığın artmasında çalışanların beklentilerinin karşılanması ve uygun çalışma koşulları göz ardı edilmemesi gereken bir konudur. Özellikle İş doyumunu etkileyen çevresel ve örgütsel faktörlerden biride ücret-maaş faktörüdür. Çalışanların ücret yönünden tatmin edilmelerinin iş doyumunu artıracağı söylenebilir. Bu çalışmada katılımcı görüşleri doğrultusunda başta ücrete yönelik olmak üzere çalışma koşullarının kalite ve yeterliliği, iş değişikliği ve ücretle ilişkili olarak sosyal hayattaki olumsuzluk konularına dair genel bir durum değerlendirmesi yapılması amaçlanmıştır. Bu bağlamda araştırmaya rast gele yöntemle seçilmiş toplam 1350 özel ve kamu sağlık kurumlarında çalışan sağlık personeli katılım sağlamıştır. Araştırma Türkiye evreni içerisinde İstanbul, İzmir, Bursa, Ankara, Diyarbakır, Trabzon, Tekirdağ, Adana, Edirne ve Çorum illeri örneklemi çerçevesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmada 5’li likert ölçekten oluşan 30 soruluk bir anket kullanılmıştır. Kullanılan anketin Cronbach’s Alpha değeri 0.872 bulunmuştur. Analize tabi tutulan veriler SPSS 18 İstatistik programı ile analiz edilmiştir. Analiz kapsamında, güvenilirlik analizi, frekans tabloları, betimleyici istatistikler, faktör analizi ve Kruskal Wallis analizlerinden faydalanılmıştır. Araştırma sonunda, katılımcıların cinsiyet, yaş, eğitim, iş tecrübesi ve kurumdaki konum değişkenlerine göre çalışma koşulları, iş değişimi, ücret ve gelir düzeyinin sosyal hayattaki olumsuz etkileri boyutlarında etkili olduğu, kurum tipi değişkeninin ise sadece çalışma koşuları boyutunda etkili olduğu saptanmıştır

Extreme value statistics for dynamical systems with noise

We study the distribution of maxima ( extreme value statistics ) for sequences of observables computed along orbits generated by random transformations. The underlying, deterministic, dynamical system can be regular or chaotic. In the former case, we show that, by perturbing rational or irrational rotations with additive noise, an extreme value law appears, regardless of the intensity of the noise, while unperturbed rotations do not admit such limiting distributions. In the case of deterministic chaotic dynamics, we will consider observables specially designed to study the recurrence properties in the neighbourhood of periodic points. Hence, the exponential limiting law for the distribution of maxima is modified by the presence of the extremal index , a positive parameter not larger than one, whose inverse gives the average size of the clusters of extreme events. The theory predicts that such a parameter is unitary when the system is perturbed randomly. We perform sophisticated numerical tests to assess how strong the impact of noise level is when finite time series are considered. We find agreement with the asymptotic theoretical results but also non-trivial behaviour in the finite range. In particular, our results suggest that, in many applications where finite datasets can be produced or analysed, one must be careful in assuming that the smoothing nature of noise prevails over the underlying deterministic dynamics