Civic nationalism in Turkey: a study on the political profile of Celal Bayar

Celal Bayar, a prominent figure in Turkish politics who had hold various offices and positions last one being Republic Presidency, contributed to the Turkish nation-building process and took part in its various proceedings and institutions. This article discusses the views of Celal Bayar on nationalism, more specifically on Turkish nationalism. The discussion reflects on Bayar’s conception of ‘Turkish nation’, ‘national state’, ‘the Eastern question’, ‘Democrat Party nationalism’ and ‘the non-Muslim minorities’. The public speeches of him clearly point out that Celal Bayar understood and evenpromoted a type of Turkish nationalism which is very much close to civic nationalism.Publisher's Versio

Long-term outcomes of omniflow II biosynthetic vascular graft in lower extremity arterial revascularization

Background: This study aims to evaluate the patency rates and long-term outcomes of femoro-popliteal bypass procedures with Omniflow II biosynthetic vascular grafts in patients with occlusive vascular disease. Methods: This retrospective, observational, clinical study included a total of 93 patients (61 males, 32 females; mean age 56.9±7.4 years; range, 43 to 83 years) who underwent femoro-popliteal bypass in which Omniflow II biosynthetic vascular grafts were used due to peripheral arterial disease. The patients were divided into two groups: 62 patients undergoing femoro-popliteal above-knee bypass and 31 patients undergoing the femoro-popliteal belowknee bypass. We evaluated preoperative clinical characteristics, postoperative graft patency rates, and other clinical results. Results: The mean follow-up was 44.9±18.8 months in the femoropopliteal above-knee bypass group and 47.3±22.3 months in the femoro-popliteal below-knee bypass group (p=0.302). The cumulative primary graft patency rates of the femoro-popliteal above-knee bypass and femoro-popliteal below-knee bypass groups at three, four, and five years were 98%, 95% and 78% and 86%, 75% and 45%, respectively (log-rank; p=0.312). The cumulative assisted graft patency rates of the femoro-popliteal above-knee bypass and femoro-popliteal below-knee bypass groups at five years were 87.9% and 65.3%, respectively (log-rank; p=0.530). Conclusion: The Omniflow II biosynthetic vascular graft is suitable for above-and below-knee femoro-popliteal bypass procedures. These grafts may be prefered due to high patency rates, low incidence of aneursym formations, and infections. ©2018 All right reserved by the Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery

Supplier selection and collaboration for humanitarian relief supply chains

Toktaş Palut, Peral (Dogus Author)Humanitarian logistics is mainly divided into the following three planning stages in the disaster life cycle: (pre-disaster) mitigation phase, (post-disaster) response phase, and recovery phase. Relief supplier selection and collaboration is a very crucial part of the pre-disaster period to overcome the difficulties in the response phase which could not be done by government itself. The main objective of this study is to select the most appropriate relief suppliers in the pre-disaster period in terms of determined criteria. As a case study, the Anatolian side of Istanbul, Turkey is considered as the affected area. In order to achieve this goal, first Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) is used to identify and rank the criteria and to find the interactions among them. Among 15 criteria determined through the literature review and face to face surveys with experts, seven of them are found to be more important and affecting than the others. These criteria are geographic position, collaboration attribute, using information technology tools, data accuracy, evaluation and certification system, resource and information sharing, and trust development. Second, Analytic Network Process (ANP) is used to determine the weights of the criteria selected by the ISM method. Finally, the candidate suppliers are evaluated and ranked in terms of these criteria using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)-Rating technique. The framework proposed in this study provides practitioners with a tool for planning and carrying out humanitarian logistics activities

Assessment of Nutritional Status of 10 – 14 Years Old Adolescents Using Mediterranean Diet Quality Index (kidmed)

AbstractThis study is conducted to evaluate the nutritional status of 10-14 years old adolescents determined by Mediterranean Diet Quality Index (KIDMED). 229 male adolescents who go to football school participated in the study. Participants’nutritional status was determined through a 16-item KIDMED Index. The mean age was 12.15 ± 1.08 year, weight was 39.16 ± 6.30kg, height was 143.07 ± 8.62cm. Results indicated that 10.5% of the participants had a low quality diet (≤3 points), 64.2% had a mid-quality/needs-improvement diet (4-7 points) and 25.3% had an optimal quality diet (≥8 points). KIDMED Index is a suitable index for assessing Mediterranean and Healthy Diet. Healthy diet is very important for adolescent who play sports. Adolescents diet quality should be increased with healthy nutrition education

Avrupa Birliği ülkelerinde cari işlemler hesabının sürdürülebilirlik analizi: FADF ve FKSS birim kök testleri

This paper investigates the sustainability of the current account in 27 European Union countries over the period 2005Q1-2020Q3. First, series which is considered as the ratio of the current account to gross domestic product, was applied to the traditional unit root test ADF and the nonlinear unit root test KSS. According to the ADF test, the current account was stationary in 9 countries and according to the KSS test, current account was stationary in 5 countries. Later, nonlinear FADF and FKSS unit root tests based on Fourier were applied. According to the unit root tests results, series were found stationary in 10 countries for FADF and 3 countries for FKSS. ADF and KSS test results are valid for countries whose trigonometric terms are insignificant. According to these results, it can be said that Fourier terms should be considered in unit root tests on the current account.Bu çalışmada 27 Avrupa Birliği Ülkesinin 2005Q1-2020Q3 periyodu için cari işlemler hesabının sürdürülebilirliğinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Cari işlemler hesabının gayri safi yurtiçi hasılaya oranı olarak ele alınan seriye ilk olarak geleneksel birim kök testlerinden ADF ve doğrusal olmayan birim kök testlerinden KSS testi uygulanmıştır. ADF testine göre 9, KSS testine göre ise 5 ülkede cari işlemler hesabının durağan olduğu gözlemlenmiştir. Daha sonra fourier temelli doğrusal olmayan FADF ve FKSS birim kök testlerine yer verilmiştir. Test sonuçlarına göre FADF için 10, FKSS için 3 ülkede durağanlığa rastlanmıştır. Trigonometrik terimleri anlamsız bulunan ülkeler için ADF ve KSS testi sonuçları geçerlidir. Bu sonuçlara göre, cari işlemler hesabı üzerine yapılan birim kök sınamalarında fourier terimlerinin dikkate alınması gerektiği söylenebili

Enerji tüketimi ve finansal gelişme: Saklı eşbütünleşme ile MENA ülkelerinden kanıtlar

Enerji, ekonomilerin gelişmeleri hakkında ipucu veren önemli bir parametredir. Ülkelerdeki enerji tüketimi ekonomik yapıyı özetlemektedir. Günümüzde ekonomik büyümenin reel sektör belirleyicileri dışında dikkat çeken bileşeni finansal gelişme olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu çalışmada enerji tüketimi ve finansal gelişme ilişkisi MENA ülkeleri için incelenmiştir. 1980-2017 dönemini ele alan araştırmada ekonometrik analizler Hatemi J (2011) Panel Saklı Eşbütünleşme Testi ve Panel VECM analizi ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Test sonuçları değişkenlerin orijinal değerleri arasında eşbütünleşme olmadığını, fakat pozitif ve negatif bileşenlerinin bazıları arasında uzun dönemli bir ilişkinin olduğunu göstermiştir. Dolayısıyla seriler arasında saklı eşbütünleşme olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu bulgular ışığında değişkenlerinin bileşenleri arasında eşbütünleşme ve özellikle de uzun dönem nedensellik ilişkisi olması finansal gelişme göstergelerindeki değişikliğin enerji tüketimi üzerinde etkili olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.Energy is an important parameter that gives clues about the developments in economies. Energy consumption (EC) in countries gives a summary of the economic structures of those countries. Today, the attention-grabbing component of economic growth, apart from the real sector determinants, is considered to be financial development. In this study, the relationship between EC and financial development in MENA countries is examined. Econometric analyzes are carried out by Hatemi J (2011) Panel Hidden Cointegration Test and Panel VECM analysis in the study covering the period between 1980 and 2017. The test results have showed that there is no cointegration between the original values of the variables, but there is a long-term relationship between some of the positive and negative components. Therefore, it has been determined that there is a hidden cointegration between the series. In light of these findings, the cointegration and especially the long-term causality relationship between the components of the variables reveal that the change in financial development indicators is effective on energy consumption

Do the effects of vitamin d supplementation on muscle strength differ according to age?

Introduction: Vitamin D plays an important role in musculoskeletal health and its use improves muscle strength. However, the effect of vitamin D use on muscle strength in women of different ages is yet to be investigated. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of vitamin D use on muscle strength in women of different age groups and determine the differences of muscle strength gain between age groups. Materials and Method: Sixty-three women with calcidiol levels<30 ng/mL were randomly assigned and stratified by their age group as follows: Group I (aged 40–49 years), Group II (aged 50–59 years) and Group III (aged 60–69 years). Calcidiol levels, body mass index, fat free mass, percent fat, grip strength, arm curl, chair stand and isokinetic concentric flexor and extensor peak torque and power at 60°•s−1 and 180°•s−1 were assessed at baseline and six months after oral cholecalciferol supplementation. Results: Vitamin D supplementation caused significant improvement in body mass index, arm curl, grip strength and knee flexor and extensor peak torque and power at 60°•s−1 and 180°•s−1 in all groups (p<0.05). Knee flexor power at 60°•s−1 and extensor power at 180°•s−1 were significantly higher in group I than in group III (p<0.025). Conclusion: Muscle strength in response to vitamin D supplementation increased in all age groups, and isokinetic muscle power was the highest in the youngest age group studied. © 2018, Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved

THE EDITION OF “RISALAH FI AS-SIYASAH”

Risale fi's-siyase, Beyrut'ta bulunan Sarkiyye Kütüphanesi ile Vatikan Kütüphanesi'nde bulunan iki yazmaya dayanarak Luvis Seyhû tarafından 1901 yılında Mesrik Dergisinde yayımlamıstır. Risalemizin tahkikini yapan arastırmacılardan biri olan Abdülaziz es- Sirvan, dikkatsizce davranarak yanlıs bir iddiada bulunmustur. 1901 yılında Seyhû'nun yaptıgı ikinci tahkik ile kendisinin 1991 yılında yayınladıgı tahkik arasındaki zaman farkına ve bu süre boyunca yeni bir nüshanın bulunmamıs olduguna dayanarak arastırmacı, hem <slam hem de Batı dünyasındaki eski eserler koleksiyonlarında veya kütüphanelerinde Risale fi's-siyase'nin üçüncü bir yazma nüshanın bulunmadıgını ileri sürmüstür. Bu makale, söz konusu iddianın iki ayrı gerekçeden dolayı geçersiz oldugunu göstermeyi amaçlamaktadır. <lk gerekçe, Risale fi's-siyase'nin <bn Miskeveyh tarafından derlenen el- Hikmetü'l-halide baslıklı eserinin içinde bulunmasıdır. el-Hikmetü'l-halide'nin risalemizle ilgili olan kısmının tahkikinde Abdurrahman Bedevi <stanbul, Paris ve Mısır'da bulunan birer yazmayı kullanmıs ve böylece Risale fi's-siyase'nin üç yeni yazma nüshasını daha <slam kültür mirasına kazandırmıstır. <kinci gerekçe ise risalemizin bir yazma nüshasının Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi Ahmed III bölümünde 3185 kayıt numarasıyla bulunmasıdır. Böylece, el-Hikmetü'l-halide tahkikinde kullanılan üç, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Kütüphanesi'nde yazma olarak bekleyen bir olmak üzere Risale fi's-siyase'nin dört tane daha nüshası bulunmakta ve böylece risalemizin yazma nüshalarının sayısı Seyhû'nun kullandıgı Beyrut ve Vatikan nüshalarıyla birlikte ”“bugüne dek bilinen olmak üzere- altıya ulasmaktadır. Modern dönemlerde Risale fi's-siyase'nin tahkikleri, birbiriyle irtibatı bulunmayan iki ayrı kanaldan gerçeklestirilmistir. Bunlardan ilki Vatikan ve Beyrut nüshalarına dayanarak Seyhû ve onun tahkikine baglı kalarak Fuad Abdülmünim Ahmed, Abdülaziz es-Sirvan ve Ali Muhammed <sbir'in gerçeklestirdigi tahkik kanalıdır. Digeri ise el-Hikmetü'lhalide'nin <stanbul, Paris ve Mısır kütüphanelerindeki yazmalara dayanarak Bedevi'nin yaptıgı tahkik kanalıdır. Bu makale içinde sunulan Risale fi's-siyase'nin yeni tahkikin iki Risalah fi as-Siyasah was published in Mashriq magazine by Louis Cheikho in 1901, based on two manuscripts; one belongs to the al-Sharqiya Library in Beirut, and the other to the Vatican Library. Abdul Aziz al-Sirwan, one of the researchers studying the Risalah, carelessly made an inaccurate assumption: Based on the time lag between the second study made by Cheikho in 1901 and the one he published in 1991, and on the fact that there had not been found a new copy during that time lag, he claimed that there did not exist a third manuscript copy of Risalah fi as-Siyasah in any of the antique book collections and libraries in both Eastern and Western worlds. This article aims to show that the mentioned claim is invalid on account of two reasons. Firstly, Risalah fi as-Siyasah takes part in the work al-Hikma al-Halida compiled by Ibn Miskawayh. In the study of the specific part of al-Hikma al-Halida which is related to the Risalah in question, Abdurrahman Badawi made use of three manuscripts present in Istanbul, Paris and Egypt, thus contributing to the Islamic cultural heritage with three more new manuscript copies of Risalah fi as-Siyasah. Secondly, there is another manuscript copy of the Risalah in the Topkapi Palace Museum Library, Collection Ahmed III, with register no. 3185. Therefore, there are four more copies of Risalah fi as- Siyasah, three of which were used in the study of al-Hikma al-Halida, and one of which is present in the Topkapi Palace Museum Library. Thus, together with the Vatican and Beirut copies, the number of the manuscript copies of the Risalah reaches up to six, as it is known so far. In modern times the studies of Risalah fi as-Siyasah have been carried out through two channels unrelated to each other. The first one, based on the Vatican and Beirut copies, is that of Cheikho, and of Fu'ad `Abd al-Mun`im Ahmad, Abdul Aziz al-Sirwan and Ali Muhammad Isbir, who followed Cheikho's study. The other, based on the manuscripts of al-Hikma al-Halida present in the libraries in Istanbul, Paris and Egypt, is that o

CUMHURBAŞKANLIĞI OSMANLI ARŞİVLERİNDE BULUNAN SULTAN II. MAHMUD DÖNEMİNE AİT DÖRT FERMANIN TEZHİP ÖZELLİKLERİ

Fermanlar Divan-ı Hümayun’da alınan kararlar doğrultusunda düzenlenen, padişahın buyruğunu ve tuğrasını içeren belgeler olması sebebiyle tezyinatına da önem verilmiştir. Araştırmada Cumhurbaşkanlığı Osmanlı Arşivlerinde yer alan Sultan II. Mahmud tuğralı dört adet fermanın tezhip özellikleri belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Sultan II. Mahmud dönemi diğer birçok alanda olduğu gibi sanat alanında da Batılılaşma etkisinin yaşandığı bir dönemdir. Tezyinatta klasik üsluptan uzaklaşılıp barok-rokoko tarzında natüralist üslup çiçek uygulamalarının yoğun biçimde yer aldığı görülür. Araştırmada incelenen fermanlar teknik, renk, motif ve kompozisyon özellikleri açısından incelenerek, günümüzdeki durumu belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Araştırmaya ilişkin veriler Arşivden elde dilen dijital veriler ile sınırlıdır. Araştırma sonucunda incelenen fermanların tümü siyah mürekkeple ve divani hatla yazılmış olup tuğralar ise altınla çekilerek siyahla tahrirlenmiştir. Tezyinatında sulu halkâri, çift tahrir, şikâf ve klasik tezhip tekniğinin uygulandığı anlaşılmıştır. Dönem bezeme üslubu doğrultusunda fermanların tezyinatında klasik tezhip ile barok rokoko tarzı birlikte uygulanmıştır. Halkâri tekniği başlık içlerinde, natüralist üslup çiçek tasvirleri ise başlığın dışında yahut başlığın içerisindeki çeşitli formların içinde yer almıştır. İncelenen fermanlarda kâğıt yüzeyinde lekelenme ve katlanarak muhafaza edilmesinden dolayı yıpranma ve yer yer renklerde dökülmeler mevcuttur

Citizenship, minorities and immigrants : a comparison of Turkey's Jewish minority and Turkish-Jewish immigrants in Israel

Ankara : The Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent Univ., 2004.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Bilkent University, 2004.Includes bibliographical references.This study investigated the legal status, identity and civic virtue aspects of citizenship and the interaction between them on the layers of international migration and minority issues with use of a comparative case. A research on the perceptions and experiences of Turkey’s Jewish minority and Turkish-Jewish immigrants in Israel regarding citizenship was conducted. The field research which was carried out in both countries - Turkey and Israel - consisted of key informant interviews, participant observation in commimity institutions and in- depth interviews with a total of 65 respondents from the sample group. The results were analyzed using qualitative data analysis technique. On the layer of minority, research results illustrated that in a society where the population is overwhelmingly Muslim, being a non-Muslim minority played roles in: a) the appropriation of the monist and universal conceptualization of citizenship in the legal status aspect; b) the endeavor to maintain Jewish identity despite the inevitable consequences of integration and assimilation in the identity aspect; and c) the discrepancy between values and actions in the civic virtue aspect. On the layer of international migration, the research pointed out that despite long years of residence in Israel, first generation of Turkish-Jewish immigrants in Israel preseryed their political culture that they cultivated when they were in Turkey. However, experience of international migration as a process seemed to impact on citizenship and played roles in; a) the appropriation of democratic norms defined by majoritarian terms in the legal status aspect; b) efforts to maintain their Turkish identity in the identity aspect; and c) the preference for complying with the general norms of Jewish-Israeli society and conversely excluding a proactive understanding of virtuous citizenship.Toktaş, ŞulePh.D