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| turkish urban legends: The Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics Alpaslan Özerdem, Matthew Whiting, 2019-04-09 The Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics pulls together contributions from many of the world’s leading scholars on different aspects of Turkey. Turkey today is going through possibly the most turbulent period in its history, with major consequences both nationally and internationally. The country looks dramatically different from the Republic founded by Atatürk in 1923. The pace of change has been rapid and fundamental, with core interlinked changes in ruling institutions, political culture, political economy, and society. Divided into six main parts, this Handbook provides a single-source overview of Turkish politics: Part I: History and the making of Contemporary Turkey Part II: Politics and Institutions Part III: The Economy, Environment and Development Part IV: The Kurdish Insurgency and Security Part V: State, Society and Rights Part VI: External Relations This comprehensive Handbook is an essential resource for students of Politics, International Relations, International/Security Studies with an interest on contemporary Turkey. |
| turkish urban legends: Right to the City Novels in Turkish Literature from the 1960s to the Present N. Buket Cengiz, 2021-07-16 Right to the City Novels in Turkish Literature from the 1960s to the Present analyses the representation of rural migration to Istanbul in literature, placing Henri Lefebvre’s concept of the right to the city at the centre of the argument. Using a framework of critical urban theory, the book examines Orhan Kemal’s Gurbet Kuşları [The Homesick Birds] (1962); Muzaffer İzgü’s Halo Dayı ve İki Öküz [Uncle Halo and Two Oxen] (1973); Latife Tekin’s Berci Kristin Çöp Masalları [Berji Kristin: Tales From the Garbage Hills] (1984); Metin Kaçan’s Ağır Roman [Heavy Roman(i)] (1990); Ayhan Geçgin’s Kenarda [On the Periphery] (2003); Hatice Meryem’s İnsan Kısım Kısım, Yer Damar Damar [It Takes All Kinds] (2008); and Orhan Pamuk’s Kafamda Bir Tuhaflık [A Strangeness in My Mind] (2014) in the historical context as regards rural migration to Istanbul, urbanization of migrants, and anti-migrant nostalgia. Situating these works as a counterpoint to nostalgic novels and categorising them as right to the city novels, the book aims to offer a conceptual framework that can be implemented on internal as well as international migration in other global(ising) cities; and on cultural products other than literature, such as film. |
| turkish urban legends: Planet Terror: The Ultimate Horror movie Encyclopedia and Movie Reference with 446 Reviews, Terrifying Trivia, and Haunting Fun Facts from 24 Countries Andrea Febrian, 2024-09-29 WARNING!!!: This book may cause sleepless nights, increased heart rates, and an insatiable appetite for horror films! In the dead of night, a scream echoes from your TV. Your heart races, palms sweat, but you can't look away. Sound familiar? Welcome to Planet Terror, where that delicious fear becomes an obsession. Imagine holding the power to terrify your friends, to know the secrets behind every jump scare, every twisted plot. This isn't just a book—it's a skeleton key to the world's most chilling cinematic nightmares. Planet Terror isn't just a book—it's your passport to a realm of nightmares, a compendium of fear that will forever change how you experience horror films. Uncover the secrets behind 446 of the most blood-curdling, pulse-pounding horror movies ever made. From the misty mountains of Japan to the sun-scorched Australian Outback, from the neon-lit streets of Seoul to the foggy moors of England, we've scoured 24 countries to bring you the ultimate collection of terror. Why is this the one horror book you can't afford to miss? Dive into in-depth reviews that dissect every scream, every shadow, and every shocking twist Arm yourself with bone-chilling trivia to impress (or terrify) your friends Discover haunting fun facts that reveal the dark secrets behind your favorite fright fests Explore horror trends and techniques from 24 unique cultural perspectives Unearth hidden gems and cult classics you've never heard of—but won't be able to forget Planet Terror is more than just an encyclopedia—it's a master class in global horror. Whether you're a casual viewer or a hardcore horror hound, this book will transform you into the ultimate horror maniac. Unique features that set Planet Terror apart: 1. Unearth hidden gems: Discover spine-chilling movies you've never heard of from countries you never imagined produced horror. Each page turn could reveal your new favorite film! 2. A decade of nightmares: With 446 carefully curated horror films, you're set for years of terrifying movie nights. Say goodbye to the What should we watch? dilemma! 3. Time travel through terror: Journey from the birth of horror cinema to cutting-edge modern scares, witnessing the evolution of fear on screen. 4. Cultural kaleidoscope of fear: Experience how different cultures interpret horror, broadening your perspective on what makes something truly frightening. 5. Become a horror sommelier: Impress your friends with your encyclopedic knowledge of obscure horror films and fascinating trivia. 6. Solve the streaming scavenger hunt: Turn your streaming services into a playground as you hunt down these rare and intriguing films. 7. Spark conversations: Each movie description is a conversation starter, perfect for horror fan meetups or online forums. Reading Planet Terror is like having a secret pass to the world's most exclusive horror film festival—one that never ends and is always at your fingertips. From classic slashers to psychological thrillers, from found footage frights to supernatural scares, Planet Terror covers every subgenre of horror. You'll find yourself transported to haunted houses, cursed villages, and alien worlds—all from the safety of your favorite reading nook. But beware: once you open this book, you may never see the shadows in your room the same way again... Are you ready to face your fears and discover the true power of global horror cinema? Grab your copy of Planet Terror now and prepare for a world tour of terror that will leave you breathless, sleepless, and craving more! Perfect for: Horror film buffs seeking to expand their knowledge Movie night hosts looking for the perfect scare Film students exploring the art of fear Anyone who's ever peeked through their fingers during a scary movie Don't just watch horror—live it, breathe it, understand it. Planet Terror is your key to unlocking a universe of fear. But the real question is: are you brave enough to turn the page? WARNING!! You Have Been Warned!!! |
| turkish urban legends: A Turkish Folktale Warren S. Walker, Carl Lindahl, 2014-02-04 First published in 1996. A ten-hour tale, long enough to fill a night in the telling, artful enough to keep all its listeners eagerly awake: such marathon narratives constitute a recurrent theme found in folktales worldwide. This entire book records, annotates and interprets one such rare performance, by Behcet Mahir. a man who joins great storytellers whose art has survived their deaths and transcended their native communities to become the shared heritage of a worldwide audience of lovers of oral tales. |
| turkish urban legends: Ghetto Ideologies, Youth Identities and Stylized Turkish German H. Julia Eksner, 2007 This book explores the language ideologies and linguistic practices of a group of working class German Turkish males during the late 1990s. It shows with ethnographic detail that Germany's infamous kanak sprak is actually only one of several codes available to this group of immigrant youths, and is used consciously and intentionally. Based on eight months of fieldwork this study details how in the creation of this new code is created as a metalinguistic symbol of identity, and how it is used to index collective group identity. (Series: Spektrum. Berliner Reihe zu Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik in Entwicklungsl���¤ndern/Berlin Series on Society, Economy and Politics in Developing Countries - Vol. 91) |
| turkish urban legends: They All Made Peace—What Is Peace? Jonathan Conlin, Ozan Ozavci, 2023-07-05 An analysis of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne from multiple historical, economic, and social perspectives. The last of the post-World War One peace settlements, the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne departed from methods used in the Treaty of Versailles and took on a new peace-making initiative: a forced population exchange that affected one and a half million people. Like its German and Austro-Hungarian allies, the defeated Ottoman Empire had initially been presented with a dictated peace in 1920. In just two years, however, the Kemalist insurgency enabled Turkey to become the first sovereign state in the Middle East, while the Greeks, Armenians, Arabs, Egyptians, Kurds, and other communities previously under the Ottoman Empire sought their own forms of sovereignty. Featuring historical analysis from multiple perspectives, They All Made Peace, What Is Peace? considers the Lausanne Treaty and its legacy. Chapters investigate British, Turkish, and Soviet designs in the post-Ottoman world, situate the population exchanges relative to other peacemaking efforts, and discuss the economic factors behind the reallocation of Ottoman debt and the management of refugee flows. Further chapters examine Kurdish, Arab, Iranian, Armenian, and other communities that were refused formal accreditation at Lausanne, but which were still forced to live with the consequences, consequences that are still emerging, one hundred years on. |
| turkish urban legends: Between the Middle East and the Americas Evelyn Alsultany, Ella Habiba Shohat, 2013-02-12 Perceptions of the Middle East in conflicting discourses from North America, South America, and Europe |
| turkish urban legends: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis Vol. 127 (2010) Elżbieta Mańczak-Wohlfeld , 2010-09-01 The objective of the annual publication is to offer the possibility of publishing articles and academic reviews in the field of linguistics to the academic staff (also the retired ones), doctoral students as well as excelling MA students of the Faculty of Philology. We will also gladly print the valuable and still topical articles written by the members of our Faculty in the planned Archivalia section. Moreover, we welcome in our periodical articles authored by academics cooperating with the Faculty of Philology. |
| turkish urban legends: Sensational Religion Sally M. Promey, 2014-06-24 The result of a collaborative, multiyear project, this groundbreaking book explores the interpretive worlds that inform religious practice and derive from sensory phenomena. Under the rubric of making sense, the studies assembled here ask, How have people used and valued sensory data? How have they shaped their material and immaterial worlds to encourage or discourage certain kinds or patterns of sensory experience? How have they framed the sensual capacities of images and objects to license a range of behaviors, including iconoclasm, censorship, and accusations of blasphemy or sacrilege? Exposing the dematerialization of religion embedded in secularization theory, editor Sally Promey proposes a fundamental reorientation in understanding the personal, social, political, and cultural work accomplished in religion’s sensory and material practice. Sensational Religion refocuses scholarly attention on the robust material entanglements often discounted by modernity’s metaphysic and on their inextricable connections to human bodies, behaviors, affects, and beliefs. |
| turkish urban legends: A Millennium of Turkish Literature Talat S. Halman, 2011-02-08 From Orhon inscriptions to Orhan Pamuk, the story of Turkish literature from the eighth century A.D. to the present day is rich and complex, full of firm traditions and daring transformations. Spanning a wide geographic range from Outer Mongolia and the environs of China through the Middle East all the way to Europe, the history of Turkish literature embraces a multitude of traditions and influences. All have left their imprint on the distinctive amalgam that is uniquely Turkish. Always receptive to the nurturing values, aesthetic tastes, and literary penchants of diverse civilizations, Turkish culture succeeded in evolving a sui generis personality. It clung to its own established traits, yet it was flexible enough to welcome innovations—and even revolutionary change. A Millennium of Turkish Literature tells the story of how literature evolved and grew in stature on the Turkish mainland over the course of a thousand years. The book features numerous poems and extracts in fluid translations by Halman and others. This volume provides a concise and captivating introduction to Turkish literature and, with selections from its extensive “Suggested Reading” section, serves as an invaluable guide to Turkish literature for course adoption. |
| turkish urban legends: Early Mystics in Turkish Literature Mehmed Fuad Koprulu, 2006-09-27 This book is a translation of one of the most important Turkish scholarly works of the twentieth century. It was the masterpiece of M.F. Koprulu, one of Turkey’s leading, and most prolific, intellectuals and scholars. Using a wide variety of Arabic, and especially Turkish and Persian sources, this book sheds light on the early development of Turkish literature and attempts to show the continuity in this development between the Turks and that of Anatolia. Early Mystics in Turkish Literature addresses this topic within the context of other subjects, including Sufism, Islam and the genesis of Turkish culture in the Muslim world. This is a major contribution to the study of Turkish literature and is essential reading for scholars of Turkish literature, Islam, Sufism and Turkish history. |
| turkish urban legends: The Turkic-Turkish Theme in Traditional Malay Literature Vladimir Braginsky, 2015-10-20 The Turkic-Turkish Theme in Traditional Malay Literature is the first detailed study of the representation of the Turkic peoples and Ottoman Turks in Malay literature between the 14th–19th centuries. Drawing on a wide range of texts, Vladimir Braginsky uncovers manifold metamorphoses and diverse forms of localisation of this Turkic-Turkish theme. This theme has strongly influenced the religious and political ideals and political mythology of Malay society. By creating fictional rather than realistic portrayals of the Turks and Turkey, imagining the king of Rum as the origin point of Malay dynasties, and dreaming of Ottoman assistance in the jihad against the colonial powers, Malay literati ultimately sought to empower the Malay ‘self’ by bringing it closer to the Turkish ‘other’. |
| turkish urban legends: The Heritage of Edirne in Ottoman and Turkish Times Birgit Krawietz, Florian Riedler, 2019-12-16 Modern scholarship has not given Edirne the attention it deserves regarding its significance as one of the capitals of the Ottoman Empire. This edited volume offers a reinterpretation of Edirne’s history from Early Ottoman times to recent periods of the Turkish Republic. Presently, disconnections and discontinuities introduced by the transition from empire to nation state still characterize the image of the city and the historiography about it. In contrast, this volume examines how the city engages in the forming, deflecting and creative appropriation of its heritage, a process that has turned Edirne into a UNESCO heritage hotspot. A closer historical analysis demonstrates the dissonances and contradictions that these different interpretations and uses of heritage produce. From the beginning, Edirne was shaped by its connectivity and relationality to other places, above all to Istanbul. This perspective is employed at many different levels, e.g., with regard to its population, institutions, architecture, infrastructures and popular culture, but also regarding the imaginations Edirne triggered. In sum, this multi-disciplinary volume boosts urban history beyond Istanbul and offers new insight into Ottoman and Turkish connectivities from the vantage point of certain key moments of Edirne’s history. |
| turkish urban legends: LET'S SPEAK ENGLISH İngilizce Geliştirme Seti (Özel Basım) (ENGLISH - TURKISH) BEKİR ORHAN DOĞAN, 2024-01-22 • Sağlıktan Teknolojiye, Haberlerden Fıkralara, İş Dünyasından Yaşam Öykülerine, her alandan seçilmiş YÜZLERCE İLGİNÇ KONU • Her Durum için KARŞILIKLI KONUŞMA Örnekleri (DIALOGUES) • HİKAYELER (STORIES) • 10.000'den fazla İngilizce SÖZCÜK ve DEYİM (VOCABULARY) • Türkçe Açıklamalı, Geniş Kapsamlı İNGİLİZCE DİLBİLGİSİ (GRAMMAR) • Tüm İngilizce Okuma Parçalarının ve Diyalogların ‘Online’ SES KAYITLARI (LISTENING) ÖNSÖZ: ‘Kitap + Ses Kayıtları’ olarak sunulan LET'S SPEAK ENGLISH seti 3 ANA BÖLÜM içermektedir: 1) LET'S SPEAK ENGLISH serisinin kitaplarından seçilen çok sayıda okuma parçasına, yeni konuların ve öykülerin eklenmesiyle oluşturulan çok geniş kapsamlı OKUMA ve DİNLEME BÖLÜMÜ. (Tüm İngilizce parçaların SES KAYITLARI da verilmektedir.) 2) Her duruma ilişkin KARŞILIKLI KONUŞMA ÖRNEKLERİ. (Tüm İngilizce konuşmaların SES KAYITLARI da verilmektedir.) 3) Türkçe açıklamalı, geniş kapsamlı ve tüm önemli konuları içeren İNGİLİZCE DİLBİLGİSİ ve ÖRNEK TÜMCELER. LET'S SPEAK ENGLISH’in temel hedefleri kısaca şunlardır: İngilizce öğrenmekte olan herkes için, bilim ve teknolojiden astrolojiye, spordan politikaya, iş yaşamından fıkralara, yaşam öykülerinden bilmecelere, her alandan seçilen ilginç konularla, hoşça zaman geçirerek, eğlenerek, düşünerek, bilgilenerek ve dinleyerek İNGİLİZCE BİLGİSİNİ TÜM YÖNLERİ İLE İLERLETME OLANAĞI sağlamak. OKUMA, DİNLEME, ANLAMA, KONUŞMA ve ÇEVİRİ YAPMA YETERLİĞİni geliştirmek. İngilizce DİLBİLGİSİ KALIPLARInı, bire bir yapılan çeviriler ve dilbilgisi açıklamaları ile kolayca öğretebilmek. SÖZCÜK ve DEYİM DAĞARCIĞInı geliştirmek. (Bire bir verilen Türkçe çeviriler, alfabetik olarak sıralanmış önemli sözcükler ve dilbilgisi bölümündeki örnek tümceler ile 10.000’in üzerinde sözcük ve deyim öğrenme olanağı sunulmaktadır.) |
| turkish urban legends: Origins and Development of the Turkish Novel Ahmet Evin, 1983 |
| turkish urban legends: Poetics of Arabesk in Turkish-German Cinema Nazlı Kilerci-Stevanović, 2025-06-16 This book challenges Eurocentric interpretations of the so-called Turkish-German cinema from a transnational perspective, advocating for a comprehensive reevaluation to encourage enriched dialogues. The first part critically assesses dominant media discourses on guest-workers and migrants in the historiography of Turkish-German cinema, arguing for a shift from traditional identity-focused narratives to a broader exploration of shared emotions. The second part explores Arabesk, which, while originating as a hybrid musical genre, has evolved into a significant cultural force encompassing a range of emotional phenomena. Arabesk embodies the visceral, often painful expressions of migration and dislocation, characterized by a profound emotional intensity. It articulates a painful passion and longing for the homeland left behind, providing an invaluable method for understanding aesthetic nuances of Turkish-German films. Arabesk serves as an analytical tool for deconstructing cinematic expressions, revealing complex emotional ties, and cultivating a feeling of familiarity through the dynamic circulation and exchange of cultural media. Thus, Arabesk's poetics significantly shape transnational cinema practices and contribute to global cinema discourse. |
| turkish urban legends: Frontier Orientalism and the Turkish Image in Central European Literature Charles D. Sabatos, 2020-01-02 This comparative study analyzes the ways that Central European writers used stereotypes of the Turks to develop their national identities from the early modern period to the present. Charles D. Sabatos uses Andre Gingrich’s concept of “frontier Orientalism” to foreground his analysis of Central European Orientalism, designating the nations of the former Habsburg Empire as the occident and the Turks as the oriental “Other.” This study applies theoretical approaches to literary history—as developed by scholars such as Stephen Greenblatt and Linda Hutcheon—to a range of texts from the early modern period, the nineteenth-century national revivals, interwar independence, and the communist and postsocialist regimes. By following these depictions across literatures and over an extensive historical period, this study illustrates how the Turkish stereotype evolved from a menace to a more abstract yet still powerful metaphor of resistance, and finally to a mythical figure that evoked humor as often as fear. |
| turkish urban legends: Mr. Pepys and the Turk Andrew C. Rouse, 2014-07-08 “Mr. Pepys and The Turk” is SPECHEL’s first inroad into publication. In line with the mission embodied in its name, this book and subsequent publications will be available in ebook and print-on-demand form, making it considerably more accessible than if it were solely a physical object. “Mr Pepys and Turk” tells of English popular notions of the “Turk” through history, centring upon the diary entries of civil servant Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) and the street ballads which he loved to collect. The author’s fascination with this subject stems from his dual life as an academic/folk singer, but also from having lived and worked most of his adult life in Hungary’s only city with two domed mosques, a minaret and other Turkish remains. Hungary is a country where the Turk gets bad press through incomplete and biased formal education and popular conception, yet one of the most charming children’s rhymes of which (included here in the author’s translation) features Mehmet the Turk. Unlike Hungary, England was not invaded by the Turk, unless you count a very brief visit to the Cornish coast, the only surviving trace of which is England’s oldest public house called “The Turk’s Head”. Yet popular misconceptions abound in both cultures through various media, including a seventeenth-century English street ballad about a battle in Hungary between the European forces and the Ottoman Empire. Here, then, is the “Turk”, not a historical man but a popular concept – lustful, terrible, but also poor and innocent as English popular notions fashion and refashion him through time and perspective. |
| turkish urban legends: The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia Harri Luukkanen, William W. Fitzhugh, 2020-09-15 The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia is a history and description of bark and skin boat traditions of the native peoples of Scandinavia and northern Russia. The history of northern peoples and cultures is inextricably linked to the technology of water transport. This is particularly true in northern Eurasia, where lakes and rivers can connect when overland summer travel is restricted by thick forests or bogs. For thousands of years, native peoples used a variety of bark and skin boats for fishing, hunting, trading, making war, and migrating. The Eurasian peoples, responding to their geography, climate, and environment, learned to construct--and perfect--small watercraft made from dug-out logs or the bark of birch, aspen, larch, and other trees, each variety crafted for its special use and environment. The text describes the design, construction, and uses of skin and bark boats for thirty-five traditional cultures ranging from northern Scandinavia to the Russian Far East, from the Bering Strait to northern China, and from South Siberia to the Arctic Ocean. Regional chapters use evidence from archaeology, historical illustrations and maps, and extensive documentation from ethnography and historical literature to reveal how differences in cultural traditions, historical relationships, climate, and geography have influenced the development and spread of watercraft before the introduction of modern planked boats. This definitive volume is richly illustrated with historical photographs and drawings, first-person explorer accounts from the 16th-19th centuries, and information on traditional bark and skin preparation, wood-bending, and other construction techniques. The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia presents a first-ever overview of northern Eurasian boating traditions and serves as the companion to Charles Adney's and Howard Chapelle's classic, The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (1964). |
| turkish urban legends: Essential Cyber Security Handbook In Turkish Nam H Nguyen, 2018-03-31 Sistem güvenliği ve güvenliği konusunda en güncel ve en güncel araştırmaları sunar. Bilgilerinizi korumak için siber güvenlik uzmanı olmanıza gerek yoktur. Ana işi, kişisel ve finansal bilgileri çalmaya çalışan insanlar var. it presents the most current and leading edge research on system safety and security. You do not need to be a cyber-security expert to protect your information. There are people out there whose main job it is trying to steal personal and financial information. |
| turkish urban legends: Turkish Folklore and Oral Literature İlhan Başgöz, 1998 |
| turkish urban legends: Studies on Turkish Politics and Society Kemal H. Karpat, 2003-12-01 This book comprises a collection of articles and essays published in a variety of journals during the past decades, which seek to identify and analyze the main factors in Turkish politics. Political parties, military interventions, international relations and cultural developments are given wide coverage alongside studies on literature. |
| turkish urban legends: The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story Jan Harold Brunvand, 2000 Here he [the author] looks in detail at a dozen rampant and long-lived examples of this vigorous category of contemporary folklore, tracing their historyies, variations, sources, and meanings.--Jacket. |
| turkish urban legends: Mind = Blown Matthew Santoro, 2016-08-09 YouTube sensation Matthew Santoro amazes with eye-opening facts that are sure to blow your mind. Matthew Santoro's originality and humor has attracted millions of fans, making him a beloved YouTube star. His weekly videos on amazing and little-known facts are eagerly anticipated by his many subscribers and followers around the world. In his first-ever book, Matthew's love of weird and wacky knowledge explodes with new facts and stories from around the planet, and beyond. Surprising, and always entertaining, Mind = Blown offers even more of Matthew's unique take on this hilarious, crazy world: The most ridiculous laws from past and present Crazy doppelgangers of people, places, and unexpected things Historical wizards who actually lived Real-life animal avengers And a special section: Japan Blows My Mind! From shin-kicking competitions and beer pong-playing robots, to enormous fire-balls shooting through space, you won't believe what you'll discover in Mind = Blown. But beware: there is too much astounding trivia for any one mind to contain! |
| turkish urban legends: Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing Alexander Gelbukh, 2014-04-18 This two-volume set, consisting of LNCS 8403 and LNCS 8404, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Text Processing and Computational Linguistics, CICLing 2014, held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in April 2014. The 85 revised papers presented together with 4 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 300 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: lexical resources; document representation; morphology, POS-tagging, and named entity recognition; syntax and parsing; anaphora resolution; recognizing textual entailment; semantics and discourse; natural language generation; sentiment analysis and emotion recognition; opinion mining and social networks; machine translation and multilingualism; information retrieval; text classification and clustering; text summarization; plagiarism detection; style and spelling checking; speech processing; and applications. |
| turkish urban legends: The Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality Robert T. Francoeur, Raymond J. Noonan, 2004-01-01 --A completely updated one-volume edition of the 4-volume International Encyclopedia of Sexuality--Includes nearly 60 countries and places--12 not previously covered--by more than 200 authorities--It is the only reference work of its kind in any language |
| turkish urban legends: Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond Tombul, Işıl, Sarı, Gülşah, 2021-05-28 Orientalism is about much more than just information gathered about the East within its general postcolonial period. In this period, orientalism is a Western discourse that dominated and shaped the view of the East. There is “otherization” in the way the West has historically looked at the East and within the information presented about it. These original stories of travelers in the past and previous telling about the East are facing a reconstruction through modern types of media. Cinema, television, news, newspaper, magazine, internet, social media, photography, literature, and more are transforming the way the East is presented and viewed. Under the headings of post-orientalism, neo-orientalism, or self-orientalism, these new orientalist forms of work in combination with both new and traditional media are redefining orientalism in the media and beyond. The Handbook of Research on Contemporary Approaches to Orientalism in Media and Beyond shows how both new media and traditional media deal with orientalism today through the presentation of gender, race, religion, and culture that make up orientalist theory. The chapters focus on how orientalism is presented in the media, cinema, TV, photography, and more. This book is ideal for communications theorists, media analysts, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students working in fields that include mass media, communications, film studies, ethnic studies, history, sociology, and cultural studies. |
| turkish urban legends: Trends in Data Engineering Methods for Intelligent Systems Jude Hemanth, Tuncay Yigit, Bogdan Patrut, Anastassia Angelopoulou, 2021-07-05 This book briefly covers internationally contributed chapters with artificial intelligence and applied mathematics-oriented background-details. Nowadays, the world is under attack of intelligent systems covering all fields to make them practical and meaningful for humans. In this sense, this edited book provides the most recent research on use of engineering capabilities for developing intelligent systems. The chapters are a collection from the works presented at the 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applied Mathematics in Engineering held within 09-10-11 October 2020 at the Antalya, Manavgat (Turkey). The target audience of the book covers scientists, experts, M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, post-docs, and anyone interested in intelligent systems and their usage in different problem domains. The book is suitable to be used as a reference work in the courses associated with artificial intelligence and applied mathematics. |
| turkish urban legends: The Complete And Totally True Book Of Urban Legends Ann Fiery, 2001-09-05 A compilation of urban legends includes Rat food, Bronze goddess, and Walk the dog. |
| turkish urban legends: The Global Grapevine Gary Alan Fine, Bill Ellis, 2013-02-01 Far from mere idle tales, rumors are a valuable window into our anxieties and fears. Rumors let us talk as a community about some very inflammatory issues--issues that may be embarrassing or disturbing to discuss-allowing us to act as if we are talking about real events, not personal beliefs. We can air our hidden fears and desires without claiming these attitudes as our own. In The Global Grapevine, two leading authorities on rumor, folklore, and urban legend--Gary Alan Fine and Bill Ellis--shed light on what contemporary rumors can tell us about the fears and pressures of globalization. In particular, they examine four major themes that emerge over and over again: rumors about terrorism, about immigration, about international trade, and about tourism. The authors analyze how various rumors underscore American reactions to perceived global threats, show how we interpret our changing world, and highlight fears, fantasies, and cherished beliefs about our place in the world. Along the way the book examines a wide variety of rumors-that the Israelis were behind 9-11, the President knew of the attack in advance, tourists wake up in foreign countries with their kidneys stolen, foreign workers urinate in vats of beer destined to be shipped to America. These rumors, the authors argue, reflect our anxieties and fears about contact with foreign cultures-whether we believe foreign competition to be poisoning the domestic economy or that foreign immigration to be eroding American values. Rumors are the visible tip of a vast iceberg of hidden anxieties. Illuminating the most widely circulated rumors in America in recent years, The Global Grapevine offers an invaluable portrait of what these tales reveal about contemporary society. |
| turkish urban legends: The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths William Hansen, 2019-10-29 The first anthology to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories- from myths and fairy tales to jokes Captured centaurs and satyrs, talking animals, people who suddenly change sex, men who give birth, the temporarily insane and the permanently thick-witted, delicate sensualists, incompetent seers, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh-these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ancient Greeks and Romans told in their daily lives. Together they created an incredibly rich body of popular oral stories that include, but range well beyond, mythology-from heroic legends, fairy tales, and fables to ghost stories, urban legends, and jokes. |
| turkish urban legends: The Burden of Silence Cengiz Sisman, 2017 This is the first comprehensive social, intellectual and religious history of the wide-spread Sabbatean movement from its birth in the Ottoman Empire in the seventeenth century to the Republic of Turkey in the first half of the twentieth century, claiming that they owed their survival to the internalization of the Kabbalistic burden of silence-- |
| turkish urban legends: Christianity Paul John, 2007-02-22 Christianity: The Ultimate Urban Legend is the 2nd book in a trilogy called appropriately The Misconception Trilogy. It presents a comparison between the Bible texts, writers of the time period as well as documented history of the ancient world. This book covers the time period from Herod the Great's death through the early 2nd century. The author a devoted Christian at one point in his life questions belief shown to be inaccurate though comparisons of the different oral traditions, Gospels and history. This book shows how stories from the early 1st century were distorted and presented inaccurate contradictory accounts in the four Gospels. This book is primarily an analysis and critique of the New Testament writing, errors, strange stories, out of context Biblical references, and poorly done science fiction. As a Protestant originally, the story of Jesus was presented as documented by the Apostles who had witnessed the events. Jesus was shown to be the person who developed the Christian religion. Analysis of the New Testament indicates Jesus and Paul taught two different concepts. The reader is presented with facts and knowledge that stimulate thought provoking questioning of the accepted beliefs. 2000 year-old oral traditions, legends, misconceptions, and misconstrued reality are exposed for your analysis. Intelligent people of today continue to exempt and overlook key contradictions in the story of Jesus. In reality what was it that Jesus actually taught? Did Jesus really believe he was the Messiah of the Jewish people come to usher The Kingdom of God into the world? Or was Jesus the Savior of the world come to die on the cross for you and me in order to redeem us all from our sins? These two ideas are not the same. This book should help you think and analyze the concepts for yourself so you can make your own logical conclusions. If nothing else, it will at least help you understand the misleading contradictory Gospels were in fact developed from oral traditions and are the basis for The Ultimate Urban Legend, Jesus Christ. |
| turkish urban legends: Medieval Islamic Civilization Josef W. Meri, 2006 Examines the socio-cultural history of the regions where Islam took hold between the 7th and 16th century. This two-volume work contains 700 alphabetically arranged entries, and provides a portrait of Islamic civilization. It is of use in understanding the roots of Islamic society as well to explore the culture of medieval civilization. |
| turkish urban legends: State Responses to Minority Religions David M. Kirkham, 2017-05-15 The response of states to demands for free exercise of religion or belief varies greatly across the world. In some places, religions come as close as imaginable to autonomous existences with little interference from government. In other cases religion finds itself grinding out a meagre living, if at all, under the jealously watchful eye of the state. This book provides a legal and normative overview of the variety of responses to minority religions available to states. Exploring case studies ranging from Islamic regions such as Indonesia, Pakistan, and the wider Middle East, to Western Europe, Eastern Europe, China, Russia, Canada, and the Baltics, contributors include international scholars and experts in law, sociology, religious studies, and political science. This book offers invaluable perspectives on how minority religions are currently being received, reviewed, challenged, or ignored in different parts of the world. |
| turkish urban legends: German Unification in the European Context Peter H. Merkl, 2010-11-01 |
| turkish urban legends: Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories Michael Butter, Peter Knight, 2020-02-17 Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories provides a comprehensive overview of conspiracy theories as an important social, cultural and political phenomenon in contemporary life. This handbook provides the most complete analysis of the phenomenon to date. It analyses conspiracy theories from a variety of perspectives, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. It maps out the key debates, and includes chapters on the historical origins of conspiracy theories, as well as their political significance in a broad range of countries and regions. Other chapters consider the psychology and the sociology of conspiracy beliefs, in addition to their changing cultural forms, functions and modes of transmission. This handbook examines where conspiracy theories come from, who believes in them and what their consequences are. This book presents an important resource for students and scholars from a range of disciplines interested in the societal and political impact of conspiracy theories, including Area Studies, Anthropology, History, Media and Cultural Studies, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology. |
| turkish urban legends: Serbian Dreambook Marko Živković, 2011-04-29 The central role that the regime of Slobodan Milošević played in the bloody dissolution of Yugoslavia is well known, but Marko Živković explores another side of this time period: the stories people in Serbia were telling themselves (and others) about themselves. Živković traces the recurring themes, scripts, and narratives that permeated public discourse in Milošević's Serbia, as Serbs described themselves as Gypsies or Jews, violent highlanders or peaceful lowlanders, and invoked their own mythologized defeat at the Battle of Kosovo. The author investigates national narratives, the use of tradition for political purposes, and local idioms, paying special attention to the often bizarre and outlandish tropes people employed to make sense of their social reality. He suggests that the enchantments of political life under Milošević may be fruitfully seen as a dreambook of Serbian national imaginary. |
| turkish urban legends: Turkish Studies Association Bulletin Turkish Studies Association, 1993 |
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