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This paper examines Iraq's foreign policy toward Syria before and during the Syrian Civil War that began in 2011. It presents an overview of the restoration of relations between the two countries that have been hostile since their formation, with a view to tracing the factors behind the rapprochement during the Syrian uprising. Drawing from some concepts of the neoclassical realist perspective, such as the domestic decision-making environment, the paper seeks under which international and domestic factors the Iraqi leadership inhabits with respect to restoring and resuming relations with the Syrian regime. The paper argues that the Iraqi leadership is obliged to support the Syrian regime owing to its strategic interests in receiving support from the Iraqi parliament.

The study deals with the historical course of labor in the People's Republic of China. In this sense, it is aimed to address the problems and changes experienced by the working classes in the People's Republic of China, starting from 1949 until today. The main argument of the study is that between the 1949-1978 periods, which is expressed as the planned economy period, and the open economy period after 1978, the exposure of labor to exploitation continued. Although it is accepted that there are differences in the forms and levels of exploitation specific to the mentioned periods, it is aimed to state that the exploitation is permanent. The fact that China, which still defines itself as a socialist country and represents the working class, in practice has a system based on cheap labor and labor exploitation creates a serious contradiction. To support its main argument, the study will include work units called danwei, the concept of the iron rice bowl, the policy of the great leap forward, the hukou system (household registration system) and the impact of these issues on the workforce. It will also include the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) and workers' actions.

Georgia's inclusion in the agenda of international relations can be assessed from various angles. To properly understand the current situation in Georgia, it is necessary to first assess its knowledge of geopolitics, geoculture and geoeconomics. This study analyzes the political situation in the South Caucasus at the beginning of the XXI century, the process of bilateral and multilateral integration of the region's states and the conditions necessary for the implementation of this process, the place and importance of the region in the "New Great Game". The article also examines the difficult issues in the South Caucasus, the Turkish-Russian competition in the face of promising potential, and the place and importance of this competition in their regional policy. The results of the Azerbaijani-Armenian war were analyzed in the regional policy of Turkey and Russia. The article aims to explain the dynamics and development of the region, where, in addition to global actors, there is serious competition, including the countries of the region.

With the effect of globalization, the rapprochement between countries in all areas of life has also facilitated the circulation of international capital. This convenience also enabled companies to access foreign resources. Thus, exchange rate risk and the management of this risk have become important for businesses that realize some of their financing needs in foreign currencies in open economies. In this study, which we have done based on this idea, the effect of exchange rate risk on the profitability financials of the companies through the foreign currency net positions in the company balance sheets has been examined. Firms in the BIST 100 (Borsa Istanbul 100) index were chosen as the sample of the study. The companies within the scope of the review are considered as financial, non-financial, non-exporting, exporting and all companies. The data set of 39 quarterly data for the period 2012:Q1-2021:Q3 constitutes the research. In the analyzes made, important findings were obtained between the FX net position and the firm's profitability.

Iran-China cooperation is not one-dimensional that based only on the economic interests of the two parties. It has other dimensions such as seeking new strategies to minimize the domination of the United States in Central Asia and the Middle East to ensure the efficient operation of their future political, economic, and strategic policies. In 2013, with the declaration of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Iran-China cooperation increasingly became more critical for the two countries' political, national, and international interests. To this end, Iran and China have decided to sign a long-term (25 years) strategic cooperation agreement and Iran was admitted to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a full member in September 2021. Since Iran and China have common interests in political, economic, security, and military cooperation, it is predicted that the strategic and long-standing cooperation between Iran and China will be one of the most significant factors to change the balance of the Middle East and Central Asia both politically and economically. From this point of view, this study aims to explore the dynamics affecting Iran-China strategic cooperation and analyze the core factors behind this rapprochement.

As an alternative to mass tourism, yacht charter services are preferred by Families. Although it was preferred by young people who were used to the outdoor lifestyle initially for sailing, swimming and sportive activities, nowadays it is preferred by families with the increasing comfort on yachts. In the study, the effects of current developments, customer preferences, and market developments in yacht charter types have been examined. Observations are made in southern Aegean in Turkey, benefiting from unstructured interviews with summer fieldwork were created. One of the most important findings of the study is that families prefer it as a touristic journey. Most importantly, the reason for choices in social isolation can be more easily despite the contraction in the tourism sector during the pandemic crisis. As a negative development brought about by the pandemic crisis, the increase in travel bans and restrictions between countries has introduced extra obligations. Although the negative developments of 2020 prohibit the tourist season in 2020 the domestic market in Turkey has increased the number of charter yachts sailed in July. On the other hand, international yachting markets could perform their activities in a limited way because of travel bans.
Keywords Yacht Chartering, Yacht Management, Maritime Tourism, Pandemic, Covid 19

The facet of territorial and military ambitions began to lose its importance with the states starting to specialize in high value-added and intangible assets. Richard Rosecrance endeavored to formulate a novel development method for these relatively small-scale states. Instead of developing an immense domestic manufacturing capacity with traditional production methods, these 'virtual' states have followed a knowledge, artificial intelligence, and innovation-based development that emphasizes investment, high added value, and the mobility of intangible assets. Although some states did not wholly fit into the virtual state framework within the scope of Rosecrance's definition, they carried some of its characteristics. This study claims that Qatar, which has succeeded in establishing a sphere of influence beyond its borders and population, has some virtual state characteristics by merging its rich hydrocarbon resources with technology and innovation. After a theoretical review, the study claims that Qatar's virtual state characteristics have considerably mitigated the deleterious effects of the embargo imposed on Qatar by four Arab countries in 2017. The final part expands the Qatar-Turkey relationship that comes to the forefront as the field of applying these characteristics from an economic and financial perspective, contrary to the prevailing ideology and politics-based studies in the literature.

Unlike other major liberal democratic countries where the states can be argued to have oriented their involvement in cybersecurity relatively more towards the national security aspect such as the US, the role of the state in the cybersecurity realm has a less clear-cut orientation in the case of Japan. This paper clarifies the nature of the role of state in cybersecurity in Japan using the framework utilized by Cavelty and Egloft's 2019 article (Cavelty & Egloff, 2019). Within this framework, the role of the state is analyzed in theoretical, empirical, and normative dimensions. The theoretical dimension analysis focuses on different theories in literature regarding the Japanese state whereas the data for the empirical dimension analysis come from publicly available records by key Japanese state and private organizations involved in cybersecurity. The normative dimension analysis emphasizes the time horizon aspect of cybersecurity policies the Japanese state should be directing its attention. In conclusion, it is found that the Japanese state embodies the roles of "knowledge creator/disseminator", "supporter/representative of society", "partner", and "guarantor and protector" in addition to a necessity for government bodies to turn towards proactive long-term policies and initiatives for better cybersecurity in Japan.

Today, new communication technologies, which are used very actively in almost all areas of life, have brought about creation of the new communication platforms. These technologies, which build new processes especially in terms of the rapid and easy dissemination of information, are indispensable for the people. The field of education has also been heavily influenced by new technological developments and a wide variety of different education systems connected to technological tools have emerged. These structures, which are defined as distance education systems and created as a result of the union of new communication technologies and the field of education, continue to become widespread day by day in Turkey and in the world. When the studies in the literature are examined, the concepts of communication and interaction come forward as the main problem of distance education systems, and the similarity of the education process and the communication process draws attention. When looking at both processes, the feedback mechanism functions as a control. Therefore, success cannot be achieved in a process without this feedback mechanism. In addition, the person who is going to teach should have the skills to effectively manage the communication process. Distance education systems have an important place, especially at the higher education level. These systems, which have become competitors of traditional education systems, are a very current topic. In the study, starting from the concept of new communication technologies, the relationship between these technologies and distance education systems was emphasized and the necessity of the concepts of communication and interaction for distance education systems was emphasized. Within the scope of the research, the distance education portal of Fırat University was examined by using the descriptive analysis method, and the problems experienced in this process were determined and suggestions were made to solve these problems.

The aim of this study is to scrutinize the diplomatic relations between Turkiye and Sudan post the era of Omar al-Bashir. Historical relations between the Republic of Turkiye, established in 1923 as the successor to the Ottoman Empire, and Sudan have had a positive impact in contemporary times across political, economic, socio-cultural, and security domains. While the relations during the Republican era were relatively limited when Sudan gained independence from Britain, they saw a significant improvement with the administration of Omar al-Bashir and Hasan al-Turabi, who came to power in 1989. Following Turkiye's declaration of "Africa Year" in 2005, Sudan emerged as a prominent country in Ankara's Sub-Saharan Africa policy. Particularly, the African Opening Action Plan initiated in 1998 and the deepening of policies by AK Party governments strengthened relations with Sudan. However, following the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir in 2019, transitional periods and political crises in Sudan have adversely affected Turkiye – Sudan relations. This study will address these relations during this period, initially focusing on political, economic, security, and socio-cultural parameters. Subsequently, the study will examine the causes of the crisis in Sudan and the trajectory of the relations. Findings from the post-Bashir era indicate that despite challenges, the relations between the two countries have endured. Nevertheless, the escalation of internal disputes in Sudan into conflicts casts uncertainty on the future of these relations.

The Covid-19 pandemic has not only put public health at risk throughout the world, but it has also slowed down business operations of countries and brought the industry to a stop. This pandemic required government interference, as well as global measures by international organizations. As a result of the actions and measures implemented, the level of public expenditures has increased significantly. There are various approaches in theory to explain the increase in public expenditures. One of these approaches, the Peacock-Wiseman hypothesis, claims that public expenditure increases by leaps and bounds during extraordinary periods like crisis and war. In this context, the basis of the study is the evaluation of the relationship between the Covid-19 pandemic, which is an extraordinary period, and public expenditures. The aim of this study is to detect the jump levels in sub-components of public expenditures after classifying public expenditures in Turkey according to the Analytical Budget System's Economic Classification during the Covid-19 pandemic period. As a result of the studies on Turkey, when public expenditures during the Covid-19 pandemic are examined according to the economic classification, which is the sub-branch of the analytical budget classification, it was observed that personnel expenses, current transfers, capital expenses and liability component have jumped to a new level and when the relationship between these public expenditures and the pandemic period was examined, it was discovered to overlap with the Peacock-Wiseman hypothesis.

This study aims to reveal the current situation of the articles written on violence in health by using the bibliometric analysis method, which has become a common problem of all societies. Although there are many studies on various subjects using the bibliometric analysis method, there is no study conducted using Web of Science (WoS) data on violence in health. The data set of the study consists of 13,130 research articles published between 2017-2021 by scanning in WoS on February 3, 2021, using the themes of violence in health, violence and health, violence in healthcare organizations, and violence in health institutions by including titles, abstracts, and keywords. The data were analyzed using the VOSviewer software (version 1.6.17).
The analysis indicated that the United States is the first with 7226 research articles among 165 countries in 5 years, while Turkey is 24th with 145. According to the number of institution-based studies, Columbia University, which ranks first, published 323 research articles, the studies published in the USA received the highest citations (52,093), and Turkey received 527 citations in 5 years. It was found that the most-cited author was Richard Lowry with 1334 citations. It was found that the most frequently used keywords in studies on violence in health were intimate partner violence, violence, violence in health, violence and health, mental health, and violence and domestic violence. This study also revealed that academic studies on violence in health tend to increase over the years.

The Ottoman administration took European armies as a model in all areas of military modernization. Taking modern armies as a model, both in educational and organizational means, provided the new technology weapons, which were the basic need of these armies, to enter the Ottoman army inventory. Each new weapon brought with it the need for training in the familiarization and use of the weapon. The Ottoman officers trained in modern military schools took part in meeting this need. In addition to playing an active role in weapon purchases, this staff shared their knowledge and experience for the effective use of such weapons. Thus, important works on modern firearms were published. Fenn-i Esliha (The Science of Weapon) books, one of these works offered to the use of military students and officers, contained general information about all firearms used in the Ottoman army. In addition to Fenn-i Esliha books, manuals written specifically for a weapon or a model also played a significant role in familiarizing new weapons. Mahmud Şevket Pasha, who gained serious experience in firearms with his duties and later rose to the position of grand vizier, was also one of the officers who penned his experiences. He had a book called Fenn-i Esliha as well as his three of other works were aimed at introducing Mauser rifles. These works containing detailed information on rifles were also supported by images. These three publications, from which the enthusiasts can access extremely specific and technical information, were among the most comprehensive examples of the firearm training literature of the Ottoman army.

As the speed and dimensions of globalization increase, it has become more important to evaluate local and global processes in a harmonious manner in leadership processes. Having a global perspective is seen as the key to sustainability. There are many studies on the leaders who have taken place in Turkey so far. However, in the research on the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whose leadership process is still ongoing in terms of the leadership model in the history of the Republic of Turkey, new research is needed, especially in the context of global leadership qualities. For this reason, a total of 34 interviewers, 29% of whom were experts at doctorate level or above, were reached through semi-structured interview questions. The results of the research reveal that Erdogan basically displays a proactive foreign policy in the axis of global leadership and develops an independent policy against imperialism and westernization in Turkey. Interviewers generally stated that Erdogan adopts an approach that serves world peace. In addition, among the themes discovered, there are the unifying approaches that support each of the Turkic republics and Islamic countries, the sympathy of peoples outside of Turkey, and the respectability of world leaders. Among the leading personal leadership features, such as rhetoric, charisma, hardworking, being a follower of work, taking risks, being courageous, having quick insight, and having a strong memory have emerged. It has been discovered that Erdogan's personal and value-oriented characteristics are in harmony with each other. The results support the results of previous studies.

A rational economic person desires to achieve happiness by acting for his or her own benefit. Therefore, the key of human happiness is in the sense of pleasure and satisfaction. The concept of happiness, which has been emphasized more over time, has also started to be discussed frequently in economic terms. The economics of happiness at the focus of these discussions was built on an economy model based on society and nature. It is possible to mention many socioeconomic factors that add value to life and create happiness. Factors such as a clean environment, a good income level, relationships based on trust, healthy and quality life can be described as the causes of happiness. Today, a new social process is mentioned and happiness takes attention as well as technological developments in this society. This study has aimed to investigate the factors associated with happiness in the context of Society 5.0, using the panel data analysis method for 8 OECD countries between the years 2007-2019. In the study, it has been found that there is a statistically significant and positive relationship between GDP per capita and happiness. In addition, it was found that there is a statistically significant and positive relationship between human capital and happiness. It has been determined that there is a significant and positive relationship between renewable energy consumption and happiness. The happiness index, which is the dependent variable in the study, is explained by all other independent variables at the rate of 89 %.