Suchergebnisse

Social change; Turkey; Western influences; sociological aspects

Im Jahr 2006 sorgte die Ausstellung "Wir sind Hamburger" für Aufsehen in Hamburg. 49 großformatige Plakate zeigten türkische Migranten aus Hamburg, die die den Sprung in die Selbstständigkeit geschafft hatten. Überall dort in der Hansestadt, wo die Wanderausstellung zu sehen war, stieß sie auf eine positive Resonanz. Ihre Botschaft lautete: Das breite Angebot an Waren und Dienstleistungen der türkischstämmigen Unternehmer bereichern die Wirtschaft und das Leben im Stadtstaat. etzt, fünf Jahre später, hat ASM im regionalen Netzwerk NOBI für das Teilprojekt "Arbeit durch Qualifizierung" eine Neuauflage initiiert, die aus IQ-Mitteln finanziert wurde. Look & feel der einprägsamen Ausstellung sind geblieben, nur der Umfang ist mit 20 Plakaten geringer. Diesmal werden Menschen mit türkischem Migrationshintergrund vorgestellt, für die die Selbstständigkeit eine Alternative zum Dasein als Angestellter ist, die als Angestellte in Betrieben arbeiten und die sich als Freiberufler eine eigene Existenz aufgebaut haben. Es sind Mitarbeiter in Handelsunternehmen, in Versicherungen oder Handwerksbetrieben. Porträtiert wurden Frauen und Männer, die selbst eingewandert sind oder die einen türkischen Migrationshintergrund haben, weil sie als Kinder türkischer Zuwanderer geboren wurden.

Women author and poets; Turkey; intellectual life

ÖZETOrtadoğu, tarihin her döneminde çatışma, terör, mezhep veya din savaşları ile dünya siyasetinde önemli yere sahip bir coğrafyadır. Suriye ve Lübnan bu bölgenin politikalarının belirlenmesinde rol oynayan iki Ortadoğu ülkesidir. Soğuk Savaş boyunca Sovyetler Birliği'nin desteği ile Ortadoğu politikasında güçlü bir aktör olan Suriye, iki kutuplu sistem sona erdikten sonra Batılı liberal devletler arasında müttefik bulma arayışı içerisine girdi. Hafız Esad iktidarının son dönemlerinde uluslararası siyasette başlayan değişim, 2000'li yıllarda Suriye'nin dış politikasını çıkmazlara sürükledi. Topraklarında daima hak iddia ettiği Lübnan ile siyasi ilişkileri de bu süreçten etkilendi.Bu tez çalışmasında, 2000-2010 yılı arasındaki Suriye-Lübnan siyasi ilişkileri anlatılmaktadır. Tezin amacı, Suriye'nin değişen uluslararası konjonktürle beraber Lübnan'a karşı yürüttüğü dış politikasını değiştirmesinin nedenlerini ve ikili ilişkilerdeki güçlü konumunun uzlaşmacı ve taviz veren tutuma nasıl dönüştüğünü açıklamaktır. Şüphesiz Suriye'nin uzlaşmacı tavrı, Batılı ülkelerin desteğini almasını ve ABD'nin üzerinde oluşturduğu baskıyı kısmen azaltmasını sağladı, ancak Lübnan üzerindeki etkisi 20.yy'a kıyasla giderek azaldı.Anahtar Kelimeler: Suriye, Lübnan, Dış Politika, Hafız Esad, Beşar Esad, Refik Hariri, Lübnan Krizi, Siyasi Suikast. ABSTRACTMiddle East has an important place in the world politics with all the conflict, terror, sectarian and religious wars that have taken place throughout its history. Syria and Lebanon are the two Middle East countries that have a role in determining the policies of this region. Syria, which was a powerful actor in the Middle East politics with the support of the Soviet Union during Cold War, was in quest of allies among Western liberal states in its foreign politics after the termination of the biploar system. The change which started in international politics in the last period of Hafez El Assad rule led to an impasse in Syrian foreign policy at the beginning of the 21st century. The political relationship of Syria with Lebanon, to whose territory Syria has always laid claim, has been affected by this process.This thesis depicts the political relationship of Syria and Lebanon between the years 2000-2010. The purpose of the thesis is to explain the reasons of the change in the foreign policy of Syria towards Lebanon with the shifting international conjuncture and to show how its powerful position in bilateral relations has turned into a reconciliatory and concessive one. There is no doubt that the conciliatory behaviour of Syria has assured the support of the West and has partly reduced the pressure of the USA but compared to the 20th century, its impact on Lebanon is dwindling away.Keywords: Syria, Lebanon, Foreign Policy, Hafez Al Assad, Bashar Al Assad, Rafik Hariri, Lebanon Crisis, Political Assassinations.

Accession to the European Union (EU) has been one of the most crucial topics of the Turkish foreign policy. This topic, albeit sometimes not having a priority, always remained as a current issue and played a determinant role in Turkey's objective of Westernization. Within this process, parallel to the success that the accession would bring, it became more ascendant in current politics. It acted as the sword of Damocles as a determinant either for the election victories or as a trouble-maker on the head of the parties. The foundation of the Turkey-EU relations was first laid by the Democrat Party in July 31st, 1959 and these relations began to get deepen by the time the Motherland Party (ANAP) came into power in the 1980's. This study aims to determine the reasons that led Turkey to apply for the EU membership, the place of the relations with the Europen Economic Community (EEC) on Turkish foreign policy and the repercussions of this application in the public opinion. Therefore it is going to be given a general overview on the early years of those relations. In the citations taken from the newspapers of the period the expression common market is used for defining Turkey's counterpart while the author himself rather prefers to use the EEC, the predecessor of the EU.