The Kurdish Issue, the Turkish State and Local Self-Governance

2017 ◽  
pp. 97-113
Author(s):  
Steven C. Roach
Keyword(s):  
State And Local ◽  
Turkish State ◽  
Kurdish Issue

From containment and rollback to escalation: Turkey’s Kurdish issue under the AKP

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 40-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joost Jongerden
Keyword(s):  
Turkish State ◽  
Kurdistan Workers Party ◽  
Kurdish Issue

This article will argue that the meetings between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers Party PKK between 2006-2015 were employed by the Turkish state to gain advantage in the conflict they were supposed to be aimed at resolving. This appraisal of the PKK-Turkey talks thus helps to explain the escalation in the summer of 2015 - as the result, that is, not of a failed process of negotiations but of a failed intelligence operation.

The Accessibility, Usability, Quality and Readability of Turkish State and Local Government Websites an Exploratory Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-81
Author(s):  
Yakup Akgül
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Turkish Republic ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Government Websites ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Government ◽  
Turkish State

With significant development in Internet technology contributing to daily lives in nearly every aspect, it is important that government websites and e-government services offered through them are used effectively, efficiently, and satisfactorily. Achieving accessible, usable, qualified, and readable e-government services that enable citizens to fulfill different users' requirements by everyone involved in the target group, implying a lack of equality between disabled and non-disabled people in benefiting from online governmental services regardless of time and location constraints, has become a global aim. This study investigated whether the websites of the state and local level e-government in the Turkish Republic comply with prevailing standards of accessibility, heuristic usability, mobile readiness, performance and, the readability of website content with six different indices and whether these qualities depend on the type of the government websites. After examining 77 state and 247 local e-government sites, the results indicate that the Turkish government websites have made many of the accessibility, usability, quality, and readability mistakes as predicted. In light of the study findings, this paper will present some recommendations for improving Turkish government websites, as well as discuss future implications.

The Accessibility, Usability, Quality and Readability of Turkish State and Local Government Websites an Exploratory Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 780-802
Author(s):  
Yakup Akgül
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Turkish Republic ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Turkish Government ◽  
Government Websites ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Government ◽  
Turkish State

With significant development in Internet technology contributing to daily lives in nearly every aspect, it is important that government websites and e-government services offered through them are used effectively, efficiently, and satisfactorily. Achieving accessible, usable, qualified, and readable e-government services that enable citizens to fulfill different users' requirements by everyone involved in the target group, implying a lack of equality between disabled and non-disabled people in benefiting from online governmental services regardless of time and location constraints, has become a global aim. This study investigated whether the websites of the state and local level e-government in the Turkish Republic comply with prevailing standards of accessibility, heuristic usability, mobile readiness, performance and, the readability of website content with six different indices and whether these qualities depend on the type of the government websites. After examining 77 state and 247 local e-government sites, the results indicate that the Turkish government websites have made many of the accessibility, usability, quality, and readability mistakes as predicted. In light of the study findings, this paper will present some recommendations for improving Turkish government websites, as well as discuss future implications.

Waltzing with Ocalan

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon A. Waldman ◽  
Emre Caliskan
Keyword(s):  
Political Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Turkish State ◽  
Kurdish Issue ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Way

This chapter analyzes the transition and evolution of Turkey’s Kurdish problem. Under military tutelage, the way in which the Turkish state dealt with the Kurdish issue was through military means; in the post-military period, there have been attempts to engage in a non-military solution. Nevertheless, despite the optimism and furore surrounding the political process of negotiating with Ocalan and the PKK, the AKP has yet to recognize that there is no military solution to the conflict—and, although more attuned to Kurdish desires than the military, still views the issue as a cultural, rather than a national, problem. Turkey has a long way to go before a meaningful agreed solution is found to a problem that has plagued Turkey for many years.

scholarly journals Ontological (In)Security and the Kurdish Issue in Turkey: The Use of Security Discourse (1925‒1984)

Poligrafi ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 261-287
Author(s):  
Gökçe Balaban
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The Political ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Ontological Security ◽  
Security Discourse ◽  
Cultural Traits ◽  
Turkish State ◽  
Kurdish Issue

How could one account for the discourse of security used by the Turkish state considering the Kurdish issue before 1984, when the terrorist attacks of the Partiya Karkaren Kurdistani (PKK) had not yet started, and hence there was no physical security threat against the state? This article aims to answer this question from the perspective of ontological (in)security. Based on Critical Discourse Analysis of state discourse, the article argues that the political, social and cultural traits of Kurdish identity created uncertainty in the Turkish self after the Sheikh Said rebellion in 1925. Tribal/religious structures that were influential among Kurds and the expression of Kurdishness as a distinct identity disrupted the autobiographical narratives about Turkishness, hence generating ontological insecurity for the Turkish state. To overcome this problem, the state relied on security discourse and securitized the traits of Kurdish identity, by which it felt threatened. As a result of this securitization, the state was able to legitimize the extraordinary measures taken against Kurds, such as forced resettlements. Securitization, in this sense, regenerated ontological security for the state, because the extraordinary measures served to suppress the Kurdish identity that threatened the certainty and continuity of the Turkish self.

Improving Speech and Language Services through Effective Time Management

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara W. Travers
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
School Based ◽  
Work Area ◽  
Paper Work ◽  
Areas Of Concern ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Therapeutic Services

This paper presents strategies for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the school-based speech-language pathologist. Various time management strategies are adapted and outlined for three major areas of concern: using time, organizing the work area, and managing paper work. It is suggested that the use of such methods will aid the speech-language pathologist in coping with federal, state, and local regulations while continuing to provide quality therapeutic services.

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