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Item Digital Gaming Trends of Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Sample from Turkey(2023) Secer, Ilmiye; Us, Elif OykuBackground Although the gaming habits of children, adolescents, and younger adults have been investigated in Turkey there has been less emphasis on the gaming patterns of middle-aged and older adults. The current study therefore investigated middle-aged and older adults' digital gaming habits, the aspects of digital games that they believe are enjoyable and any perceived psychological and cognitive advantages. Methods Of the 177 middle-aged and older adults aged between 55 and 85 years (M = 62) living in Turkey who partook in the study, data from 140 participants were analyzed. Participants completed the 'Demographic Information Form' and Engagement with Digital Games Questionnaire' via a Qualtrics link that was distributed on social media platforms and using the convenience and snowball sampling technique. Results Findings of this study showed that out of the 57 digital game players, the majority (N = 34) reported to play puzzle games such as Candy Crush. Moreover, gamers indicated that they believed digital games had psychological and cognitive benefits. Conclusion Overall, the findings of the current study revealed that middle-aged and older adults enjoy playing digital games for fun, stress relief, and as a mental exercise regime.Item The Inventory of Flood Disasters in Turkey(2022) Gurer, Ibrahim; Ucar, IbrahimTurkey is located both Europe and Asia, and covers an area of 780 580 km(2) including the lakes. Turkey undergoes different types of natural disasters because of its geographical location, geomorphology, and topography. Flooding is the second important natural hazard after earthquakes. A flood inventory of the period extending from 1955 to 2020 having a total of about 3250 events was prepared using a simple computer program based on Excel for easy access to different geomorphologic parameters such as surface areas of river basins, slope, geological structure, vegetative cover, type of precipitation, and the elevation above mean sea level (a.m.s.l) and hydro-meteorological parameters. In the same inventory each flood has been defined with damages on human as lost and injured, size of flooded area and loss of wealth (not exact information for wealth). By categorization of the available data in hand, spatial and time distributions of past flood events were determined. In large basins, negative impacts are more closely related to climatic factors, but in small watersheds, the urbanization along the rivers, internal migration, regional planning, urban drainage infrastructure are more important on negative impacts. In order to prevent the floods and minimize the adverse effects to property, both structural and non-structural solutions are applied in Turkey. Two case studies added to show the solutions.Item Hydropower Outlook of Turkey in 2021(2022) Gurer, IbrahimTurkey is located partly on Europe and also on Asia, and has a surface area of 780 580 km(2) and a population of 84.6 million and electric energy is essential for the everyday life. The annual per capita consumption of electricity is mainly used to measure the prosperity of a nation. The energy use in a country increases not only with population increase but also by improving the living standards of people and industrial development. Turkey being a non-oil-producing country at present, therefore needs to import fossil fuels (like natural gas and fuel oil) as the main source of electric energy. The utilization of fossil fuels for energy production by thermal power plants is one of the main sources of air pollution. The consumption of imported energy sources should be reduced for the environmental, economic, and political reasons. As the electricity need of the country is increasing continuously, more energy from the renewables and national resources must be produced. Hydropower plants (HPPs) provide clean, fast, flexible electricity generation. The amount of electricity that aHPP can produce basically depends on the available flow rate (Q) and the head (H). Very briefly the greater the flow rate and the net head, the more electricity can be produced in a HPP. The first hydropower station of Turkey had been opened at Tarsus town in 1929. Number of hydropower installations and total installed capacity has increased especially after the 1960s. In 2020, the Turkish electric production values were 32.9% from HPPs, 27.2% from thermal plants working with natural gas, 21.3% from thermal plants working with coal, 8.8% fromwind power plants, 6.8% from the sun, 1.6% from geothermal plants, and about 1.4% from other types of sources. Technically and economically feasible total hydroelectric energy potential of Turkey is 180 billion kWh/year, of which 160 billion kWh/year has been developed and completed. With 714 completed facilities and 31,391 MW installed power and 108.0 billion kWh/year of it has been put into operation. With the projects to be established until 2023, a total installed power capacity of 40,000 MW and a generation potential of 135 billion kWh/year will be reached. Because of the very fast increase in energy consumption, and only 22% of total energy is produced from national sources, and 125 billion dollars total investment is needed. Due to the climate change, and the change in the oil prices, the renewable sources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass, hydropower etc. should be developed and put in service as quickly and efficiently as possible. In this paper, the current level of hydropower production and energy saving, and power consumption by different sectors, and the subject matter of the most recent energy figures are given and the future projections are also presented.Item Post-migration ecology in educational leadership and policy for social justice: Welcoming refugee students in two distinct national contexts(2022) Arar, Khalid; Orucu, DenizUtilizing the post-migration ecological lens and the synthesized model of culturally relevant leadership formed by the authors, we aim to compare and analyze the policy outlines and school leadership responses to refugee education in Turkey and Germany; as the two main hosts of the largest number of refugees. Through comparative phenomenology, we draw on the semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis of policy papers in each context. Although both states employ an open-door policy, their educational policies show stark contrasts. The German schools benefit from the systematic guidance whilst in Turkey they find their ways through rule of thumb with colleagual collaboration within and across schools. We reckon this study would provide a space for collaboration and benchmarking between different contexts as well as illuminate on the policy-making processes, school-level practices, and research in this area.Item Academic Trends in European Union Studies in Turkey within the Framework of Turkey-EU Relations(2022) Mercan, S. Sezgin; Bilgin, Kivilcim Romya; Karadag, Haluk; Ongun, YeldaThe relationship between academics and policymakers has a complex and multi-layered structure, and there are different views on how this relationship should be. While discussing the political processes in the context of Turkey's membership, the interactions between academics and policymakers in the relations between Turkey and the EU have the potential to provide solutions in the steps that need to be taken. However, the academic tendency of EU studies in Turkey will be revealed by answering questions such as what subjects are preferred by academics working on the EU in Turkey to study in the knowledge-production process, which subjects they prioritize in EU studies, what the effects of the ups and downs in Turkey-EU relations are on the academy, and how the academy positions itself in the field of EU studies. It is considered that such a study will contribute to further studies on how the academy's relations with policymakers are and how they should be in studying Turkey-EU relations.Item The Link Between Supervisor Support, Servicing Efficacy And Job Satisfaction Among Frontline Hotel Employees: An Investigation In Turkey(2023) Oksuz, Merve; Tosyali, Hikmet; Tosyali, Furkan; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2470-7919Purpose This paper aims to examine the association between supervisor support, servicing efficacy and job satisfaction among frontline hotel employees in Turkey. Specifically, the mediating role of servicing efficacy was examined in the link between supervisor support and job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 421 frontline employees in 4- and 5-star hotels located in the South and South West of Turkey. The authors proposed a conceptual model in which servicing efficacy mediates the link between supervisor support and job satisfaction after controlling for demographic information. Data were analyzed through the structural equation modeling (SEM) framework. Findings Results showed that supervisor support positively predicted servicing efficacy and job satisfaction reports of the employees. Those reporting higher servicing efficacy were more likely to report increased job satisfaction. In addition, servicing efficacy partially mediated the link between supervisor support and job satisfaction. Originality/value The current study provides new evidence on the link between supervisor support, efficacy beliefs and job satisfaction in the hotel industry. This is the first study investigating the mediating role of servicing efficacy in the association between supervisor support and job satisfaction. Moreover, most previous studies separately focusing on supervisor support, efficacy beliefs and job satisfaction in the hospitality industry were conducted in developed, Western countries. In contrast, research examining work-related constructs and outcomes in Turkey's hospitality industry has been limited. Thus, both replicated and original findings would contribute to the generalizability of cumulative knowledge in tourism and hospitality.Item The efficiency of primary sovereign bond markets in Turkey: The so-called Fisher puzzle reconsidered(2022) Sunal, Onur; 0000-0002-3972-4060Many prior studies have tested the validity of the Fisher effect, with results proving controversial, regardless of the econometric models, country groups, or time spans chosen. Therefore, to solve the so-called Fisher puzzle, this study aims to reveal whether current interest rates, which are set in the primary bond markets, carry information about actual inflation rates when the conventional direction of causation is reversed, using monthly Turkish data from the 2010-2018 period. In line with our expectations, we found a significant long-run coefficient (0.92), which indicates that changes in interest rates are rational expectations of changes in current inflation rates, though a full Fisher effect was not observed. Moreover, the short-run coefficients were also significant, which highlights the fact that the unanticipated movements in these variables act as early signals of persistent future price-level changes. Therefore, monetary authorities should respond rapidly in the short run using rules-based proactive policies to curb long-run volatilities, which also restrict the power of estimations, as market participants tend to assign higher risk premiums to bond yields when prices are expected to surge. (C) 2021 Economic Society of Australia, Queensland. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Item Tuberculosis in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients in Turkey: Meta-Analysis From the Tuberculosis Study Group of Turkish Transplantation Society, Solid Organ Transplantation Infections(2022) Avkan-Oguz, Vildan; Oner-Eyuboglu, Fusün; Turunc, Tuba; Ersoz, Gulden; Tezer-Tekce, Yasemin; Senbayrak, Seniha; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5525-8207; 33455571; AAR-4338-2020Objectives: Tuberculosis risk in solid-organ transplant recipients is more than the general population, although tuberculosis incidence has been reported to decrease 5% in the last decade in Turkey. In Turkey, solid-organ transplants started in 1975; however, routine pretransplant tuberculosis risk screening programs are still not established. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis of tuberculosis prevalence, clinical forms, and prognosis of tuberculosis in solid organ transplant recipients. Materials and Methods: We searched PubMed, Web of Knowledge, Google Scholar, EBSCOhost, and Scopus databases in English and Turkish Medical Index of Turkish Academic Network and Information Center, Turkish Citation Index, Turkish Medline, Central Thesis of ULAKBIM databases in Turkish (from inception until December 2018) for national and international reference lists of all relevant papers. We used standard methodological procedures (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses 2009). Results: We found 199 published studies in English and 26 in Turkish. After exclusion of noneligible studies, there were 10 retrospective research articles and 16 case reports. There were 148 (3.2%) tuberculosis cases with 4553 solid-organ transplant recipients (4031 renal, 522 liver). Of the tuberculosis cases, 50 (33.8%) were pulmonary, 21 (14.2%) were pulmonary and extrapulmonary, 13 (8.8%) were miliary, 27 (18.2%) were disseminated, and 37 (25.0%) were extra pulmonary tuberculosis cases involving a maximum of 2 organs. There were 19 cases (12.8%) of graft lost. Of the patients with tuberculosis, 34 (19.9%) died resulting from either tuberculosis or other reasons. Conclusions: In this meta-analysis, most of the centers did not perform pretransplant risk evaluations; every center had different clinical procedures and follow-ups. Tuberculosis prevalence in solid-organ transplant recipients differs according to study population. Case reports were mostly about extrapulmonary tuberculosis. All such patients should be followed-up by a standard regimen during pretransplant and posttransplant periods. Prospective studies should be considered.Item How Did The Battlefield At Gallipoli Become A Tourist Site? Epic Tourism(2022) Okumus, Fevzi; Eser, Zeliha; Koseoglu, Mehmet Ali???Thanatourism??? refers to the management and organization of activities by people who visit death sites. This concept, however, does not sufficiently explain the management and organization of activities for people who want to see and feel the history of victories and epics won by their ancestors to secure the future for coming generations. This study introduces a new approach that includes people motivated to visit death sites for epic-focused tourism by analyzing the hundreds of thousands of Turks who visit Gallipoli every year.Item Protective Motivators and Precautionary Behaviors Against COVID-19 in Turkey(2023) Turen, Ufuk; Gokmen, Yunus; Erdem, Haluk; Kalkin, Gokdeniz; 35394534In this research, we investigated the protection motivators and precautionary behaviors against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the associations between them. To do this, we developed two original scales, collected data (2783 responses) using an online survey, after removing the responses (319), which were filled in incompletely or incorrectly in the questionnaire, we obtained 2464 participants covering the aged 18+ population in Turkey. Based on random sampling, our sample complies with these ratios and generally reflects the aged 18+ population of Turkey. We confirmed the psychometrical validity and reliability of our two scales using the collected data. Herewith, we found that perceived susceptibility of COVID-19 infection is very high, perceived severity of COVID-19 is medium, COVID-19 related information seeking is high, beliefs on precautions' efficacy is high and also the practice of precautionary behaviors is high. Our research depicts that all protection motivators significantly are related with the practice of precautionary behaviors (routine and leisure). However, with the only exception of perceived severity of COVID-19 is not related with precautionary behaviors (routine). Besides, we saw that females' average in all variables is significantly higher than males and some variables are sensitive to age, education level, marital status and the number of children. We believe that the findings provide essential inputs for authorities in establishing public health policies against the present pandemic and likely ones in the future.
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