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  • BALKAN WARS AND THE RISE OF TURKISH NATIONALISM 
    Guven Gurkan Oztan; Istanbul University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    The formulation of Turkish nationhood centred around the motherland, Islam andblood formula was tried by Young Ottoman firstly and later by Young Turks. The throughout the 19th century, Ottoman ruling class was engaged in ...
  • URBAN AREAS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 
    Cemal Oztas; Eyup Zengin; Rovsen Ibrahimov (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    Sustainable development is a term that was first used before the public in adocument "Our Common Future" prepared by a commission of The United NationsEnvironmental Programme. It envisages the aims and methods of development ...
  • THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN MODEL IN STATE-BUILDING PROMOTER OF WESTERN BALKANS AND ALBANIAN CASE IN EU INTEGRATION PROCESS 
    Irna Peshkepia; Kristal University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    European Union remains the main actor to step up efforts to achieve a successfullydemocracy towards Western Balkans. The main aim of the study will analyze theimpact of EU model approach to achieve a democratic state-building ...
  • AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY IN MOLDOVA AND MACEDONIA 
    Mehmet Ozdemir (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    The effect of pollution on the World and the alarming rate of technological development has obliged us to do something to protect environment. That the economy of the world has grown five times since 1950, and the population ...
  • EVALUATING TOURISM SECTOR IN ALBANIA BY THE VIEW OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS 
    Ali Ihsan Ozdemir; Bekir Cinar; Urmat Ryskulov (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    It is clear that there are different studies conducted on the tourism sector of different countries. In contrast, it is quite difficult to find out similar studies thatconducted on Albanian tourism sector that is revealed ...
  • TRANS-ADRIATIC PIPELINE PROJECT AND ITS POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON ALBANIA 
    Ali Ihsan Ozdemir; Albana Muzhaqi; Besjana Laci; Simonetti Biagio (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    The aim of this paper is to explain the exploration and the production of natural gas in Albania, which has an important impact on the country's economy. The development of the natural gas sector in Albania is one of the ...
  • GEOMORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF ALBANIA RIVER BASINS 
    Hasan Ozdemir; Istanbul University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    Geomorphometry is the science of topographic quantification; its operational focusis the extraction of land-surface parameters and objects from digital elevationmodels (DEMs). In this reason, DEMs are main data sources in ...
  • THE ROLE AND STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF BALKAN COUNTRIES IN CASPIAN BASIN`S ENERGY DIPLOMACY 
    Pasha H. Natig; Caucasus University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    Being one of the important dynamics of countries' socio-economic development "energy" plays an important role for the countries with scarce natural resources which imports them from abroad. It is obvious that the more ...
  • BALKAN IMAGES IN THE FICTION OF ISMAIL KADARE 
    John Neubauer; University of Amsterdam (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    In 2001, the aftermath of the Bosnian and Kosovo wars, Ismail Kadare wrote in anarticle titled "The Balkans: Truth and Untruths":The distorted history of the Balkan peoples is one of the veils that prevents knowledge of ...
  • CARAMANIAN ORTHODOX TURKS WHO IMMIGRATED TO GREECE FROM MUSTAFAPASHA BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION EXCHANGE 
    Adem Oger; Nevsehir University; Kadri H. Yilmaz; Nevsehir University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    Caramanians, who were Turkish-speaking Orthodox Christians and used Greekalphabet in their writings, lived especially in Anatolia (Karaman, Konya, Kayseri,Isparta, Nevsehir, Nigde, Aksaray, Burdur, Aydin and Karadeniz ...
  • CLIMATE CHANGE AND VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES IN SOUTHERN EUROPE 
    Kaya Sami Nizamoglu; Istanbul University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    Vector-borne infections have always caused suffering throughout the history. Thealliance of arthropods and microorganisms is hard to defeat as insecticides anddrugs proved to be temporary solutions. Since our questionable ...
  • ALBANIAN SOLDIERS IN THE OTTOMAN ARMY DURING THE GREEK REVOLT AT 1821 
    Ali Fuat Orenc (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    Ottoman Army organization had started to deteriorate from the mid-17th century.Military failures made the social and economic problems worse. In this situation,alternative potentials in the empire appeared because of the ...
  • EFFECTS OF GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE ON THE ADRIATIC COASTS OF ALBANIA 
    Sumeyra Kurt; Istanbul University; Hasan Dincer; Ondokuz Mayıs University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    Global climate change causes sea level rise, and especially is affecting low lyingcoastal areas of the world. In the next century, it is estimated that climate change will raise the sea level approximately 1 meter. Gradually ...
  • THE FIRST TURKIC TRIBES TO SETTLE IN THE BALKANS BETWEEN THE IVTH AND VIITH CENTURIES 
    ISMAIL Mangaltepe; Istanbul University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    As of the IVth century, the Turks were forced to leave their homeland in theTurkestan region due to various reasons including natural disasters, population increase, insufficient grazing lands, political disputes, severe ...
  • BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA REFUGEES IN THE 19th and 20th CENTURIES IN THE LIGHT OF OTTOMAN DOCUMENTS 
    Mehtap Nasiroglu; Batman University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    One of the most tragic events in human history, migration, no doubt, left deep traceson communities who were forced to perform it. Some of the migrations are causedby natural causes such as earthquake, flood, famine, disease ...
  • WORTH A POMERANIAN GRENADIER'S BONES: THE BALKANS FROM 1877 TO 1914 
    Bahadir Kaynak; Istanbul Kemerburgaz University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    Bismarck emphasized the insignificance of the Balkans for Germany's interests inhis famous quote "it is not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier".Butit could also be interpreted ashis way of avoiding the hardest ...
  • WITH OR WITHOUT MAGIC: REALISM IN KUSTURICA'S TIME OF THE GYPSIES 
    Esma Kartal; Kadir Has University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    Being one of the established directors of the Balkan cinemas, Emir Kusturica isconsidered a controversial figure, especially in his homeland Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is largely due to his problematic representation of ...
  • CUSTOMER PERCEPTION OF FOREIGN PRODUCTS: AN ANALYSIS OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN EFFECT IN ALBANIAN MARKET 
    Yuksel Koksal; Albana Tatari (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    The Country-Of-Origin (COO) effect is among most important parts ininternational marketing field. Even though the impacts of COO on the consumer behavior have been studied for last decades, its impacts are still among ...
  • THE EFFECT OF SALES PROMOTIONS ON BRAND PREFERENCE: A CASE OF ALBANIAN GSM COMPANIES 
    Yuksel Koksal; Oelda Spahiu (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    Sales promotions have been growth since 1960 and today it has become one of themain factors in the marketing promotion mix. This method is increased in a hugenumber of companies around the world which are realizing the ...
  • CONTRIBUTIONS OF BALKAN COUNTRIES TO CLASSICAL TURKISH LITERATURE 
    Murat A. Karavelioglu (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    If one of the signs of the level of development of countries is cities, the other is thelevel of the life of science, art and culture performed in these cities.Viewing thesituation of Balkan geography under the domination ...

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