Recently added

DSpace Repository

DSpace at Epoka University: Recent submissions

  • 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 ...
  • BALKAN CITIES AND CULTURE IN TANZİMAT ERA TURKISH NOVELS 
    Ferhat Korkmaz; Batman Universitesi (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    The life in Balkan that has called attention through its polyphony all along takes it splace in Tanzimat era novel. In Tanzimat priod novel, it is possible to encounter toa significant part of Balkans' historical, sociological, ...
  • DISTINCTIVE EFFECT OF HYDROGRAPHY ON LAND BORDERS IN ALBANIA AND POTENTIAL REGIONS OF CONTROVERSY 
    Atilla Karatas; Mustafa Kemal University; Huseyin Korkmaz; Mustafa Kemal University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    Countries have borders that identify the fields of their authority. Although the fields of influence changes according to economic, political and military powers of the countries, the elements under the actual enforcement ...
  • HEALTH FACILITIES IN BOSNIA-HERZOGEVINA IN THE LIGHT OF OTTOMAN DOCUMENTS 
    Arzu Karaslan; Batman University (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    From past to the present cities seem to be the centers of social, economic, politicaland religious elements where it is possible to observe them densely. These elementsshow themselves with the public improvements activities ...
  • A PROPOSAL ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTING REFORM IN TURKEY AND BALKAN COUNTRIES 
    Ali Kablan (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    This study which is based on the reform in the field of government accounting,shows that taking into consideration that these studies had began in our country inthe late 90s, and that Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Macedonia and ...
  • Macedonia REASONS BEHIND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TURKISH URBAN DWELLINGS IN THE BALKANS 
    Bekir Yuksel Hos (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    The Balkan Peninsula has a rich rural and urban history and a variety of Turkish civil settlements. As regards Turkish civil architecture, it is widely scattered around these geographic locations. Materials have been found ...
  • THE IMPACT OF VISA LIBERALIZATION FOR THE WESTERN BALKANS: THE CASE OF ALBANIA 
    Luljeta Ikonomi; Nikolle Ndoci (International Balkan Annual Conference, 2013-07-15)
    This article analyses the impact of the Visa Liberalization Agreements concluded byEuropean Commission with the Western Balkan Countries, on the rate of migrationflows with particular focus on the case of Albania. The ...

Search DSpace

Browse

My Account