Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Esra YÜKSEL ACI Author-Email: eyuksel@marmara.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Marmara Üniversitesi Author-Name: Funda H. SEZGİN Author-Email: hfundasezgin@yahoo.com Author-Workplace-Name: Marmara Üniversitesi Title: AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL GENDER INEQUALITY WITH PANEL REGRESSION ANALYSIS Abstract: Human development is a multidimensional concept including a long and healthy life beyond an increase in income per capita access to information, a decent standard of living, and guaranteed democracy. The human dimension of the development entered the agenda of The United Nations within the 1990s, and the Human Development Index was mentioned for the first time in 1993 Report of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). This study accepts social gender inequality as one of the major actors of human development; and is based on the approach which emphasizes the necessity of women’s participation in the economic and social sustainable development process. Within this context, the aim of the study is the identification of the relationships between human development index and social gender inequality index by means of panel regression analysis. The analysis was performed for the years between 20102014 setting two different panels for developed and developing countries, relations of statistical significance for both country groups were obtained and interpreted. Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 1-21 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-01 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/140 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:1-21 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Okşan KİBRİTCİ ARTAR Author-Email: okibritci@ticaret.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Title: The Role of Social and Political Variables in Economic Growth of Developing Countries: A Panel Data Analysis Abstract: The traditional growth theories which are primary objectives of all economies to obtain and sustain economic growth, mostly deal with factors such as real capital, labor price, technological development, population growth in order to suggest the determining elements of economic growth. However, not only economical but also non-economic, socio-political factors affect the economical performance of a country. These factors cover several issues such as supremacy of the law, operation of bureucracy, fight against corruption, political stability, democratization and development of non-governmental organizations. The advancement of socio-cultural factors will lead to the rise of institutional quality, assurance of property rights and minimization of transaction costs by clearing away uncertainties in the long-term. The positive factors mentioned above contribute to growth supporting atmosphere and rise in investments. The main aim of this study is to bring up and interprete through panel regression analysis, the relationship between growth parameter and the political index, the corruption perception index, the human development index, the economic freedom index, global competitiveness index, global innovation index and multidimensional poverty index. Apart from the corruption perception index between 2010-2014 for 15 developing countries, all the independent variables had statistically significant effects on growth. Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 22-32 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-02 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/141 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:22-32 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ömer ÖZKAN Author-Email: oozkan@ticaret.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Author-Name: Ahmet KARAYAZGAN Author-Email: ahmet@karayazgan.av.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Karayazgan Hukuk ve Danışmanlık Title: DISTANT SALES IN INSURANCE SECTOR: THE LEGAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE Abstract: Changes in distribution channels are mainly driven by competition, regulatory and technological developments, as well as by changes in consumer demand and preferences. In this regard, as in the world, this behavior is observed preferences change in Turkey. Ecommerce in Turkey, one of the fastest growing markets in the world. This brings new developments and applications in both the practice and legislation. In recent year, the Insurance Sector, by not stay out of this fact and in order to better respond to consumer expectations, is to develop strategies multi-channel (multi-channel ") outside the traditional channels, and to make an effort to develop the innovative marketing and sales routes in the sale of insurance products, These efforts and initiatives raise important regulatory developments and changes which will affect all channels of distribution and marketing sector. This will lead to a new era of radical change in the way the old habits and practices, while increasing the number of both the actors and the minimum requirements sought in the activities. Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 33-83 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-03 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/142 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:33-83 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Selma ÇETİNKAYA Author-Email: selma.cetinkaya@bilecik.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Title: The Role of Foreign Forces on Turkish-Armenian Relations in the Context of ASALA Abstract: The events in 1915 had played a decisive role in Turkish-Armenian relations. The Foreign forces played an essential part in 1915, as well as following years. Armenians, who, claiming that the events taken place in 1915 were a genocide, have tried to dictate Turkey to recognize it, achieved to gain the support of many states until today. Many countries, such as Russia, Syrie, Lebanon, Greece, Greek Cypriot State, USA, France, which, bearing in mind that Turkey might not gain strength, abtains from Armenian lobby abroad and act jointly against Turkey, have been included in terrorist activities realized by Armenians, helping them. The assistance of these countries continued even in those years regarded by Turkey as "hassle-free". In this context, the "Armenian Question" should not be regarded as a problem that exists only between Turkey and Armenia. In order to understand the Armenian Question, we should observe why third countries have been stirring this question, what their aims are. In this study, it is aimed to analyze the role played by foreign forces in the context of ASALA (Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia) Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 84-94 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-04 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/143 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:84-94 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Canan GÜNEŞ Author-Email: canangunes@comu.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Author-Name: Zerife YILDIRIM Author-Email: zerife.yildirim@deu.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Author-Name: Şenay ÜÇDOĞRUK BİRECİKLİ Author-Email: s.ucdogruk@deu.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Author-Name: Özge SAYGIN Author-Email: ozge.karagoz@bakircay.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Title: Tobit Model Analysis of Married Women's Working Hours in Turkey Abstract: The most important factor for the economic development is to utilize factors of productions efficiently. However, there is inequal distribution against women in terms of labor force participation in all of the countries. Women's labor force participation and working hours choice depend on social factors, structure of the family and in house activities. Aim of this study is to analyze the determinants of working hours and working overtime of the married women in the labor force using econometric methods. 2009 TURKSTAT's Household Labor Survey is used and studied with 27,731 married women in the labor force. During emprical analysis, Tobit Model and Truncated Model, which are used for limited dependent variable, are utilized. Emprical results of the both models are reported comperatively and policy implications are suggested. Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 95-109 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-05 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/144 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:95-109 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Şimal AYMANKUY Author-Email: sayman@balikesir.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Balıkesir Üniversitesi Author-Name: Özge GÜDÜ DEMİRBULAT Author-Email: ozgegudu@hotmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Balıkesir Üniversitesi Author-Name: Yusuf AYMANKUY Author-Email: yusufaymankuy@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Balıkesir Üniversitesi Title: EFFECT OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES OF THE ENTERPRISES IN ACCOMMODATION ENTERPRISE PREFERENCES OF POTENTIAL DOMESTIC TOURISTS Abstract: In the tourism sector today, where intensive competition environment is faced, if accommodation enterprises want to get more share from this market and want to maximize their profitability, they need to make studies in order to determine the requests and requirements of tourists and to present more product and services in order to fulfill these requests and requirements. For today’s conscious and sensitive consumer, social responsibility activities of the enterprise which is providing the purchased product or service is important for selecting a product as well as its price and quality. Consumers started to pay attention and prefer the products of the enterprises which participate in social responsibility activities in their purchasing decision process. Today the enterprises which could not provide superiority against other enterprises in terms of price and quality try to become prominent with the positive values they provide to the community. Enterprises try to touch the consumers, who are becoming more selective and well informed day by day, by different methods such as social responsibility activities in order to create customer loyalty. From this point of view, the aim of this study is to determine whether social responsibility activities of the enterprises are effective in accommodation enterprise preferences of potential domestic tourists or not. In the research, in order to evaluate the corporate social responsibility perceptions of the potential domestic tourists the survey developed by taking the four dimension social responsibility model of Carroll (1991) as a basis, was used. This survey was applied to 291 people who were evaluated under the scope of potential domestic tourist. At the end of the research, it was determined that potential domestic tourists direct their preferences towards the accommodation enterprises which act respectively in “legal social responsibility”, “economical social responsibility”, “prodent and voluntary social responsibility” and “moral social responsibility” dimensions. Besides it was also concluded that the domestic tourists tend to prefer accommodation enterprises performing social responsibility activities as their education and income levels increase. Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 110-134 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-06 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/145 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:110-134 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Suna ÖZYÜKSEL Author-Email: sozyuksel@ticaret.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Author-Name: Ünal H. ÖZDEN Author-Email: uozden@ticaret.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Author-Name: Özlem Deniz BAŞAR Author-Email: odeniz@ticaret.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Title: COMPARISON OF CLEAN GROWTH OF COUNTRIES IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Abstract: The irreversible type of consumption of the natural resources after Industrial Revolution and the rapid growth after World War 2 have had negative effects on environment; and the counterrelation between development and environment was clearly revealed. Today, one of the most primary problems that prevent the success of sustainable development is the climate change. Excessive climate events directly affect the socio-economic factors; and they have a negative impact on the productivity of labor force, GDP and sustainable development. The aim of this study is to measure and analyze the relative total activities in terms of greenhouse gas emission during the countries' economic activities; which is one of the most important factors for the realization of climate events. This study begins by explaining the concepts used in one of the methods used in measuring the efficiency of countries, data enveloping analysis (DEA); then detailed information is provided about the CCR models used in DEA. Finally, the efficiency of top 50 economies in the world in terms of greenhouse gas emissions are ranked by using input oriented CCR models. Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 135-148 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-07 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/146 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:135-148 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Handan AKYİĞİT Author-Email: hakyigit@sakarya.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Sakarya Üniversitesi Title: Ethnic Social Networks and Status Transitions in the Labor Market: The Case of Syrian Refugees Abstract: In this study, it will be focused on the mechanism of Syrian refugees in Turkey getting into the labor market and how they cope with the difficulties of life in an economic uncertainty both socially and economically will also be analyzed, In order to comprehend the process of Syrian refugees how to be included in Turkish society and labor market, positive / negative effects of social capital and contents are aimed to be analyzed in the study. Thus opportunities and constraints of the process of Syrian refugees getting into the labor market will be discussed. In this study, the positive aspects of ethnic social networks and structural factors in the process of immigrants being included in the host country will be firstly pointed out depending on corporate disclosures. Then the negative effects of ethnic social networks on the process of getting into the labor market will be discussed. Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 149-159 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-08 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/147 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:149-159 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Adem PALA Author-Email: ademmpala@hotmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Author-Name: İsmail METİN Author-Email: ismail_metin1982@yahoo.com Author-Workplace-Name: Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Title: Examining The Relationship Between Recreation Marketing And Tourism Abstract: Due to the growth of the tourism in Turkey, recreation has gained strength and attention from marketing researchers. This article aims to verify if recreation effects consumer behavior and the possibility hotels may have of managing recreation activities actively to gain the customer. A survey conducted regarding the subject and the results showed that hotel workers’ skills and attitudes, physical facilities of hotels and recreational activities in the hotels impact consumers behaviors positively. In the questionnaire study made on tourists who accommodated at the 5star hotels in Muğla city, it was determined that hotels placed importance on recreational activities and tourists participated in such activities and thanks to this, they spent good time. In this context, tourism enterprises must place more importance on recreational activities in tourism marketing, trained specialists must be employed on this area, and thanks to this, by attracting more tourists to the country, both tourism incomes must be increased and tourists must return their homes happy. In consideration of this study, we may say that recreation marketing has an important place in tourism. It is observed that recreation has positive effects on development of tourism, economy of country and social life. Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 160-168 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-09 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/148 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:160-168 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: İdris OĞURLU Author-Email: iogurlu@ticaret.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Title: A REVIEW ON AKHISM WITH ITS ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND EDUCATION Abstract: Akhism has been emerged in the 13th century arise from the Islamic faith and cultural heritage of Anatolia. Akhies had conducted a considerable training activities on social, cultural and environmental areas as well as commercial activity. The fact that appreciate people and all the creatures is required approaching environment and Nature courteously by akhies. Thus, there must be certain lessons or practices in akhies’ training process. In this article, aspects of Akhism related to environmental ethics and education was investigated. In Akhism there has been a healthy and balanced relationship environing all the areas of life. By means of this, balance that ensure Akhi’s peace of mind and its environment, relationships become better in society. This had been developed on a ground supported by Akhism philosophy and practices. It is clear that the education act main roles on gaining Akhism its capability that achieve sustaining ethic rules on environment for centuries by means of transform to practical from theorical. Difference between capitalistic economical concept with Universe and Akhism is so difference between considering essences in the Nature as commodities and endowed blessings. It is not a utopian approach to propose updating economical concept that has been experienced only 250-300 years ago in Akhism term and a new environmental ethic based on Akhism taught. It is possible both to enhance a new economy that not terminate natural source and to persuade the people abnegation for posterity by the means of reformation because of Akhism has granted these to its followers. Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 169-187 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-10 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/149 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:169-187 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Hatice KADIOĞLU ATEŞ Author-Email: hatice.kadiogluates@izu.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim Üniversitesi Title: The Writing Speed of First Graders’ Students According to Phonetic Based Sentences Construction Method Abstract: People could immortalized his own emotios, thoughts, requests by writing. Human recorded everything which he has lived, imagined or witnessed to date by writing since ıt’s ınvention. People expression what he wants to transfer by passing his filter of mind to most simple and most effective form. In Turkey the phonetic based sentences construction method is started by cursive handwriting performance. The writing speed is important for educationalist, teachers and investigators. The aim of the study was to observe the writing speed of first graders’. The work group of the research was formed of 364 first graders selected from three primary schools which were called Hasip Dinçsoy, Engin Can Güre and Cumhuriyet Primary School in Esenler district of İstanbul province. The researcher want students to write their names and surnames, their teachers’ names and surnames and schools’ names to notebooks in a minute. At the end of the time, each student’s writing speed was set bu counting the letters wrote before. Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 188-199 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-11 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/150 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:188-199 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Harun AKÇAM Author-Email: h.akcamm@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Arel Üniversitesi Author-Name: Nagehan ÇETİN Author-Email: nagihan-cetin@hotmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Üniversitesi Title: HOW CAN ANECDOTES BE CLASSIFIED IN THE FORM OF FOLKTALES? Abstract: In this subject that researchers are concerned on the matters which the types of folktales are identified. With the influence of context centered theories while a type is identified function, formation, structure, content with implements features of language and discourse are emphasized on the studies which were done before. But in many studies which form this study and type of anecdotes and folktales are identified by taking into no consideration these features and the anecdote is evalveted with the subtype of folk tale which is suitable for EberhardBoratav and Aarne-Thompson’s classificiatons. Can the anecdotes be evalvated in context of folktale based on structure in the point of volume and features of language and discourse are going to be tried to have ansver in this study. In this study with the result of showing difference of two types obuiously, these formal expressions have been examined as a seperate title. Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 200-208 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-12 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/151 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:200-208 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Feyzullah UYGUR Author-Email: feyzullah.uygur@istanbul.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: İstanbul Üniversitesi Title: AN EVALUATION ABOUT THE WORDS BORROWED FROM FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN CHINESE LANGUAGE Abstract: While founding relations with various societies, Chinese language borrowed many words from different languages in its historical development. Foreign words from the languages spoken in geographies called ‘West Regions’ in Chinese sources began to enter in Chinese language in Qin and Han dynasty, primarily in Hun country. Chinese language borrowed words from Turkish language in Tang Dynasty. With the spread of Buddhism in China, many Sanskrit words entered in Chinese language between IV-XII. Centuries. This was a quite remarkable and historical issue in the development and formation process of Chinese language. In the terms when Mongolians and Manchurians began to reign, it is possible to trace the remarks from Mongolian and Manchurian languages in Chinese. While, foreign words entering in Chinese language in Ming Dynasty were restricted to science and technology; after Opium War which was a turning point for Manchurian Empire, words from western languages related to military, politics, trade terms, economy, philosophy, law, science and literature entered in Chinese language. A high increase in the rate of the numbers of the words borrowed from foreign languages, especially words from English and Japanese, recorded preceding the May Fourth Movement happening in 1919. Therefore, Chinese language entered in its modern era. In this article, how and in what ways Chinese Language borrowed words from different Languages are studied by examining the words entering in Chinese Language in different eras in history. Journal: Eurasian Academy of Sciences Social Sciences Journal Pages: 209-222 Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Year: 2016 Month: Mar DOI: 10.17740/eas.soc.2016.V8-13 File-URL: https://eurasianacademy.org/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/152 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eas:journl:v:8:y:2016:i:8:p:209-222