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10:00-10:30 Opening Speech Prof. Dr. Yunus Kishalı (Kocaeli University) Prof. Dr. Farhang Morady (University of Westminster)

10:30-12:30 “Social Change and Mobility in Turkey” Dr. Cenk Erkin (Kocaeli University) “European Union - Turkey Relations” Dr. Melike Akkaraca Köse (Kocaeli University) “The Right of Self-Determination in International Law” Dr. Serdar Örnek (Kocaeli University) ”Main Issues in Turkish Economy” Dr. İsmail Şiriner (Kocaeli University)

13:30-15:30 “Emerging Powers and Regionalism: Dr. Dibyesh Anand (University of Westminster) Rethinking the International Relations of Dr. Farhang Morady (University of Westminster) the Middle East” Dr. Thomas Moore (University of Westminster)

13:30-15:30 Student Discussion Panel & Closing Session Dr. Derya Keskin Demirer (Kocaeli University) Dr. Farhang Morady (University of Westminster)

27 May 2015, Wednesday

Kocaeli University Umuttepe Campus Faculty of Econ. and Busin. Adm.Sciences Room 212

22 May 2014, Thursday

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CUDES 2015: V. Current Debates in Social Sciences Workshop, 27 May 2015, Kocaeli, Turkey 1

PROGRAM Hours / Room Wednesday, 27 May 2015

OPENING SESSION

09:30-‐10:00 Registration It will be open all day

10:00-‐10:30 Room 212

Prof. Dr. Yunus Kishalı (Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Kocaeli University)

Dr. Thomas Moore (Director of Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Westminster)

Dr. Farhang Morady (Organizing Committee Member, University of Westminster)

OPENNING PANEL Chair: Şevket Alper Koç & Simon Avery

10:30-‐12:30 Room 212

“INEQUALITY OF OPURTUNITY IN EDUCATION: THE TURHISH CASE” Dr. Hakkı Cenk Erkin (Kocaeli University)

“ISLAM AND DEVELOPMENT IN IRAN AND TURKEY” Dr. Farhang Morady (University of Westminster)

“EDUCATING FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN THE GLOBAL CURRICULUM” Dr Thomas Moore, (University of Westminster)

LAUNCH

12:30-‐13:30 Launch @ University Restaurant

AFTERNOON SESSION I Chair: Thomas Moore

14:00-‐15:30 Room 212

“TRAVEL BLOGGING AND REFLECTIVE WRITING: GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS?” Dr. Simon Avery (University of Westminster)

“RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TURKISH ECONOMY AND MAIN DEBATES” Dr. Yılmaz Kılıçaslan (Anadolu University)


COFFE/TEA BREAK

15:30-‐15:45 Coffee @ Park Orman (Please bring your drinks!)

AFTERNOON SESSION II (STUDENTS SESSION) Moderator: Farhang Morady – Derya Keskin Demirer

15:45-‐17:00 Room 212

IN THE RECENT PAST CRISES THAT SHOCK TURKEY’S ECONOMY AND SOCIAL AND CULTRAL EFFECT OF CRISES Ahmet Necip Demir (Kocaeli University)

MIGRATORY Semih Bulut (Kocaeli University)

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MERSIN AKKUYU? Dilan Mersin (Kocaeli University)

THE TERM OF CENSOR AND CENSOR IN ECONOMY H. Erdem Kılıç (Kocaeli University)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH GREEN REVOLUTION: ROLE MODEL OF CUBA Fatmanur Yanmaz (Kocaeli University)

TURKISH MIDDLE INCOME TRAP Mümin Tekbaş (Kocaeli University) Uğur Özer (Kocaeli University)

THE BLACK ECONOMY IN TURKEY: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION Serap Atabiş (Kocaeli University)

WELFARE LEVEL IN TURKEY Aslıhan Yılmaz (Kocaeli University) Fatih Kalyoncu (Kocaeli University)

SHORT MOVIE & CLOSING SESSION Chair: Cenk Erkin & Yılmaz Kılıçaslan

17:00-‐17:30 Room 212

SHORT MOVIE: QUILT Scenario & Director: Caner Yalçın

12 SEPTEMBER 1980: A TRAUMA OF A SOCIETY Presentation: Gamze Temiz (Kocaeli University) Duration: 9.37

PICNIC TIME

18:00-‐20:30 Dinner @ Park Orman (Please bring your drinks!)


ABSTRACTS INVITED SPEAKERS

INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION: THE TURKISH CASE

Hakkı Cenk ERKİN Kocaeli University

[email protected]

Turkish government has set ambitious goals for the next decade: doubling the per capita income to $25,000 and making Turkey one of the ten biggest economies in the world. Increasing the quantity and the quality of the country’s human capital is seen as one of the main levers to advance development. However, Turkish education system has major problems that severely restrain its capacity to help achieve these goals. Many students get low quality education that fails to prepare them for better jobs. Even though there are good schools, these institutions are few and there is intense competition among students to gain access to one of them. Dissatisfaction with public education and high selectivity of quality schools have increased the role of socioeconomic factors in educational outcomes. Money spent on a student is a major determinant of her achievement at school. As a result, distribution of private education spending is even more distorted than the highly unequal income distribution. We review the current state of education in Turkey in order to gain some insights into the extent of educational inequality and its effects.

ISLAM AND DEVELOPMENT IN IRAN AND TURKEY

Dr. Farhang Morady University of Westminster

[email protected]

The establishment of Islamic Republic in Iran and the rise of AKP to power in Turkey have had a major political impact in the Middle East and beyond. With the end of the Cold War and the collapse of Communism the much-‐propagated notion of two distinct analyses of Orientalism and a ‘third way’ or unique paradigm of Islamic model of development, have attracted considerable attention. While Orientalism emphasised the dual character of the west from the east, the ‘third way’ asserts the uniqueness of Islam as an economic and political model. This paper rejects both analyses and instead argues that Islamic Republic or AKP, or those countries look to Islam as a guiding light for a new paradigm, have continued to operate according to the tempo of the capitalist world economy.

TRAVEL BLOGGING AND REFLECTIVE WRITING: GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS?

Dr. Simon Avery University of Westminster

[email protected]

This will cover the history of travel writing and its interconnections with politics. It will focus on its developments from classical times to the present and how it's always rooted in political engagement.


EDUCATING FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN THE GLOBAL CURRICULUM

Dr Thomas Moore University of Westminster

[email protected]

This presentation explores the question of global citizenship by drawing upon the experiences of undergraduate students in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster. It examines the ways in which students actively produce knowledge about the global experience of citizenship by focusing on questions of political belonging and political estrangement. Drawing upon the work of recent graduates from Politics and International Relations it examines a set of case studies developed by undergraduate students about the future challenges to the global order and how these can be resolved through imagination rather than technical discourses that are the products of neo-‐liberalism.

STUDENTS

THE BLACK ECONOMY IN TURKEY: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION

Serap ATABİŞ Kocaeli University

[email protected]

This study provides some more fresh evidence on the size of the black economy in Turkey. The modelh adopted here is an econometı:ic application of demand for currency which is extensively use d to determine the size of black economic activities. The estimations presented are very model based and therefore results should be evaluated with ccrlain limlations. The main conclusion of this study is that the size of the black economy has become very noticeabie in the 1990s. However, despite general perceptions, the size of the black economy estimated is relatively smail and is driven mainly by the tax burden. , In the light of the concurrent la" reforms' that the Turkish govemment has been teying to implemem, we may conclude to some extent that an increase in the tax burden may cause an increase in the size of the black economy. As far as this study is concemed, the lower bounds of the black economy is as high as 10% of the official economy which was roughly 18 billion US dollars as of 1970. Considering the adverse effects on the use of'economic resources and causingbias in conducting macroeconomic policies, the effects of the black economy will be much more distruptive such as in the case of a developing country; Turkey. Therefore, the authorities should seek to eliminate the causes of the black economic activities rather than implementing policies such as inercasing taxes which may aggravate the current situation.


TURKISH MIDDLE INCOME TRAP

Mümin TEKBAŞ Kocaeli University

[email protected]ğur ÖZER

Kocaeli University

First of all we will talk about Middle Income Trap in our presentation and after that we will evaluate that from according to Turkey’s view. We will analyze Turkish economy by comparing the countries which stuck this income range. In that perspective we will try to answer these questions; 1) Reasons of Middle Income Trap ? 2) Which criterions show this Trap ? 3) Which countries in this trap ? 4) Is Turkey in the Middle Income Trap? Consequently, we will finish our presentation for analyzing solutions of middle income trap which are human capital: schooling quantity and quality , innovation and competitiveness, structural transformation etc.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH GREEN REVOLUTION: ROLE MODEL OF CUBA

Fatmanur YANMAZ Kocaeli University

[email protected]

Against the threat of environmental destruction, proposed solution to the environmental degradation is threatening sustainable development. Based on continuous production and consumption of global capitalism prevents the solution of environmental problems. In this study, with the a lot of economic problems and despite the American embargo, We wanted to show the Cuban country as an example of the successful application of green sustainability. This embargo as well as the collapse of Cuba 's ally the Soviet union ,Cuba was forced to revise its energy policy again and reducing dependency on foreign and Cuba has learned to produce the food and energy that its needs its own spot. Our goal is to be shown how to Cuba's be effective in all entire of Latin America and also how to put the green revolution in, how the system is managed with specific policies and how to implement what appeared and also to examine whether there is an emerging and successful to show if Cuba model practical examples for other countries.

THE TERM OF CENSOR AND CENSOR IN ECONOMY

H. Erdem KILIÇKocaeli University

[email protected]

Under this topic, the aim is creating a general opinion about censor implementations in Turkey. The definition, need and development of censor will be explained firstly. This topic will be enriched by examples from the world. Secondly censor development in Turkey will be clarified briefly. They will be classified in terms of mainly three topics with a critical point of view that are: Censor in Social Media and Internet (Youtube, Facebook and Twitter examples will be given), Censor in Press and Criticism on Liberty of Press (Gezi Parkı Movement will be given as example), Censor in Visual Media in terms of Movies and Documentaries (Mainly İtirazım Var and other examples will be given)


WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MERSIN AKKUYU?

Dilan MERSİN Kocaeli University

dilan-‐[email protected]

Nuclear energy obtain by a vary of atomic nucleus energy. Nuclear energy will be most important source of energy for future and today. Some country has got too much Oil and natural gas but they can’t renewable them cause of this many country has led to benefit from them. Turkey and rusian government entered into an agreement of nuclear plant for producing electric. Ground breaking ceremony and setup activities realized at april of 2015. The goverment of turkey vision is turkey wil being the best ten economies and will be corridor of energy between from east to west. Turkey want to take advantage from strategic position. Because of this Akkuyu nuclear Project is very important about economic and politic conditions. However, according to Green peace envoironmental organisation ‘s researches : using the combination of wind, sun geothermal, biomas are met fluctuating demand as well as base load without other resources. For example Spain obtain fourtyseven percentage of electric demand from renewable resources in March. Why government don’t prefer renewable energy instead of nuclear energy? The Project Which has to bring big economical and political development, what has disadvantages in terms of healt and environment? What is the value of return an economical? What wil be result of this explosion on the people and environment? What is the similarity of Akkuyu and Çernobil? The aim of this paper is seek an answer for this questions.

MIGRATORY

Semih BULUT Kocaeli University

[email protected]

There are mainly two reasons of migration from rural to urban.In Turkey firstly,financial problems causes migration.Agriculture has an important point to earn money in rural area since mechanisation became appear in today's world,the products ofagriculture lost their values. People who live in rural area affected this situation and face difficulties to survive.That's why,even if they do not want to move urban area,they have to.Secondly living conditionsin rural area may be hard in terms of education and transportation.To increase it or live more comfortably,they prefer to move city centre.In conclusion it it tried to be explained abovewhy people migrate from rural to urban in Turkey.The reasons are classified in two partsin terms of financial difficulties and comfortably living conditions.


IN THE RECENT PAST CRISES THAT SHOCK TURKEY’S ECONOMY AND SOCIAL AND CULTRAL EFFECT OF CRISES

Ahmet Necip DEMİR Kocaeli University

[email protected]

In the recent pass, when we said the crises everyone’s answers the great crises of 2001. Also known as the “ Black Wednesday”. It is the biggest crisis in the history of the Republic. Turkey's financial crisis in February 2001 has resulted in unexpectedly economic downturn and has brought in new conditions. Before the Treasury's burdensome debt payments Turkey’s experienced unexpected political tensions on 19 February 2001. Began to panic in the market along with a statement that the Prime Minister's there is crisis management of the state and it increasedto astronomical interest rates to protect the local currency, but demand for foreign currency did not reduce. Overnight interest rates went up %6200, TL's value fell %40 and state debt has risen as much as 29 quadrillion. In addition, presentations will examine the effects of social and cultural life of the crisis.

WELFARE LEVEL IN TURKEY

Aslıhan YILMAZ Kocaeli University Fatih KALYONCU Kocaeli University

[email protected] [email protected]

The welfare level of Turkey and the most important criteria for people from welfare “quality of life” we will examine the facts stunning in the title. OECD countries we will also examine the average welfare level of South Korea. 25 European countries among the OECD countries and USA, Chile, Mexico, Korea are such as located in 34 countries. Data are OECD figures of 2014. We will examine topics; Housing, Rooms per person, Income, Net adjusted disposable income, Jobs, working-‐age population aged 15 to 64 has a paid job, working-‐age population aged 15 to 64 has a paid job (Women), Education, % The average student, Safety, Environment, Water quality, Air pollution, Health

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