Theses

Master Degree

Future Planning and Social Policy Expectations of Families with Children with Down Syndrome
Author: Buse Eren Program: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Sosyal Politika Yüksek Lisans Programı Advisor: Zeynep Hande Sart
2024
Gender Equality and Taxation: A Critical Analysis of Turkish Tax Policy
Author: Dilara Aydoğuş Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Biray Kolluoğlu
2023
Retirement Age and Beyond: Pension Reforms in Turkey and Welfare Retrenchment
Author: Gözde Zeynep Üçkol Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Ekrem Ünal Zenginobuz
2023
A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of HIV Activists on HIV Disclosure in Turkey
Author: Oğulcan Yediveren Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Biray Kolluoğlu
2023
Exploring Social Justice Implications of Mitigation Policies: Positions of Climate Action Advocates in Turkey
Author: Gökçe Yeniev Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Ekrem Ünal Zenginobuz
2022
Political Discourse and Health Communication During The COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey: A Critical Analysis
Author: Tuğba Zeynep Şen Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2022
Working Beyond Pension Age in Turkey: A Qualitative Analysis from a Life Course Perspective
Author: Mine Kösem Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Serra Müderrisoğlu
2022
An examination of diabetes policy in Turkey: A qualitative documentary analysis
Author: Ekin Ekici Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2022
Breast cancer patient pathways to treatment in Turkey's internal healthcare market: A qualitative study
Author: Zeynep Kesici Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2022
An analysis of Turkish oral healthcare system: Patients' perceptions and treatment pathways
Author: Sibel Aydın Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2021
Locating Turkey’s active labour market policies within activation typologies: enabling or workfarist?
Author: Cemre Canbazer Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2021
Young activist perspectives towards Turkish sexual and reproductive health policy and services: Problems, barriers, ideals
Author: Dağlar Çilingir Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2021
Trade union responses to precarization: The case of mandatory alternative dispute resolution in Turkey
Author: Batuğhan Yüzüak Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2021
Exploring Agency Problems in the Turkish Private Pension System: Pension Sector Employee Perspectives
Author: Remziye Gül Aslan Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2020
Selling Voluntary Health Insurance in a Publicly-Funded System: A Study With Insurance Agents in Turkey
Author: Oğuzhan Hışıl Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2020
The Effect of Diagnosis-Related Groups on Clinical Autonomy in Turkey: The Physician’s Perspective
Author: Püren Aktaş Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2020
An Analysis of the Rehabilitation Policies in Turkey From the Perspectives of Disability Rights Activists
Author: Anıl Gencelli Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2019
Public-Private Partnership in Turkish Healthcare Provision: The City Hospital Model
Author: Çağla Gün Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2019
Reclassifying the Turkish Welfare Regime in the Light of Child Well-Being Indicators
Author: Didem Gürbüz Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2019
Attitudes of Young Workers Towards Private Pension Plans in Turkey
Author: Müge Gülmez Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2019
Educational Well-Being of Syrian Refugee Children in Public Schools: A Qualitative Study in Istanbul
Author: Simla Serim Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Serra Müderrisoğlu
2019
Refugee Women's Employment in Turkey's Humanitarian Response to the Syrian Crisis: A Qualitative Documentary Analysis
Author: Şeyma Nazlı Gürbüz Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2019
The Role of Domestic Politics in the 2006 Corporate Tax Reform in Turkey
Author: Şule Nur Sarper Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2019
Turkey’s Tobacco Control Policies in Comparative Perspective: An Analysis of Anti-Tobacco NGO Stances
Author: Sercan Zülfikar Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2019
Mental Health Care Policy Reform in Turkey: User Group Perspectives
Author: Merve Kardelen Bilir Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2018
A Cash-for-Care Scheme Targeting Children With Disabilities in Turkey: Parent/Caregiver Perspectives
Author: Nazlı Avşaroğlu Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2018
Tax Policies and Social Expenditures: Comparing Impacts on Inequality and Poverty in Turkey and Mexico
Author: Muhammet Halil Toprak Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Ünal Zenginobuz
2018
The Local Welfare System in Turkey: The Case of Municipal Care Services in Istanbul
Author: Elifcan Çelebi Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Volkan Yılmaz
2017
Social Housing Policy and the Welfare Regime in Turkey: A Comparative Perspective
Author: Anıl Gürbüztürk Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2017
The Contesting Roles of the Hak-İş Trade Union Confederation: Class and Political Identities
Author: Yunus Furkan Arıcan Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Social Policy Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2017
Changing Retirement Patterns In Turkey: A Comparative Study of Metal and Municipal Sector Workers
Author: Asya Saydam Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2015
The Distinct and Gendered Work Identity: Immigrant Women Workers from Bulgaria during the Industrialization Era of Bursa (1968-1978)
Author: Yalçın Özkan Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2011
For Whom the Phone Rings: The Turkish Call Center Industry and Experience of Work in Multilingual Call Centers
Author: Ataman Osman Avdan Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2010
Grassroots Action Against Gecekondu Renewal Projects: The Case of Istanbul Başıbüyük and Ankara Dikmen Vadi
Author: Mehmet Baki Deniz Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2010
The Political Economy of Disability in Turkey’s Welfare Regime
Author: Volkan Yılmaz Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2010
Charity and Old Age Care: The Non-Muslim Community Hospitals in Istanbul
Author: Burak Şahin Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2009
New Workers Confronting the Old Rules of Industrial Vocational Education in A New Era: Working Class Experience in Alibeyköy School
Author: Ilgın Erdem Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Sociology Advisor: Nazan Üstündağ
2008
Turkish Social Work Sector After the 1990s through the Accounts of Social Workers
Author: Ayşecan Kartal Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2008
Contemporary Social Policy in Turkey: Workfare Programs in the Context of the Neo-liberal International Governance System
Author: Osman Savaşkan Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2007
The National Education Board Conferences and Political Transition: 1939-1960 Changing Perceptions of Schooling and Dialogue of Negotiations
Author: Sarah Carpenter Kilinc Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2007
The Green Card Scheme: An Ethnography of "the State" and its "Poor Citizens" in Adiyaman
Author: Çağrı Yoltar Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Sociology Advisor: Nazan Üstündağ
2007
The Transformation of the Turkish Vocational Training System: Creation of Lifelong Learning, Loyal Technicians
Author: Ergin Bulut Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Cengiz Kırlı
2007
Gender and Social Policy in Turkey: Positive Discrimination or a Second-Class Female Citizenship?
Author: Azer Kılıç Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2006
Social Policy of Urban Transformation: Social Housing Policies in Turkey from the 1980s to Present
Author: Helin Özge Burkay Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2006
Tuberculosis, Medicine and Politics: Public Health in the Early Republican Turkey
Author: Ceren Gülser Ilikan Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Nadir Özbek
2006
Social Relations of Production within the Workshop System in Istanbul's Apparel Industry
Author: Erdem Yörük Program: Boğaziçi University the Graduate Program in Sociology Advisor: Social Relations of Production within the Workshop System in Istanbul's Apparel Industry
2006
Classification of Welfare Regimes Using Cluster Analysis: Where Does Turkey Stand?
Author: Gözde Şener Program: Bogazici University the Graduate Program in Economy Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2006
Social Policies on Female Body in Turkey in the 1930s
Author: Laden Yurttagüler Program: Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Nadir Özbek
2004
Turkish Welfare Regime in Its Current Transformation
Author: Burcu Yakut Çakar Program: Boğaziçi University Department of Economics Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2003

PhD

In Search of the Working Class: Workers’ Subjectivities and Resistance in an Istanbul Neighborhood
Author: Alpkan Birelma Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Nadir Özbek
2016
The Politics of Religiously Motivated Welfare Provision
Author: İpek Göçmen Program: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Advisor:
2011
Comparative Analysis of Poverty and Inequality in Turkey
Author: Burcu Yakut Çakar Program: Marmara University the Graduate Program in Economics Advisor: Fatma Doğruel
2010
Turkish Health System in Transition: Historical Background and Reform Experience
Author: Tuba Inci Agartan Program: Binghamton University Sociology Advisor:
2008
Social Work and the Politics of the Family at the Crossroads of Welfare Reform in Turkey
Author: Berna Yazıcı Program: New York University Anthroploghy Advisor:
2007
Health and Citizenship in Republican Turkey: An Analysis of the Socialization of Health Services in Republican Historical Context
Author: Asena Günal Program: Bogazici University Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Advisor: Ayşe Buğra
2007