Our Project Proposals
Digital Violence Project (2021–2023)
Projects We Have Started
51–Nonviolence Social Contribution Project (24.03.2021).pdf
Ongoing Thesis Studies on Women, Family, and Violence:
➢ Aleyna ÖZYAZICI — Evaluation of University Students’ Views on Domestic Violence in the Context of Family Relations (Social Work — Master’s; Advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cemre ERCİYES)
➢ Betül ANIL — Public Perception of Violence Against Women and Sexually Explicit Scenes in Turkish TV Series (Social Work — Master’s; Advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cemre ERCİYES)
➢ Evrim ESKİÇORAPÇI — Examination of Female Criminality in the Context of Gender (Social Work — Master’s; Advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cemre ERCİYES)
➢ Simge COŞKUN — Gender Inequality from Afghanistan to Turkey (Social Work — Master’s; Advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cemre ERCİYES)
➢ H. Kübra COŞKUN — Digital Violence Experienced by Women in Turkey and Social Support Mechanisms (Social Work — Master’s; Advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cemre ERCİYES)
➢ Esra GÖKBULUT — Problems and Needs of Syrian Women Who Married Early from a Social Work Perspective (Social Work — Master’s; Advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cemre ERCİYES)
➢ Aykut O. KILIÇ — The Effect of Gender on the Lives of Individuals with Psychiatric Diagnoses: A Study from the Social Work Perspective (Social Work — Master’s; Advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cemre ERCİYES)
Completed Thesis Studies on Women, Family, and Violence
2021
1) Emine YARIMDAĞ — Examination of the Anxiety of Parents with Disabled Children Over Their Children Through Parents’ Gender Roles (Social Work — Master’s; Advisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Cemre ERCİYES) 2020
2) Buşra İPEK — “The Role of the Family in Primary School Students’ Learning of Gender Roles” (Psychology — Master’s)
3) Tuba YENER — “An Analysis of Gender Roles in Preschool Storybooks in Terms of Textual Content and Illustrations” (Early Childhood Education)
4) Sema YİĞİT — “An Examination of the Glass Ceiling Syndrome of Women Employees in Working Life in the Context of Turkey” (Business Administration — Master’s)
2019
5) Farahnaz RAHMANI — “Gender and Migration from Afghanistan: Women’s Empowerment and Migration Analysis” (Sociology — Master’s)
6) Iyayi ROLAND — “Gender Inequality in African Politics: The Case of Nigeria Between 1999–2015” (Political Science — Master’s) (= Political Science; Sociology)
7) Gamze TEKİN — “The Relationship Between Gender Roles, Marital Adjustment, and Life Satisfaction in Married Women” (Psychology — Master’s)
8) Yıltan KAHRAMAN — “Analysis of the Phenomenon of Gender in Children’s Plays Staged at Istanbul City Theatres in the 2017–2018 Season” (Stage and Visual Arts — Master’s)
9) Pelin HAYMANA — “The Relationship Between Gender Roles and Women’s Perception of Well-Being” (Psychology — Master’s)
10) Hamdi A.S. JARADA — “A Psychoanalysis of Three Female Characters in Alfred Hitchcock’s Films from a Patriarchal Perspective” (English Language and Literature — Master’s)
11) Nuran KIR — “The Reflection of Female Madness in the Novels The Woman in White and Lady Audley’s Secret” (English Language and Literature — Master’s)
12) Tomris KARDEŞ ALPER — “Post-colonial Effects, Male–Female Relations, and Parent–Child Relations in Hanif Kureishi’s ‘With Your Tongue Down My Throat’ and ‘My Son the Fanatic’” (English Language and Literature — Master’s)
13) Seda ESMER — “Women’s Entrepreneurship in Turkey and Iran” (Business Administration — Master’s)
14) Elvan KAYIKCİ — “The Coordination of Pre-Assigned Duties of Female Gender in George Eliot’s Adam Bede and The Mill on the Floss” (English Language and Literature — Master’s)
15) Ziauddin MERZA — “The Place and Importance of Social Media in Women’s Entrepreneurship” (Business Administration — Master’s)
16) Sema TAŞKESENLİOĞLU — “An Examination of the Relationship Between Women School Administrators’ Leadership Behavior Levels and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction” (Education — Master’s)
17) Melike TOKUR — “Women’s Participation in Municipalities: The Case of Turkey” (Political Science — Master’s)
18) Emek YILMAZ — “Women in Suat Derviş’s Novels” (Turkish Language and Literature — Master’s)
19) Pınar YURTSEVEN — “Female Protagonists in Samiha Ayverdi’s Stories and Novels” (Turkish Language and Literature — Master’s)
20) Sibel ALTUNKILIÇ — “Evaluation of the Effect of Socio-Cultural Differences on Quality of Work Life from the Perspective of White-Collar Women Employees: A Study from the Retail Sector” (Labor Economics and Industrial Relations — Master’s)
21) İlknur AKBULUT — “Female Characters in Turkish Theatre Texts of the Tanzimat Period” (Stage and Visual Arts — Master’s)
22) Gamze İLKE — “The Relationship Between Workplace Mobbing of Women Academics Working at Istanbul Foundation (Vakıf) Universities and Their Job Performance” (Education — Master’s)
23) Mine KARACA — “Female Protagonists in Peyami Safa’s Novels” (Turkish Language and Literature — Master’s)
24) Gamze EVİN — “Women-Friendly Cities Project and the Bursa Case” (Public Administration — Master’s)
2018
25) Simge KILIÇ — “The Relationship Between Negative Automatic Thoughts and Gender Roles in Individuals with Orthopedic Disabilities” (Psychology — Master’s)
26) Özlem ÖZEL — “A Structuralist and Deconstructionist Reading of the Female Characters in D.H. Lawrence’s ‘The Horse Dealer’s Daughter’ and Hemingway’s ‘Hills Like White Elephants’” (English Language and Literature — Master’s)
27) Sedef GÜZELYURT — “Possible Paths to Women’s Freedom in the Early Twentieth Century” (English Language and Literature — PhD)
28) Çelik EKMEKÇİ — “The Power of the Female Body in Angela Carter’s Works” (English Language and Literature — PhD)
29) Vasfiye SAKMAN — “She-Devil: The Expression of Edgar Allan Poe’s Hidden Fears” (English Language and Literature — Master’s)
30) Türkan ÇANKAYA — “Professional Competence Perceptions of Women Administrators Affiliated with the Ministry of National Education” (Educational Sciences — Master’s)
31) Cengiz ÇEVİK — “Woman as the Plot-Builder in Comedies with Traditional Turkish Theatre Motifs and Three Model Plays: Seven Husbands for Hürmüz, Kanlı Nigar, The Gentleman of Istanbul” (Stage and Visual Arts — Master’s)
32) Ulviya BABAYEVA — “A Study on Women’s Identity in the 2015 Election Campaigns of Azerbaijan and Turkey: The Cases of the Justice and Development Party and the New Azerbaijan Party” (Public Relations — Master’s)
Before 2018, eight theses titled Women and Gender were completed in the departments of Advertising, Business Administration, and English Language and Literature.