| In the hunt for the "sultans of smack:" dope, gangsters and the construction of the Turkish deep state. | This article traces the development and evolution of the Turkish heroin trade against the backdrop of the Republic of Turkey's long transition from imperial core to nation-state. In taking up heroin's relationship to modern Turkey, I would like to specifically explore the meaning and manifestations of what many inside and outside of academia have called the "deep state." Heroin, I argue, was and is one of the most vital enablers of the factional "deep state" rivalries that compete for power in A ... | 2011 | 22081838 |
| dental students' knowledge and attitudes towards cone beam computed tomography in turkey. | the aim of this study was to evaluate students' knowledge and attitudes regarding cone beam ct (cbct). | 2011 | 21960402 |
| predictors of coping in a group of turkish patients with physical disability. | aim and objective. to describe coping strategies used and determine the influence of demographic/health-related variables and perceived social support to the prediction of coping strategies in patients with physical disabilities. background. the period of psychosocial adaptation following a physical disability is very stressful. the use of effective coping strategies may be helpful in adapting to disability. however, no information is available about the coping strategies used by turkish patie ... | 2011 | 21999242 |
| comprehensibility of traffic signs among urban drivers in turkey. | traffic signs are commonly used traffic safety tools, mainly developed to provide crucial information in a short time to support safe drive; but the success depends on their comprehensibility by the drivers. also, a sudden change in the traditionally used and accepted signs can cause significant safety problem, as in the case of cancellation of red oblique bars in 2004 as a part of the european union harmonization process of turkey. having a severe traffic safety problem in turkey, a need to ass ... | 2012 | 22269494 |
| the effects of parental attitudes and mothers' psychological well-being on the emotional and behavioral problems of their preschool children. | the aim of the present study was to examine the association between emotional and behavioral problems in preschool children and maternal attitudes. the predictor variables were parental attitudes, maternal depression and anxiety symptoms. our sample consisted of the mothers of 204 preschool children attending different preschools in ankara, turkey. mothers were asked to complete the parental attitude research instrument, the beck depression inventory, the trait anxiety inventory, and the child-b ... | 2012 | 22273835 |