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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Crucial Issue for the Enlargement Process of the  European Union: “Turkey”]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The probable accession of Turkey to European Union has been widely  discussed for last decade. Some thinkers believe that further enlargement  of the European Union will harm the harmony of the current structure. If  we use the realist point of view here, we can say that it is a controversial  issue to accept Turkey as a member of EU, due to the fact that each  member states seeks its benefits and agree on issues, if there is a mutual  gain. Even though there is general agreement among the member states  that Turkey is an important strategic partner and should be closely  associated with the EU, the full membership of Turkey to EU raised deep  skepticism in member states due to the perceived costs of Turkey’s  membership to EU. This skepticism prolonged the membership process of  Turkey. However, throughout the new developments and events especially  in the area of economy, Turkey came into prominence again. Yet, it is still  overwhelming to acknowledge that Turkey is ready to full membership  because there are tough problems such as unsolved Kurdish issue,  economic stability etc.  In this paper, I will utilize from two significant international relations  theories: Intergovernmentalism and Neofunctionalism. Then I will do the  single-country study and analyses Turkey’s circumstances with the  framework of these two theories. In this single country study, I will explain  the Westernization process of Turkey since 1923 and I will continue with  three perspectives which give form to perceptions of Turkey in the foreign  policy. After this, I will calculate the benefits and costs of the membership  both from EU and Turkey.  Keywords: Turkey-EU Relations, Realism, Intergovernmentalism,  Neofunctionalism, Unanimity, Supranational Institutions, EU Enlargement  Process]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1555]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Current Situation of Citrus in the World and Turkish Markets]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Turkey is among the leading countries in the world in citrus  production as far as its geographical position and its ecological properties are  concerned. In 2008 data indicate a global world citrus production of  122.087.751 tonnes, 22.019.156 tonnes of which is produced by China, with  Brasil second with a production of 20.774.752 tonnes, the USA third with  11.692.770 tonnes, Turkey ninth with 3.026.940 tonnes. About 47.2% of this  production is represented by oranges, 25% mandarins, 22% lemons, 5.5%  grapefruit. Citrus constitutes 23.6% of total fruit production and 35.4% of total  exports of Turkey. Citrus is produced mainly in Mediterranean and Aegean  regions and partially in East Black Sea region in Turkey. The study has  evaluated the current situation of citrus in the World and Turkish markets,  common varieties associated.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[357]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Day-of-the-Week Effect in the Saudi Stock Exchange: A Non-Linear Garch Analysis]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[It is a well-known fact that the day-of-the-week effect in stock markets is one of the most  prominent puzzling seasonal anomalies in finance and has been increasingly attracting attention  from researchers and practitioners, as well as academics. This paper scrutinizes the day-of-theweek effect in the emerging equity market of Saudi Arabia, TADAWUL. By using a non-linear GARCH model and covering the data from January 2001 to December 2009, the findings of the study reveal that the returns on the five trading days follow different process. This confirms that mean daily returns are  ignificantly different from each other and validates the day-of-the-week effect in TADAWUL.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-01]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1051]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 1986 – 8502     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Democracy Education at Schools and Pre-service Teachers’ Observations to the Democratic Attitudes and Behaviors in School]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In this research, the evaluation of approaches and implementations of democratic  attitudes and behaviors in schools has been aimed. To achieve this purpose, the pre-service  teachers’, who has gone to primary and high school for teaching practice in Çanakkale (Turkey) in  2005-2006, observation reports have been used. Schools are the laboratories where the democracy  culture and conscious are composed. In democratic systems, schools are the important  organizations for teaching democracy. Democracy education should be taught as theoretical and  practical. Democracy is a life philosophy. So, the knowledge of democratic values and attitudes is  not enough, it has to be transferred to life. Education has importance on democracy than training.  The approaches and implementations that related with democratic attitudes and behaviors can be  differentiated in many times. When democratic values are accepted in generally, there is been up  against lacks of implementations. This study’s importance is the comparing and describing of  similarities and differences between democratic approach and implementation in schools through  pre-service teachers’ observations and discussing on methods about democracy education. The  universe of research is composed of primary and high schools in the Çanakkale City Center. The  sample is defined randomly from schools that pre-service teachers have gone for practicing. The  reports, that pre-service teachers wrote as composition, has been analyzed using content analyze.  According to pre-service teachers, there are significant differences between democratic  attitudes/behaviors and practicing in schools.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[363]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/741">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Determinants of Tourist Arrivals at NUTSIII Level in Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Tourism is one of the key sectors in the regional economic growth and development. Especially countries, which have coastal areas, historical places and famous cultural events -like Olympics, Carnivals, Film Festivals etc.- experience high tourism turnovers and hence some other macroeconomic benefits. Particularly, the typical kinds of these macroeconomic benefits that governments can expect from tourism include; earning foreign currency and making a positive contribution to the balance of payments; developing the services sector and contributing to the gross domestic product; attracting inward investment and income multiplier effects; and employment creation. Consequently, tourism has a key importance in both national and regional economies. By taking into account these macroeconomic impacts of tourism sector, the main aims of this study are to analyze the determinants of tourist arrivals at NUTSIII level in Turkey and to make policy recommendations for regional authorities in order to enhance tourism sector in their regions.    In this respect, in the first section of this study, the role and importance of tourism sector in regional economic growth and development are explained and some key statistics about the issue are given. In the second section, a spatial panel data analysis is conducted for the period of 2000 - 2010 and the empirical results are interpreted.  Lastly, in the third section, by following the empirical results, some policy recommendations for the regional administrations are made. This study makes some contributions to the related literature because of the fact that, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first study examining the determinants of tourist arrivals at NUTSIII level in Turkey by using spatial econometric methods.    Keywords: Tourism, regional economics, spatial econometrics, Turkey]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2495]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/3223">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Determination of Macro and Micro Elements Uptake from Soil by  Different Densities of Corn Poppy (papaver rhoeas l.) Causing Damage on  Wheat]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The present study was conducted in order to determine the macro and  micro elements uptake from the soil by corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas L.) depending  on its existence in different densities.The study was carried out on Karahan-99 type  wheat-cultivated field in Ardıçlı Village (arid) of central Selcuklu Konya in  2007.The trial was carried out having corn poppy problem on wheat cultivated  fields which exemplified the Province of Konya. During the trial, each of the plots  was allocated as 1 m2 and the trial layout consisted of random plots with four  repetitions. The number of corn poppy in the plots was determined as 1, 3, 5, 7  number/m2. At the harvesting time, corn poppy samples were taken to the  laboratory. After the necessary pre-treatments were analysed. Depending on the  increasing corn poppy numbers, it was determined to uptake more macro and micro  elements from the soil (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Na, S, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu) (P&lt;0,01).]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[466]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Determination of Prolactin Gene Polymorphism Using PCR-RFLP  Method within Indigenous Anatolian Water Buffalo and Brown Swiss]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The objective of this research was to determine the prolactin gene  polymorphism within Indigenous Anatolian Water Buffalo breed and Brown Swiss  cattle by using PCR-RFLP method. Experimental material for this study consists of 45  Indigenous Anatolian Water Buffalo breed and 30 Brown Swiss cattle. According to the  research evidence, Indigenous Anatolian Water Buffalo breed was monomorphic at the  exon 3 PRL-RsaI loci. On the other hand, the polymorphism association with exon 3  PRL-RsaI loci detected in Brown Swiss cattle. The allelic frequencies (A, B) in Brown  Swiss cattle were 0.82 and 0.18, respectively. The genotype frequencies of AA and AB  were 0.63 and 0.37, respectively. The BB genotype was not found in the present study.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[362]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Determination Of The Economic Results And Income Distribution Of The Wheat Farms In Central Anatolia Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The purpose of this study is to determine the economic results and income  distribution of wheat producers in Middle Anatolia Region. The data used in this study was  collected from farms selected by random sampling among 20 villages of wheat producers in  Konya and Ankara province. The data belongs to the 2006-2007 production years. The  average size of all farms was 250.30 decare. The owned land covered the 63.55 % of the total  area. The average number of fields per farm 8.03 and the average size of each field is 31.17  decare. Arable area occupied 94.25 % of total land. About 76.46 % of gross production was  obtained from plant production and 23.54 % animal production. Income distribution of the  farms was detailed by agricultural income, total family income and per capita family income.  It was determined that per capita agricultural average income was 1 808.7 TL, and the average  agricultural family income was 2 211.1 TL. Gini ratio of the agricultural income was found  0.358 .  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2009-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[166]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/2920">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Determination of University Selection Based Upon Analytic Hierarchy  Process]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The most important factor in career planning of a person is to direct him depending  upon his features. The best way of choosing career is to compare the wishes of a person with the  requirements of that career so that he can decide the best one. Particularly, those who think to have  a university education for their careers come across difficulties while deciding on their career path  on account of the fact that the global world can offer various opportunities for education in a great  many places. The student must choose by taking into account some criteria. As an example,  several factors play a crucial role in this process such as the academic success of the university, the  working opportunities provided, the distance of the university to the hometown of the student, the  economic status of that city, the facilities of accommodation. Considering all these factors, the  student should give an optimal decision. In this context, the common decision including both the  personal different opinions and convincing for all is strongly needed. AHP (Analytic Hierarchy  Process) has gained a very big momentum at these kind of situations.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[269]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/655">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Development of Environmental Taxes and Environmental Public Expenditures in Turkey Comparing Member Countries of the European Union]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study investigates the causes of the environmental pollution, such as gas emission which causes the global warming. Then we examined the legal aspect of reducing environmental pollution, especially the most comprehensive international agreement the Kyoto Protocol. As a study case we examined the environmental expenditures, trends of the environmental policies, the development of environmental policy instruments (trend), and the structure of the environmental taxes for the years studied from year 2000 until 2011, then we compared Turkey and European Union.  The purpose of the study was to investigate how the public environmental expenditures and environmental taxes changed in Turkey and EU since 2000 until 2011. Another purpose of the study was the relationship between the public environmental expenditures and environmental taxes. In this study authors used secondary data in the large extent. The data collection for environmental tax revenues and the environmental expenditures was derived from European statistics agency.   According to our findings the environmental expenditures did not exceed the 1 % of GDP.  Despite the international agreements, the majority of countries have not increased the environmental expenditures, and also the general trend of environmental tax ratios have not increased significantly. The average of the environmental tax ratios are approximately 2.5% of GDP. Even though those countries have applied environmental taxes, they did not spend for the environmental protection. This means that those tax revenues are being used for public funding purposes.  Keywords: Environmental Pollution, Climate Change, Environmental Tax Revenues, Environmental Public Expenditure, International Environmental Agreements.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2477]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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