Uyuşmazlık Analizi ve Çözümü master programı öğrencilerimizden Pelin Baş, Ekin Ok ve Yevgeniya Ovsiyenko, 22-23 Ekim 2010 tarihleri arasında University of Massachusetts Boston'da düzenlenecek olan "Biennial Conflict Studies Conference"'ta makalelerini sunacaklardır.
Öğrencilerimizin sunumlarının başlıklarını ve özetlerini aşağıda bulabilirsiniz.
Öğrencilerimize başarılar dileriz.
Ekin Ok
Title: The "Kurdish Question" in Turkey: How has it become a 'Prisoner's Dilemma' ?
Abstract: This paper
takes an analytical approach to Turkey's most important and protracted internal
conflict, namely “the Kurdish Issue”, by attempting to explain it with regard
to the well-known model of Prisoner’s Dilemma. It illustrates how the
escalation process of the conflict can be explained with the nature of the
Prisoner’s Dilemma by referring to specific examples, and also employs the
socio-psychological theories of conflict to elucidate the reasons for its
perpetuation.
Yevgeniya Ovsiyenko
Title: The Sources Of Social Conflict: An Analytical
Perspective
Abstract:
The
question about the essential causes of social conflict is one of key debates in
conflict analysis and is the focus of the present essay. Two main thought
currents are specifically considered: the contingency and the inherency
theories. Both have considerable influence and are rooted in intellectual
traditions; at the same time, their findings can ontologically be combined to
increase their explanative power.
Pelin Baş
Title: Turkey’s Kurdish Question from Conflict Resolution Perspective
Abstract: Ever since Kurdish question emerged in the process of
nationalization and independence movements in Ottoman Empire, it has been one
of the most challenging issues for Turkey, by being associated with different
problems in different decades. In 1980s, it was a terrorism problem for Turkey.
By the end of 1990s, it started to be viewed as an issue of human rights and
cultural rights of minorities, especially with the recognition of Turkey as a
candidate for European Union. Today, as the issue is being discussed under
“Turkish Opening”, referring to the democratization process, it is now being
considered as an issue of rights. Throughout this process, with the changing
identifications, the matter of discussion has also changed, evolved, and the
issues mushroomed. In this paper, along with the ongoing discussions about the
“opening process” by Turkish government, current situation of the Kurdish
question is also being examined.
