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The research aims to determine the frequency of online shopping addiction among young people studying at university and to offer solutions within the scope of social work practices. The research was conducted using the general survey model. The sample was selected by stratified sampling method and consists of a total of 300 students. A questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The questionnaire includes personal information form and Bergen Shopping Addiction Scale. According to the findings of the study, it was determined that there was a significant relationship between mother's education level and online shopping addiction. It was determined that online shopping addiction was seen more frequently in individuals with a high level of maternal education. The study also showed that the frequency of arguments with family and friends affected the level of online shopping addiction. It was concluded that the discussions with family and friends increased with the increase in the level of addiction. It was also determined that individuals receiving psychiatric treatment were at higher risk for online shopping addiction. In conclusion, this study emphasises that online shopping addiction among young people is an important issue and that awareness should be raised in the field of social work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relationship between the one who leads and the one who follows is a relationship based on responsibility and guidance. Good, beautiful and right-centred exchange is an important and non-negligible truth for the individual and society in particular and for the healthy process of humanity in general. The responsible behaviour of the former is directly dependent on the existence of the latter. The human being, who decides on the responsibility, which no being has the courage to accept, with his own will, must fulfil the responsibility he has assumed as long as he carries life. Especially those who see it as a matter of a responsible artist like Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, who has lived the twentieth century almost from beginning to end, who has witnessed the positive and negative events of the century, to take care of both the world and the hereafter responsibility of the trusted generation coming from behind, cannot exhibit a ‘what’s in it for me’ attitude. Necip Fazıl, whose sole purpose of his art and life is to raise youth, lists his ideas about the qualities with which the children of a nation can remain on the stage of history in his Address to Youth. Knowing is the most accurate step to protect. Then, he lists the material and spiritual virtues of the youth in front of him. He describes the situation the youth is in and reveals what they know and do right and what they know and do wrong. He makes suggestions on many subjects ranging from social and historical responsibility to individual and social structuring. He emphasises that whatever has been taught in the name of history and civilisation up to that time should be approached with suspicion. He enumerates the steps to be taken by the individual as the smallest but most important part of the society, regardless of the conditions and the outcome of the events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The complexity of demographic structures resulting from changes and transformations in the modernization process has precipitated numerous crises worldwide. Confronted with various challenges, humans have devised methods to address the crises and suffering they encounter. Spiritual counseling, stemming from studies at the intersection of psychology and religion, has garnered significant attention on the global stage in recent years. In this context, the Presidency of Religious Affairs establishes new visions and assumes new missions to address the evolving needs and challenges both globally and within our country. This study delves into the significance and objectives of spiritual counseling practices for young people conducted by the Presidency of Religious Affairs in higher education student dormitories and youth centers. Additionally, it examines and evaluates the challenges faced by young individuals during this pivotal period, as reflected upon by spiritual counselors. In the qualitative research study, conducted in five provinces situated in the western Black Sea region, the questions and challenges of youth were scrutinized through the lens of spiritual counselors. These were analyzed under four main categories. It has been observed that young individuals seek guidance on various religious matters, and spiritual counselors play a crucial role in providing support and counsel to them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In his memoir Magellan, Stefan Zweig, while explaining the reasons for writing a book, states that "sometimes curiosity drives one to write". In Türkiye, too, there are many works on youth that are caused by academic curiosity. Therefore, youth in Türkiye has been analyzed by many disciplines in terms of literature. The diversity of literature ranges from psychology to sociology, biology to political science. What is striking in almost all of the works is that youth is accepted as a given concept. In this case, there is almost no conceptual discussion of youth in the books analyzed. The common feature of the literature in studies that can be evaluated within political science is the construction of youth as a subject. When the youth literature is evaluated in terms of the subject dimension, it reveals different construction data between 1930-1960, 1960-1980 and 1980-2010. In this study, we have tried to analyze the discourse on construction developed by books with youth as the subject. However, this study analyzes publications in which construction as a subject can be traced, while excluding studies outside the field, such as medicine or biology. When it comes to youth as a subject, the concept is evaluated not a priori but on the axis of subject-power relations. In this way, the process of defining youth as a subject on the axis of power was evaluated and expectations were tried to be revealed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research focuses on how young people experience volunteering in public youth centers and how they make sense of volunteering in their own lives, depending on their youth identity, within a historical, factual, and conceptual framework. In this direction, which profiles of youth are the ones engaged in volunteering and in what ways, with which motivations they reach the volunteering activities, and which material and moral benefits they receive in their lives by doing volunteering activities are studied through social capital theory. In the research, semistructured interviews were conducted with 16 young people between the ages of 17-30 who participated in volunteering activities at the Alsancak Havagazı Youth Center affiliated with the local government in İzmir. Participant observation was conducted for five months in the research, and active participation was developed through different roles in the activities. Böhnisch's concept of "coping with life" aimed to examine how young people's experience of volunteering provided them comfort. The research showed that young people who could participate more often, depending on their living conditions, can derive more meaningful benefits from the relevant activities in the youth center and that the volunteering activities carried out in the youth center allow for differentiation of young people as "project producers" and "project beneficiaries." This situation is explained by Bourdieu's concept of "reproduction". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Humans are constantly changing and transforming. It is unthinkable to get away from these changes or to escape their effects. Religion is one of the institutions that affect people in the social sphere. The individual's way of looking at the world includes the idea of belief that he creates in the world of mind. The institution of religion is the most important factor that affects people, and therefore society, in a deep and broad framework. However, the individual; In order to reveal the world of meaning he is in, he has some interactions in social life. The aim of this study is to reveal the effects of religion on young people studying at university on their practical, social, daily life, socio-cultural life and individual preferences. In this study, an online questionnaire study with random sampling was applied to one hundred participants over the age of 18 who received university education in Eskişehir in the 2021-2022 academic year. As a result, we can say that religion affects the social life of the individual in many ways and we should consider the existence of its influence on the sociality he is in. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A research was conducted to determine the attitudes, behaviors and sensitivities of young people studying in three faculties at Adıyaman University regarding social problems. Youth, especially university youth, are at a stage where they are making their final preparations to enter life. Therefore, their views and evaluations on social problems should be emphasized. It is important what and how much the youth know about the society they live in. In addition, taking their opinions into consideration will lead to a motivation in their work. Because the youth is the period when communication conflicts are experienced the most. The main reason for communication conflicts or disconnections is that the parties do not define social phenomena and events in the same way. Therefore, there are differences between the attitudes and behaviors of young people in the face of an event and the attitudes and behaviors of adults. The main population of the study consists of young people aged 18 and over studying at Adıyaman University. The sample was determined according to the stratified sampling technique in accordance with the criteria of representing the universe. 529 questionnaires were applied and the study is an explanatory field research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study basically tried to understand how young people approach to fortune-telling behavior. The data obtained from 13 fortune-tellers through in-depth interviews were classified under 4 themes: which profile young people go to fortune-tellers, what young people talk about with fortune-tellers, young people's expectations from fortune-tellers, and fortune-tellers' place in the world of young people. Accordingly, while there is a sociodemographically diverse profile among young people who go to fortune-tellers, it has been determined that young people who are defined as anxious, curious and depressed come to the fore. On the other hand, it has been determined that young people usually conduct interviews with fortune-tellers on love relationships, family problems, future concerns and career. Besides, according to fortune-tellers, young people go to fortune-tellers to satisfy their curiosity, to consult, to be approved, and to talk. In addition, it has been understood that fortune tellers are important and influential people in the lives of young people. The data obtained suggest that fortune-telling behavior can be seen as an expression of young people seeking counseling and psychological support. Therefore, it points out the importance of effective youth work that will meet the needs of young people in this direction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nations have great poets and they, with these poets, continue their traditions and arrange their future. Ali Shir Nevāyî, who had planted the Turkish flag on the bastions of the fifteenth century, is one of the important poets and thinkers of Turkish literature in terms of the continuation of the tradition and establishment of the future. His success in poetry not only depends on his perfection but also on his deepness in meanings, simplicity, and originality in conveying his thoughts. First of all, he blended the human heritage of Sufism with Turkish thought and was able to put forward an understanding of people who could be an example for those who came after him. The concept of the old age and youth, which are periods of human life, is also at the top of the issues that he frequently touches upon with the idea of finding this human being. Nevāyî sees youth as an important period that should be valued. According to him, youth should not be wasted. Since old age is considered a period of maturity with the change of physical characteristics, worship and piety, are also perceived as years of distancing from people. Nevāyî is a poet who has been able to reflect the wrong aspects of the society, he makes these topics as a subject of criticism in his poems. In his poems, situations such as the emulation of the elderly to the young and the desire to be with them, which were common in his time, were criticized with original metaphors and analogies, and the funny situations of the elderly who did not behave appropriately were also discussed. In this study, the examples identified in Nevāyî's works and his view of youth and old age will be examined by considering them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research mainly examines the importance of the intersected places that are crucial in the daily life of young migrants from a sociological perspective. This group is different from other migrant groups because they are both in transition from childhood to adulthood and the changes in the routine of the host country. As a theoretical discussion, this paper examines intertwined places in their daily life and looks at their migration experiences by adding a spatiality perspective. To cover all dimensions and understand better youth experiences, which are underestimated in migration studies, youth migrant identity will be examined by focusing mainly on four different intersected places that are education (training centers or universities), home, workplace, and street/ public space. Their encounters there and their various experiences of them by combining with their backgrounds produce translocational positionalities in their everyday life. As a result, different from other researches, by examining the interconnected dynamics of many locations, this study helps to comprehend the experiences of young migrants from a holistic viewpoint. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cinema, which was included in social life as an art and entertainment tool at the end of the 19th century, gained a mass dimension in a short time. Cinema, which was the most preferred entertainment tool for the middle and lower classes in that period, also caused anxiety and worries in some social segments. Especially conservative social groups claimed that crime, violence, sexuality, alcohol and cigarette consumption were represented in an encouraging way in movies. As these concerns deepened and became widespread, public and non-governmental organizations had to take some steps in this regard. In the United States, between 1929 and 1932, a research series called Motion Pictures and Youth: The Payne Fund Studies was conducted in cooperation with the Motion Picture Research Council and the Payne Research and Experiment Fund, focusing on the effects of cinema on the behavior of children and youth. The results of this research series have been published in twelve reports. According to the results of the research, cinema has turned into an important tool in the formation of attitudes and behaviors of children and young people, and cinema causes behavioral disorders and sleep problems in children. After the reports of the research were published, heavy censorship policies were implemented in the United States of America. This series, which is one of the most comprehensive and influential studies in the history of film studies, has also inspired many researches in the following periods. Our study, which focuses on Payne Fund Studies within the framework of paradigm, method, content and results, is a descriptive study based on literature review and aims to contribute to the sociology of cinema by increasing the visibility of Payne Fund Studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to examine the reactions of university students toward victimization of dating violence and their coping strategies. The research was conducted with 475 students studying at Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Letters. 174 male and 301 female students participated in the study. The participants' mean age was ±21. In the study based on a correlational model, a personal information form and a questionnaire prepared by the researchers were used. The chi-square test of independence was performed in the data analysis. According to the findings, the level of the participants' dating violence victimization was high, and the most common type of violence among them was psychological violence. Those who were exposed to violence in dating relationships did not think of continuing their relationship in the future. While male victims preferred to leave the place where they were at the time of violence, women performed the actions of "responding," "yelling," and "asking for help" more. Unlike female victims, male victims tended not to report the violence they had experienced. Men preferred to remain silent about their dating violence victimization due to the fear of being labeled. However, women preferred to remain silent about violence because they did not want their environment to hear about the violence they had experienced. Finally, while female students reported dating violence frequently to law enforcement agencies, males preferred to share it with their family and friends more frequently. In both groups, the rate of those who would apply to social services was low, while women thought of applying to these institutions more often than men. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Youth is the most dynamic and exciting period of human life. Dynamism and excitement, which are the characteristics of this period, are factors that multiply the effects of positive and negative thoughts, goals and actions in young people. Young people should be guided towards positive goals that will make them happy, without falling into harmful and bad habits that result in addiction. One of these goals should be to have a career, and the other and more importantly, to adopt an understanding of life based on moral values and benevolence. In order to achieve these two goals, it is necessary for young people to receive a manners-centered education. It has always been desired for young people to be individuals who are aware of their servitude, are morally equiped, are free from harmful habits and are useful for the public. In this regard, an understanding that can guide today’s youth can be adapted from mysticism thoughts. Based on this idea, this article will first focus on the importance of futuwwa principles in Sufi books for raising compassionate, brave and benevolent young people. After that, attention will be drawn to the benefit of the principle of “halvet der encümen”, in other words, “to be with God in public” in directing the youth to goodness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The pandemic, which started in Wuhan, China at the end of 2019 and caused a long-term and multifaceted chaos by spreading all over the world, deeply affected the social, cultural and economic lives of countries, especially in terms of health. The measures and restrictions put on the agenda of the countries have been of interest to young people as well as to all age groups. In this context, the study was conducted in order to understand the spatial, social, cultural, physical and psychological difficulties faced by young people, who had to take a break from formal education for about two years with the emergence of the coronavirus and continue their education on the digital platform based on their experiences. The data of the research conducted for this purpose were obtained by applying semi-structured interview forms to 100 university students studying in different faculties and classes of Pamukkale University in Denizli to understand their experiences about pandemic. It is significant to understand the traces of the pandemic, which causes young people, who have a critical importance in the development of the society, to move away from their socialization channels (education, social activities, friendships, professional experiences) based on their experiences. In this context, the young people interviewed were asked questions to understand their future expectations, the impact of the pandemic on physical and mental health, time management and leisure styles at home during the quarantine period, behind the scenes of the problems related to distance education, family dynamics, problems related to the use of common space and ways to deal with the pandemic and the main problematic of the research was tried to be analyzed with a qualitative research design. According to the findings of the study, it has been revealed that the distance education process is insufficient compared to the face-to-face education where an interaction is established in the classroom environment, this situation reduces the efficiency and motivation in the lessons, the students become alienated from professional skills, their distance from socializing channels reinforces their feeling of loneliness and being stuck in a space together makes the conflicts between generations more visible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increasing use of the internet and smartphones, especially with the pandemic, has led people to spend more time on different platforms. In the researches, it has been revealed that individuals especially youths actively use search engines such as Google, which facilitate the access to information as well as social media platforms such as Facebook (Fb), Instagram, Twitter. In fact, the expressions of "Molla Google" and "Hazreti Google" indicate its extensive usage among youth. However, it is difficult to say that the opportunities offered by the mass communication tools brought by the information age can always be used favorable and correctly. As a matter of fact, the question of what is the extent of the influence of the virtual world on the new meanings that can be attributed to values, especially change and degeneration in values, occupies the minds. Therefore, the problem of identification with values caused by this change, which has attracted attention in young people in recent years, is one of the issues that draw attention in researches. It is argued that the youth's relations with their families and their environment weakened and they became asocial, and at the same time they have become socialized in the virtual world; values such as respect, love and tolerance have been shaken. In this respect, the studies on the effects of the content provided by the virtual world on the youth's value perceptions were analyzed. Related articles were classified under two themes. The first of these themes is "youth, religion and digital media". The second is "youth, value and digital media". 26 of the articles on youth, internet, religion and value published through the DergiPark system in the last ten years (2010-2020) have been evaluated from the religious education perspective by using the literature review method. Almost all of the studies (with the exception of one) are field studies that present qualitative and quantitative data. In these studies, it was observed that the use of digital media for religious purposes in the relationship between youth, religion and value, marginalization, love-hate-cyberbullying, and privacy as well as internet addiction problem were examined. The borderremoving structure of digital media affects the value perception and hierarchy of youth, but it creates an environment of competition and choice besides information pollution. As a result of the researches, it has been revealed that the opportunities offered by digital media may cause fluctuations in the value perception levels. In this context, the problem of supervision of technological tools that bring education and entertainment together, security risks and erroneous learning caused by misinformation, along with being exposed to pornography, images and advertisements in which violence and bad habits are normalized can cause many psychological, social, especially religious and moral problems. Therefore, it can be said that there is a need for new studies that will more clearly identify the value degeneration and for new contents of Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge (RCMK) course that will raise awareness of the youth against these problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article comparatively examines the perceptions and attitudes of young people who define themselves as Islamists and those who do not define themselves as such, towards the phenomenon of sect. The research targets the 17-35 age group that uses social media. The research was conducted through survey, a data collection tool commonly used from quantitative research techniques. The survey, which was launched among young people using social media during the pandemic period, was popularized by the snowball technique. Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Mail, such as internet and social media tools to reach the target audience, 1000 young people were targeted to conduct surveys. But despite all efforts, the number of respondents was limited to 778. Some of the participants were not included in the assessment process in the survey because they were over 35 years of age. Women (31 percent) are less represented in the research group compared to men (69 percent). The average age of the youth is 24 and singles constitute the majority. In terms of education, high school and university youth are more dominant. From this point of view, it is understandable that their income levels are low. Most of the young people have spent a significant part of their lives in provinces and big cities (72 percent), and still 74 percent of them live in such settlements. This means that in this study, mostly the religious identities and sectarian attitudes of urban youth are examined. When the views of young people participating in the study on sects are analyzed, it can be said that Islamist youth are more conservative and traditional compared to others. Non-Islamic youth criticize sects on many issues and believe that it will be particularly beneficial to benefit from other sects. In this sense, non-Islamist youth diverge from traditional views and are thrown into a position where society can worry. All these findings show that sects are not taboo among young people (especially non-Islamist youth), but are now a controversial issue. However, these findings do not mean that young people always have clear opinions about the phenomenon of sectarianism. Although they see sects as human formations and differentiation, they do not look favorably on the issue of updating them in our age. At this point, it can be said that there is a tendency to taboo sects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: This study aims to determine the prevalence of self-medication practice among university students in Turkey and the effective factors and self-medication practices. Methods: To conduct a descriptive cross-sectional study, this study was conducted with 494 undergraduate students selected through a stratified random weight-proportional sample. The students were asked to fill in a self-report questionnaire form including introductory characteristics and self-medication practices. Analyses were carried out using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of self-medication at any time was determined to be 81.6% (n=403). The prevalence of self-medication was 84.9% in females and 75.6% in males (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.2-3.3, p=0.005). Of the participants, 27.5% (n=111) bought the medication by their own preferences and experiences. The most common self-medication symptoms of the participants were headache (90.8%). Self-medication drug groups were in the form of analgesics in 95.9% (n=259) of females and 93.2% (n=123) of males. The prevalence of antibiotic self-medication was 9.5% in the self-medication group and 7.7% for all participants. Due to self-medication, 8.2% (n=33) of the students experienced an adverse effect at any time. The students in the self-medication group believed that there would not be serious adverse effects caused by the OTC drugs even if they caused adverse effects (30.5%) or that they would not cause any adverse effects (3.8%). Conclusions: Self-medication is a common behavior among university students, with higher rates in females. Students practice this largely by relying on their previous experiences. They mostly prefer medicines previously given by their physicians for similar conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to new technological developments in the world, societies have difficulties in protecting and maintaining their own cultural assets. Values transferred to young individuals through family and education can become significantly ineffective due to the incorrect and excessive use of digital information. Thanks to the opportunity to access all kinds of information and data provided by the Internet, communication and interaction between individuals worldwide has accelerated. It is an undeniable fact that different platforms on the internet have an impact on young individuals having different preferences and priorities than the previous generation. Societies, and especially young individuals, have come under the influence of internet culture because they do not have the necessary knowledge, value judgment and moral understanding due to insufficient and ineffective education and acculturation. This article examines the values that young people adopt under the influence of YouTube platforms in a world where digital information is rapidly transforming, and analyzes the differences between traditional and modern understandings. In the article, the positive and negative behavior and thought patterns that Youtube platforms contribute to young generations are evaluated, and how the value judgments of young people are reshaped through Youtube channels in line with the answers given by the followers of some selected Youtube channels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study that discusses the family values of the university youth is a quantitative study based on survey pattern to find out the structure of the family and the possible forms in the future in Turkey. The family structure and values tend to differentiate in Turkey with the process of globalization. Especially in the last years, alternative family models have appeared and been discussed so there has been changes in family values. In the study, the traces of this transformation have been analyzed through the university youth that is the most dynamic and most-affected group of the society by it. Family values has been evaluated by thirteen different criteria: relatives, mother-child relationship, sexuality, values of children, emotional tie, marriage, traditional family values, women's roles, decisions, alternative approaches, loyalty, socio-economic value and violence. In the research carried out with 497 university students has been figured out that the family values of students have tendencies apart from the tradition along with the traditional ones; that it is caused remarkable differentiations in some family values by several variables such as gender, university department, parents' marital status, and mother's working status. In the study, the conceptual and theoretical framework about the issue have been submitted; the findings obtained have been analyzed on the base of the concept of change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The late 1960s in Turkey was a period in which large student movements started and spread across the country and occupied the agenda of the country for a long time. In this period in which social mobility and cultural changes/conflicts increased along with migration from village to city in Turkey, the number of universities and students also increased rapidly. Education infrastructure had not developed in line with this increased rate. Some of the young people who started higher education with great hopes sought various solutions to the problems related to the physical inadequacy of schools, lack of equipment and course resources, insufficient credit, economic problems, and future concerns. Young people, who set out with the aim of rearranging their educational conditions, started to question the administration of the country as the existing negative conditions did not change. During this period, under the influence of various ideological leftist movements, they started to become increasingly marginalized and resort to violence. Instead of their demands for reform and improvement of the conditions in education in the early period, under the guidance of ideological organizations, they turned towards changing the political regime of the country by using force. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Considering the developmental characteristics of human life, one of the most important periods of these is undoubtedly the youth period. In this period, young people gradually assume individual and social responsibilities, endeavor to gain a place among adults and are considered religiously obliged. In addition, physical, sexual, emotional, social and personal developments that occur during this period may cause this stage to be difficult. However, if a positive awareness is created, this experienced change and development process allows the young person to develop a deep understanding of the whole world of existence and life by internalizing the whole principles and rules that will guide him throughout his life. Here, the importance of education emerges regarding the expression of this being. In this article, first of all, the developmental characteristics of the youth in general and the religious development characteristics in particular will be revealed by the method of literature review. Afterwards, some issues will be considered in education and religious education in accordance with these developmental characteristics. It will be emphasized that the youth period is a difficult period and the religious perception in this period differs, and it will be suggested that an education suitable for the development characteristics of the education of young people, especially in religious education, will be made. As a result, certain principles that should be followed in religious education will be brought to the forefront in order for the youth to have a healthy understanding of religion in this period, which has as many risks as possible in terms of the adoption of religion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Humanbeing who is responsible for beating honorable Allah’s back and call deserves either literal happiness by obeying divine order and prohibitions or by regarding these and obeying his soul deserves torment. Age of youth which is the most effective period of human is the most important period in terms of beating Allah’s back and call. It becomes possible mostly at the time of youth since it’s this time when scientific, knowledge, moral, faith, trait and characters become functional and established. When looked at The Qur’an carefully, it’s possible for not seeing many kinds of examples about ideal youth. Habil’s gentleness and sincerity in response to Kabil’s enemy and jealous, prophet Abraham’s monotheism struggle against pagan society, prophet Joseph’s modesty against Züleyha’s persistent lustful, Ashab al Kehf’s accepting Allah as a single god despite of oppressions of despot administrator behavior, courage of prophet Moses who was exposed to oppression and abroad, the sense of virgin Mary’s modesty and shyness when the good news was told that she had an orphan, order to establishing basic values, prophet Lokman’s suggestions to his son are some of those. Therefore, an ideal youthful can be certain only by imitating the youth model that was told by Allah. This research was prepared and presented to cognitions and understanding as Qur’an’s axis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to analyse, by working on a sample group, how one of the sides, that is the young, see the other side, namely the elderly people. The article tries to understand from which aspects the young people criticize the elderly people, to discuss the observed problems and to suggest solutions. Accordingly, as an applied starting point, a group of young people have been selected for the study. These young people involved in the study as a sample group have especially been chosen from among the university students who are studying at the departments of Gerontology, Social Work, and Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation. They are students who are studying in their first, second, fourth or eighth semester. Consequently, they have already taken compulsory or elective courses on aging and old age and are, consequently, expected to know the subject. These students have been, through the method of question-answer, asked questions about their negative views on elderly people. The article first presents data on the question asked and the answers received from the students. Then, within the framework of the answers, it analyses and discusses the current problematic state of the issue, and finally offers suggestions for the solution of the defined problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Youth, which is a guarantee for the future for societies, represents dynamic labor force, sustainability and societal unity. In this period that also covers adolescence, the young person is in a cognitive, physical and emotional change process. In human life, youth is shaped over childhood, it is a social category, a dynamic period that has an impact on adulthood. Violence among youth, which is considered to be a priority issue of societies by WHO(World Health Organization), affects broad masses, creates heavy socio-economic costs, and in terms of its forms, it is increa singly becoming diversified a nd ta king its pla ce in the world's a genda via various events. Studies in Turkey about violence usually focus on domestic violence, violence towards women, children, various groups of profession or violence in sports, and this issue is investigated with the points of view of different disciplines in various departments of institutes of universities. While the number of studies on youth violence in Turkey is increasing, it is difficult to argue that the topic has been discussed sufficiently. The topic in this study is the postgraduate research (specialty in medicine, qualification in art, masters, PhD) that has been conducted at universities in Turkey in the last decade (2008 -2018) on youth violence. By using the method of litera ture review, the thesis work on "violence" was a ccessed through the national thesis data base of the Turkish Council of Higher Educa tion (YÖK), and after the necessary a ssessments and classifications, it was aimed to provide guidance for future studies by presenting the finding of a thematic review. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ageism has become a current issue with the rapid increase in the elderly population in the world. Ageism, defined as different attitudes and behaviours due to one's age has widespread from working life to social environment, from family life to health services. Although there are many factors that cause ageism, the role of empathy, which implies the ability to understand and share another person' feeling is frequently mentioned in the literature. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between empathy levels and discrimination against the elderly and to analyze whether empathy level predicts elderly discrimination or not. The correlational survey model is used in this research, The research sample consists of 490 youth aged between 15-25 years living in Sivas. Convenient and random sampling techniques are used in the research. Ageism Attitude Scale, developed by Vekuluçay (2008), and Empathy Quotient-EQ adapted to Turkish by Kaya and Çolakoğlu (2015) are utilized in this study. Data is analysed with Hierarchical Regression Analyses. Gender and age are used as a control variable. According to the results, the young people have a positive attitudes towards the elderly and their empathy levels are so high. There is a positive relationship between youth's ageism attitudes and empathy levels. Gender, "cognitive response" and "social skills" sub-dimensions of "Empathy Quotient-EQ" have a positive impact on elderly discrimination. "Emotional Response" subscale of "Empathy Quotient-EQ" and the age variable have no effect on the discrimination. The findings are discussed in the light of the literature and some suggestions are made to prevent elderly discrimination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The most important guarantee of a nation's future is young people. In this article, the inward and outward-oriented issues of the youth are discussed in terms of education, belief, law and morality. Our aim is to offer a solution to the contemporary issues of our youth, which have come from the past. Also our aim is to share our views on the construction of freethinker and conscientious generations who use their mental faculties against the dissatisfaction and other extremisms offered by the secularization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, technological, social and economic changes in the world have been reshaping both value systems and peoples lives. While modern cities formed by industrialization are centers of attraction, the masses that migrate to change the social structure of a city constitute the most affected social groups. The aim of this study is to analyze the views of young people living in two different regions of Istanbul; in terms of education, income, life, relationships with parents, perceptions of youth, life expectations and the current situation of young people through Bourdieu's concepts. As a result of evaluating the findings of the questionnaires applied to young people in both regions, it is observed that the region with a high economic and cultural capital creates a relatively different space and in essence corresponds to a certain lifestyle through habitus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An understanding of the instrumental politics, purely value-free and based solely on power, interest and self-determination, is closely related to the positivist philosophical tradition of Western thought. Positivism, which acts from the claim of man and society as a whole is passive against scientific and value-free processes, has reduced man to an entity that can be objectified by ignoring the will and moral dimension. Yet another concept of politics that can emerge on the basis of normative, value-added perspectives such as good life, righteousness, honesty, and just society, has a side in this direction in philosophy, history and law. This approach, centered on the happiness and peace of man and society, finds its central position together with normative content and reflection of politics. The multi-purpose context, in which everything is instrumentalized, ultimately leads to the loss of principles and long-term and fundamental destruction of values. Real-politics is overcoming ideal politics and reveals a type of people whose memory is shallow, whose approach is pragmatic. This is a problematic situation in the sense of social philosophy. Gulenist Terror Organization by a bloody power struggle in Turkey recently, appears as the most immediate and clear example of this. Apart from symbolizing a moral disappearance that drifts human and his related sociality, a raving power/power ambition that sees all the entities do not serve its own idea and "political" focus as enemy, it also presents a grave photo about the relationship between moral sociality and politics. In this context, in the distance of the youth to politics in Turkey, it is seen as the more fundamental matter of understanding of politics together with the impact of events folding recently. The state of departure from politics in a way, which means apolitization, expresses itself as an indifference, or sometimes a reactionary expression. Both of these reasons should be related to the relation between current politics and moral and normative values. The situation which can be expressed as indifference finds itself a place in a lower part of a moral sociality, while reactionary expression refers to a situation which manifests itself as a problem of lack of belonging to the political one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Media theories argue that the mass media are effective on determining and leading the young'schanging roles in thesociety, while sociological theories discuss whe ther the massmedia has impacts on individuals' exhibiting violent or perverted behaviours in the process of socialization. Experience sex perienced in youth periods have a great significance on thefact that individuals remain under the influence of violence culture and young people may model violent or perverted behaviours they witness sorunder go. There are many factors influencing the young'sperception of violence; however, media may lead their behaviours through it sex plicitor implicit messages. In the context of the time the young stayed online and watched television in the two districts of Istanbul considered to be culturally and economically different, this study measures the relationship between the frequency of the young'sapproving or exhibiting violent or perverted behaviours. In other words, whether the violence in media turns in to physical or social violence in real life was investigated. As a result of the assessment of the findings obtained by 730 interviews conducted in those two districts, it was determined that the frequency of the young'sapproving or exhibiting violent or perverted behaviours, in socioeconomic and sociocultural context, differed in parallel with the preferred use of media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Communication technologies are developing rapidly nowadays. This development raise more usage of internet and web tools. One of the most important tool among them is social media. Social media is a new virtual media where users express themselves and stay connected with other users. Social media, which is on a rapid rise especially among youngsters in terms of usage value, seems to be a serious competitor to today's traditional media and even threatens it. This study is about identity relationship and social media. In today's world, "identity" is the most inspiring concept. By identity, characteristic aspects of personality is meant. Five identities in Turkey will be taken in to consideration in this study and the significance of social media will be examined. Five identities are "Social democrat", "Religious", "Kemalist", "Nationalist" and "Liberal". This research is about young people (15-30 years old). The study population consists Turkey and the sample group consists of 5917 people. The data obtained by the questionnaire were analyzed by SPSS. As a result of the research, it has been found that there is a relationship between individual ideological identities and opinions about the importance and meaning of a social media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study is about the change of social life and social media experiences of a sample chosen from the Imam and Preacher School (IPS) between 2011-2016. The method of this study is ethnographic based upon a longitudinal research; in the first stage there has been 30 interviews with the students of prominent three IPS in Istanbul, in 2011. In the second stage, in 2016, the research has been renewed with the different students and is composed of 60 interviews. The research looks at the social impact of being an IPS student, besides how these students use the social media and manifestation of this social belonging in the social media. In the previous five years, there have been some changes in education level, numbers of IPS, demography of students, coeducation and the coefficients for the university applying. In this process of change, what come forward in terms of the social life of IPS students, is a tendency among them in defining themselves different than their peers in other schools, especially in moral terms. It is an outstanding result that the participants can express themselves better under their social media avatars. But also, the research shows up that, their conscious of belonging can be detected in the social media shares and demeanors. It is noteworthy in the context of comparison between the two groups; the 2011 group was statistically more idealist whereas the 2016 group was more self-confident. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sports activities are regarded as significant factors of socializing processes since they can be done both individually and in teams as well and help individuals to discover their own abilities and capabilities in addition to encouraging and providing solidarity, unity and integrity within a group. This study aims to demonstrate the effects of sports on the socializing processes of disadvantageous teenagers with broken families by comparing them to peers who come from similar backgrounds but do not do any kinds of sports at all. We employed a qualitative research method for our study and interviewed 28 adolescents at high school with broken families. However, only half of them were involved in sports activities. Initially we determined all elements that affect both sport doing and not doing youngsters and then tried to identify by teenagers how sports activities influence the processes of taking responsibility, getting rid of solitude, effective communication, status as well as earning respectability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Today, when the media is handled with a broad sense, it contains intense violent elements in the publications such as television, computer / internet, newspaper, cinema, video, billboards and posters. These elements of violence are among the most important factors affecting human psychology negatively. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of violent news and programs, especially on television, on the incidents of violence in young people and how they affect the mental health of the individuals and discuss the measures that can be taken in order to prevent violence. Material and Methods: Face-to-face survey method was used as data collection technique. The questionnaires were applied to 200 healthy university students, 109 female and 91 males, randomly selected in the Harran University Campus. Participants' questionnaires were interpreted by calculating frequency and percentages in SPSS program. Then, the Chi-square test was used to test the relationships between gender and visual media behaviors. Thus, a scientific article was created with the test results obtained. Results: When we assess the answers given by the participants in the question "Do you think that programs containing violent elements broadcast on TV are especially preferred?" 74.5% yes, and 25.5% no, have emerged. And when we assess the answers of the question "Do you think that the violence elements on TV broadcasts affect the behavior?" 92.5% answered yes, 7.5% no, have emerged. Conclusions: Although various legal regulations are enforced, it seems that these are not deterring to publishers, and the same danger is growing. Therefore, it has become compulsory for RT'K (Radio and Television Supreme Council) to take more serious sanctions, which will provide deterrence. It must be clearly seen that the media plays an active role in the marketing of violence rather than deterrence. In particular, parents should not leave their children vulnerable to the media. Everyone, especially children and young people, should be taught widely and effectively to understand the nature of the media while following the media. Especially when watching TV and internet, instead of accepting everything presented passively, it should be given the ability to act selectively, to have a critical eye, and to acquire the knowledge that many things presented in the media have a fictional quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The continuation of a social structure depends on the inclusion of new members into a society. However, this inclusion is not just a statistical measure. Internalization of values of the social structure is also necessary for the inclusion of new members. This process is termed as 'socialization'. Political systems must attach importance to political socialization for their legitimization. The young individual, who is a component of political culture, would also become a defender of the system. The individual in the Soviet Union acquired the consciousness of citizenship within the hierarchical structure through the internalization of values since the childhood. In this context, organizational structures, namely 'oktyabryat', 'pioner' and 'komsomol' in which children and youth would be involved according to their age and education, were formatted. This process functioned as transfer of ideology and it aimed at shaping young individuals according to Soviet ideology. In this context, practices of good citizenship were defined according to the degree of embracement of Soviet ideology and of loyality to this ideology. To achieve these elements, there was a transmission of ideology from the center in all spheres of life. This article aims to present how political socialization in the Soviet Union took place in Kyrgyzstan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By the beginning of the twentieth century, there were approximately 5,000 elementary schools with only one classroom, 23 high schools, a few industry schools and a university in the Ottoman Empire. The issue of employment of graduates from industrial schools and a small number of other schools in the country was a different problem. Vocational and technical education was not included in the education policy of the state except for a few high schools in the main cities to raise of the government officials. So, few of the urban young Muslim population had a profession and business. As a matter of fact, along with the achievement of the Turkish National Movement, education and economic issues were given importance first. On the one hand, vocational and technical schools were opened, while on the other hand national industrial facilities were established in succession and thus the education and employment problems of the young population were tried to be solved. By the Republic 15th year, was made significant progress toward the both in the modernization of education and in the issue of employment. But soon the drifting of the world into a new great war and the subsequent developments has adversely affected this process. In this process, the education and employment of young people has become a big problem because of poverty. Immediately after the Second World War, in other words, in the process of the transition of multi-party system, with regard to this problem, the findings, arrangements and recommendations of the Republican People's Party's Trabzon Deputy Faik Ahmet Barut'u are extremely important. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Smartphones have invaded the daily lives of all people around the world in such a way that they have the power of shaping interpersonal relationships. Although this is valid for people from all ages, college-aged youth use smartphones more than other age groups, therefore their relationships are affected more from these devices. Through fifteen in-depth interviews, this study demonstrates how use of smartphones shape romantic relationships of the college-aged youth in Turkey. Findings reveal that smartphones are an essential part of the relationships of today's youth because of internet-based text-messaging applications, video call applications and social media platforms. Beside helping romantic relationships to start and proceed, interview results suggest that smartphones raise trust issues and create fragile relationships with symptoms similar to the behavior that are associated with attachment anxiety. These findings are significant in terms of foreseeing the future marriage and families that today's youth will create, as well as being the first qualitative study ran in Turkey about the use of smartphones in romantic relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15-29 year-old-people in the world. The aim of this study is to present the characteristics of children and adolescents attempting suicide by drug overdose and to draw attention to preventive measures that can be taken in Turkey. Method: Records of the patients who admitted to a training and research hospital in one year period due to a suicide attempt by drug overdose were reviewed retrospectively. Sociodemographic data and psychiatric evaluation records of attempters were documented. Results: During the study period, 163 adolescents applied to the hospital with suicidal drug overdose. Child psychiatry consultation was ordered for 61.3% (n=100) of them. It was the first attempt of 90% of the cases. The frequency of having previous psychiatric diagnosis was significantly higher in patients with recurrent suicide attempts. In both impulsive and planned suicide attempts, the most preferred times were evening and night time. Women more often attempted suicide due to family conflict, while men attempted due to emotional relationship problems. All cases without psychiatric disorder or with externalizing problems attempted impulsive suicide. The most preferred drugs for suicide were, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antidepressants, paracetamol, antibiotics and antipsychotics. Of the all cases, 22.5% attempted suicide by self medications. It has not been possible to maintain pediatric psychiatric follow up of the 71% of the cases. Conclusion: It is considered that public attention should be drawn to the increasing number of adolescent suicide attempts in order to prevent this issue. Family-oriented protective approaches, school-based preventive programs and new legal regulations on drug safety could help to reduce the frequency of suicide attempts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Youth is appreciated as the most active time in human life. Another focus is the effective and efficient use of this activity. There is no doubt that, there are a number of factors that directly or indirectly affect the effectiveness and efficiency of youth. These; the position of the institutions and organizations in the youth work related to the problems reported by the youth, which are determined by researchers through the experts. At the same time, youth and its problems have a dynamic structure that is influenced by the internal and external factors that society has. In this sense, the related institutions and organizations working on the field are concerned with the accelerating efforts in recent years related to this. In order to move forward with this coordination, efforts are being made to create a holistic and encompassing policy. This study draws a framework for the problems and general outlook of young people who have reached different dimensions in recent years in Turkey and portrays the practice and recommendations for the current youth policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: This study aims to analyze the self-concept of young people who have a parent with bipolar disorder. Methods: The study was conducted in the Turkish Ministry of Health, Public Hospitals Administration of Turkey, Manisa Psychiatric Hospital with 131 young people who had a parent with bipolar disorder. The data were collected using an introductory information form and Self-Concept Scale, and analyzed on computer using frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations and minimum-maximum values. The normal distribution of the data was assessed using the Shapiro-Wilk normality test. The data were compared using the one-way ANOVA test and Student's t-test. Relationships between dependent and independent variables were assessed using the Pearson's correlation analysis. Results: The participants were between the ages of 15 and 25 years, with an average age of 19.83+3.02. Their mean score was 3.54+41.26 on the Self-Concept Scale. The mean scores of the participants did not vary significantly by age, gender, education level, marital status or family structure. However, income level and family support significantly affected their self-concept mean scores. The participants with high incomes were found to score higher on the Self-Concept Scale than those with low incomes. The young people who had received their grandparents' support while growing up except for their fathers' or mothers' support scored higher on the Self-Concept Scale. Conclusion: Low mean scores on the Self-Concept Scale showed that the participants were at risk in terms of mental health. It is recommended that specialist psychiatric nurses, members of mental health teams, carry out practices focused on improving the self-concept of young people who have a parent with bipolar disorder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When it is said youth literature from the perspective of the youth literature science in Turkish and German Child and Youth Literature, it is a need to facilitate from the data of the youth sociology. In this context, youth literature should be considered with the youth sociology, the youth psychology, and youth literature history. Therefore, in order to understand the term youth literature, youth sub- cultures and youth literature better, it is better to look through the terms young and youth from the perspective of sociology and history. This perspective will show us the stages of the German youth subcultures from 17th century up to now and its recent features. In this study, after defining the term youth within the German youth cultures context, it is aimed to mention the terms such as youth culture, youth sub-cultures and examine its youth-sociology place. Afterwards, the historical changes in the youth terms and cultures in Germany from 17th century up to now will be mentioned. After the general historical view, by mentioning new media periods including current youth cultures, recent changes in youth term and cultures will be analysed in terms of youth literature science. Within this analysis, reading habits of today's youth and their relation to the literature will be tried to analysed. For the study, German youth sociology and German youth literature data will be used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The social and economic problems that young people, being the future of societies, experience, bring along various problems, as well, that societies encounter or will encounter today and in the future. While young people not participating to the educational process for several reasons (economical, cultural, political etc.) is a serious social problem field, for them not being able to complete the education, for various reasons, even if they participate, is also a similarly important problem. In order not to stay out of the higher education process, especially poor students work at constructions of various sectors in the summer months as a strategy to struggle against poverty. This study is based on interviews with 15 college students working at construction sector in the summer months in order to be able to continue their college educations. By evaluating the acquired data with categorical content analysis method, seasonal employment, immigration and poverty patterns of students working at seasonal jobs have been tried to be determined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social media showing itself in every aspect of daily life and changing and transforming individuals and society relations at all points. Due to the structural form, social media mainly allows individual use; but on the other hand, its development through a network connecting individuals makes it entirely social. In this respect, understanding the relationship between social media and youth, as one of dozens of elements that comprise the social structure and as one of the most important dynamics, is becoming extremely important. Meanwhile, an effort should be developed around the concept of 'social depth' which can be defined as the sum of many different elements of the social structure. What should be understood from social depth is construction of a mind that does not ignore the humanity accumulation of history but not fall into anachronism, seize and apprehend today and show will. And ability to penetrate this mind into all the elements and cells of social structure. In other words, what is necessary for harmony of a healthy body is mind and will. In this aspect, our study, which discusses theoretically social media usage of youth around the concept of social depth, focuses on understanding and apprehending the relationship of youth with social media around fundamental mind creating social depth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concept of the last teenagers health that was approved by WHO , is the concept that was organized by Al-Imam Al-Ghazali But the uniqueness Al-Imam Al-Ghazali concept is the seek for establishment of protective measures that was inverted from Quran as well as Sunnah in field of sons and daughters behavior correction , so he designed the principles that must to be followed in the behavior correction which aimed to put the sons and daughters away from souls &senses diseases that infect young people in adolescence period that rarely escaped except people whom have educator makes his sights on these educational policies [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Violence in the family is a societal problem. It is a human rights abuse against people of all genders and at all ages everywhere in the world. Domestic violence mostly occurs as violence against the spouse and the violence perpetrated by men against women. Gender discrimination lies behind the violence in the family. However, the studies conducted on the field are still limited due to the fact that it is regarded as a private matter. The sample of this study which was conducted on the students studying at the University of KahramanmaraşSütçü İmam consists of 525 female students which accounts for 5 % of total 10.500 female students and 469 male students which accounts for 5 % of total 9.380 male students. In other words, 994 female and male students in total are included in this research. In accordance with the result of the research, the most eye-catching point is that the boys and the girls have different opinions about violence. Boys consider violence more admissible than girls. Furthermore, they give reasons which justify violence and they especially think that the reason for the violence against women is the women themselves. The general result obtained through the research: Most of the youth adopt a negative attitude towards violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Çığır magazine, a total of 193 issues, monthly, youth, opion, and art magazine, was published in the period of single party in Turkey by Hıfzı Oğuz Bekata between 1933-1948. The magazine which has a slogan "A Collective and Organized Youth" aimed to bring youth together within a national unity around a single idea. In such an era in which the basis of the republic was established, there was a need for an organized youth instead of the one with different ideologies. In the same way, as a result of the struggle by Çığır, in the 4th great general assembly of CHP in 1935, the issue of establishing a youth organization was included in the party program. In this study, the owner and the editor, Hıfzı Oğuz Bekata, and the first 32 issues in which the theme was "youth" were examined. Within this perspective, the main youth movements and the political conditions were scrutinized and the publication purpose of the magazine, its importance and the articles on youth by Hıfzı Oğuz were studied. Thus, an era in which revolutions and the republic were formed and the youth issue in that era were displayed through Çığır and Hıfzı Oğuz. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The modernization process that going on circa two centuries influences to social life deeply. In this process traditional institutions and values are losing their importance. The high-speed changes that emergence into social life affect the peoples' viewpoint of life and value judgments. One of the most influenced parts of society from these high-speed changes is youth. As it's known the youthfulness is the tempestuous period which the personality take shape. The breakings lived into social life chiefly affect the young people and this situation indirectly interests the future of society. In this sense the problems of young people in over against the changing social values and the attitudes they developed are important issues that should be studied on. Especially the researches on the field of religion and values show that the religion and traditional values have important attribution to the young people to solve their problems they met. In this article we tried to examine the methods and contents of empirical studies on youth, religion and values in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents an in-depth investigation into the organization of the Turkish nationalist movement from 1965 to 1980. The evolution of the nationalist movement proceeded along two complementary but divergent axes: on the one hand, the official party organization, and, on the other, the wider fringes of the nationalist movement. The article aims to demonstrate the tension among the party cadres, where two underlying, but overlapping, divergences were exposed: one was the ideological divide linked to the generational difference between the older, more secular, military-trained leaders, and the younger and more religious university students trained in the party clubhouses, which were called ülkü ocaklari (lit. Hearths of Ideal); the other was the strategic difference between those who prioritized electoral success, such as the party board and its local representatives, and those from the ülkü ocaklari, who thought that the only way to win the "war" against the socialists was to wipe them out by force. In the face of these tensions, the unifying forces that kept the nationalist activists together were the cult of the leader and the state of war with the socialists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Preservation of social and personal identity keeps people understand and identify each other more and more. We need youth understand their cultural heritage in order to discover their identity. Among the essential human heritage, history stands corner stone of presenting the beautiful past in order to build best future. Nations share many historical values which help their relationship remain in positive attitude. Reformers mainly use historical relations as best instrument to tackle social and political problems. This paper, traces some core points of cultural identity especially of Muslim youth who are in threat of misguiding to a harmful outlook and ideologies, because of the absence of good understanding of their real identity. The significance of Islamic history and its contribution to human civilization are highlighted here together with the role of educational process in cultivating conscious and tolerant generation. The paper has also focused on common heritage of Muslims to emphasize the importance of peaceful co-existence among them instead of continuous dispute and unrest which is resulting the worst political clashes and devastating what formers had built. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study was conducted to determine youth problems, coming out depending upon social chance, and it concludes with some recommendation. This is a descriptive research. Evidence from the findings obtained through as questionnaire which is developed by researchers. The data were collected from 537 individual living in Siirt province. At the end of the research, it has been observed that parents show sexual discriminating; they are conservative toward opposite sex friendships, females are have difficulties in articulating themselves, and parents involves in their taking decision. Besides, it has been determined that the biggest problem among youngsters is unemployment, education, and getting a profession, political parties and government are not interested in youngsters' trouble, there are not enough social facilities in Siirt for youngsters to realize themselves, youngsters are partly susceptible to their clan and opinion leaders while taking a political choice, and ignorance of parents is the chief reason of not sending female children to school. Some suggestions have been offered toward these results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Summer is found in 3 ways in Yahya Kemal's poems. Initially summer was used in its real meaning. In this meaning, summer is the season of rush. In the second usage style, it has seasonal property as well but this time it comes out as a symbol of unforgettable loves. Thirdly summer which is a symbol of past days of youth which will never come back is mostly seen in his poems which he wrote after his 50's. In "last summer", summer theme is placed with its second usage style. Besides, in this poem, it is possible to find Istanbul and Körfez which are important locations in Yahya Kemal's poetry, "love" theme associeated with history and Istanbul or sometimes with an emotion that can be felt directly, all are combined with a "sound" as an element that describes the theme and "reminder" as a phrase. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]