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Immigrants coming to Turkey from Bulgaria since 1950 were granted with an immigrant visa and land. Aiding committees were founded to create financial help. Services of the DP government regarding immigrants continued until the coup d'etat. Foundations of a modern joiner's shop were laid in 1958. with Ankara immigrant Admission and Education Centre. Construction ofnew buildings in Tekirdağ and Tuzla, İstanbul was planned. Besides, the government planned opening immigrant admission and education houses in Tekirdağ and Tuzla, İstanbul apartfrom the one in Ankara taking into account the fact that immigrants should be educated initially for preventing them to have difficulty in adaptation in social and cultural terms. As a result of government policies, immigrants who foundpeace in their new lives in Turkey expressed their feelings of gratefulness in the letter they addressed to Prime Minister Adnan Menderes. This paper aims at examining the situations of immigrants immigrated to Turkey from Bulgaria, their adaptation to their new lives, the difficulties they faced and policies of the DP government regarding these immigrants during 1950-1960. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is that depict of the nature of relationship between political climate of Russia and democracy. In concur with decline of Soviet Union which became institutional transporter of socialist ideology for along years, democracy that showed wide spread, caused reconstruction of political system of a lot of country. In concur with transition process to democracy while post-Sovietic states located to Europe Continent experienced a liberal democratic institutialization, in Asia's had an authocratic construction which was surrounded limited liberties. In conclusion of this paper which was composed by depending on observations of the writer, it was seen that in terms of internal --patrimonial cultural construction, political tradition which was shaped under dictate of unique party along years, etc..- and external dynamics -- position across historical other "west", hegamonic power claim universally. etc..- belonging Russian Federation which resided along with Asia Continent as a zone and central power focus of predecessor of Soviet Union, although it has a few democratic procedure, unlike the pheripheric west countries in transition process, became the sign of non-democratic and illiberal political formations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today, as Robert Dahl stated, poliarchies replaced democracy so democracies faced with the danger of being forgotten. This was an unavoidable result, because of many see democracy only as a means. So, whether democracy is a means or an ideal is one of important discussions in political thought. The discussion make us to find holistic perspective on democracy which see it both an ideal and a means. In this paper, it's stated that pragmatic political thought especially Deweyan pragmatism can help us to find this necessary perspective. At this point, Dewey's "creative democracy" can be considered as a useful concept to discuss democracy and democratic perception in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]