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The idea that human beings have some natural rights, which is the fulcrum of today's understanding of human rights and also the declarations declaring these rights, constitutes the foundations of the modern state; by making the "individual" the focal point in the civil and political dimensions, opposed to the traditional governance systems. The view that was brought along by this thought, the right to life does not belong to a superior poweras a sacred thing, but belongs to human beings and the subject of the rights is "human" itself; had made the autonomous individual have a say on the matter of exercising of rights fully. Thus, the concept of euthanasia and the problems brought with it, have lost their theoretical attribute; which had been discussed by thinkers in various contexts, often related to suicide since Ancient Greece and Rome; and has become a practical problem that needs to be revived within the individual-state relationship with placing the act of implementation on the state. As a matter of fact, from this point of view of autonomy, people have repeatedly carried their demands on this issue to national and international judicial authorities; but states, national and supranational organizations have always rejected the demands, regarding the issue since the state has a negative obligation to protect individual rights. Through the present paper which argues the subject matter in the context of human rights, first "the philosophy of value and the evaluation activity as a human phenomenon" will be emphasized within the framework of the evaluation of euthanasia as a method; then it will be shown who is the subject of the right to life, which is one of the basic human rights; it will be discussed whether euthanasia, which is a derivative of the exercising the right to life fully, can be asserted as a "right" within the scope of human rights; and finally, its position in human rights and why it imposes the act of implementation on the state will be defined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the Second World War, Greece's German occupation brought forth a number of resistance organizations. Towards the war's end right and leftist organizations engaged in a power struggle that caused the beginning of the Civil War (1944-1949). Turkish minority had a hard time due to communist gangs' activities. Communist gangs, raiding villages, engaged in armed conflict against government forces. During this period the Turkish minority collaborated with the Greek government. Eventually, the Greek government declared amnesty and after 1947 a Cleansing Operation began. With the Cleansing Operation, communist gangs were hit hard. With the establishment of a supreme war court, trials commenced. The Greek state helped to ameliorate the damage caused by the militants. However, the Turkish minority did not benefit enough from the war reparations. Apart from the difficulties brought about by the Civil War, taxes and bad weather conditions caused the economic deterioration of the Turkish minority. On the other hand, Turkish organizations could not continue their activities. The multiplicity of problems finally had an impact on education in the Western Thrace Turkish schools, interrupted by the militant activities. As a result of the damages, Western Thrace Turks started migrating across the border to Turkey. This paper will utilize the Thrace newspaper published in Xanthi to discuss the impact of the militant activity on the economic and social life of Western Thrace Turks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An ivory figürine, the subject of this paper, was found in Pisidian Antiokheia during the excavations in 2010 at the structure known as the North Church. The ivory woman figürine is naked and standing with a breastfeeding baby at her left arm; her right arm is at her breast level and holding a pomegranate or a poppy in her hand. Although bearing Classical Period style, the figürine was mede in the Early Chiristian Period. The recurring portroyals of ladies holding or breastfeeding babies since Neolithic Period were mointoined by converting them into Mary and Jesus, bearing Chiristianity in mind. The work created in the from of the Goddess Aphrodite or Astarte was probably made in North Syrian ivory workshops, wheras a smilar model mode from bone was probably created in a local workshop. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The disputes arising out of Aegean Airspace between Turkey and Greece have been occupying the agenda of both countries for many years and the said disputes have the potential for starting a war between two countries. For almost thirty years, the airspace disputes have remained static in terms of reaching a solution. However, in immediate past compared to the history of disputes, there have been some improvements due to the need for Greece to organize the Summer Olympic Games in 2004. In addition, the Single European Sky (SES) Project to be launched in near future may also faster new developments. This paper presents an overview of the Aegean airspace disputes and argues the disputes already settled in 2004 and the ones to be handled by virtue of SES Project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Caramanians who lived particularly in the inner part of Anatolia, in Karaman, Konya and Kayseri (Cappadocia) were Orthodox Christian Turks. They were sent to Greece according to the population exchange agreement signed between Turkey and Greece in 1923. Caramanians have a rich history of written literature. These publications were Turkish and written in Greek alphabet. In this paper, the case suffixes in Caramanian Turkish will be handled under light of their historical developments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]