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The p resent research paper aims to investigate the relations between "power" and "places". It tried to find out the ethnic construct of place identity and its attachment to the sense of power. It analyses the questions as, How the ethnic identity of social groups constructs the meaning of "place" and transformed themselves into ethnic places? How do the "places" intervene in the identity of "selves"? This research undertakes Kurdish identity and their imbibed notion in order to contextualize the 'ethnic place' and questions of "selves". In this connection, it studies the ethnic places as the phenomenological product of ethnic and social experiences. It discusses ethnic places and their sense of power within the framework of place identity. The central theme of this paper is the Kurdish identity of Turkey to be placed in the spatial adjustment to which they belong. The image of Kurdistan as a place seems to empower them and ultimately causes their sense of security. The method of research is purely theoretical and descriptive on the bases of spatial-analytic approaches. However, in this research, phenomenological analysis of the concepts of place and experiences are argued with relation to power, place and ethnic identity. The phenomenological experiences of community behavior have been seen with respect to their cognitive relations to the living environment of the Kurdish group. Generally, this study is based on secondary sources and archival materials. A case study of Kurdish ethnic identity assertion is seen with respect to the theoretical applicability of place, power, and security concepts. It analyses Turkish Kurds and their identity assertion in the context of demand for the place, associated with the "power" as well as their cognitive environment and sense of belongingness. Ethnic place emerges in "relative isolation" as ethnic selves differing from other-selves. Hence, the demand for the place by the Kurdish group in Turkey is seen as a preservation of ethnic places to be empowered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Student nurses should be aware of their sexual myths to be able to offer holistic nursing care to their patients. The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of student nurses about sexuality and sexual myths. The study population included fourth-year student nurses of a nursing department of a university (N = 160). The purposeful sampling method was used to explore the sexual myths of the student nurses. The study sample consisted of 31 student nurses. Data were collected by asking the participants a total of three questions in the individual in-depth interview form. After transcribing the audio-recorded interviews, the transcripts were combined with observation notes and then raw data were processed in computer. Finally, a content analysis was performed. As a result of the content analysis, two main themes with 13 subthemes emerged in the study: “Thoughts/Judgments About Sexuality” and “Thoughts/Judgments About Sexual Myths”. The student nurses stated that sexuality is seen as a taboo subject in the society they live in, there should be no sexual activity in old age, and they had difficulty in explaining what sexual myths mean. Also, the participants stated they thought that only men can masturbate, but married individuals and women should not masturbate, and watching pornographic films is wrong behavior. This paper is crucial to determine student nurses’ level of awareness of their own sexual myths and those in their own society and to determine their opinions and thoughts on sexual myths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores ephemeral landscapes of smell using datasets from ethnographic fieldwork, archaeological survey, and sediment geochemistry in western Anatolia. Our analysis brings together regional datasets from the late Ottoman period to the present to understand the places that mark the transition from the agropastoral migratory lifeways of Yörük tribes to settled communities. We explore one Yörük-legacy (Tekeli tribe) compound to understand 'settled' lifeways over three generations, and how study of these legacy traditions may be a valuable contribution to experimental archaeology. Our entry into this discussion is a study of food - its preparation, storage, and consumption - and its associated olfactory landscapes. While ethnography helps determine how aromas define active and contemporary spaces and spheres of intimacy, sediment geochemistry offers a method for investigating archaeologies of aroma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Urostomy is a surgical procedure that creates a stoma for the treatment of advanced stage bladder cancer, which is more common among males. It is performed mandatorily by attaching ureters to the abdominal wall directly or indirectly via a stoma after a cystectomy. This study was designed and conducted in order to identify experiences, views, and problems of patients who had urostomy due to bladder cancer, regarding the effects of urostomy on their and their spouse/partner's sexual life. This phenomelogical qualitative study was conducted with 10 volunteer male patients with urostomy and their spouses/partners. The data were collected using an interview form which had open-ended questions about the effects of urostomy on sexual life. The obtained data were coded, and themes were formed using content analysis methods. Content analysis results revealed the following themes: change in body image, problems experienced during sexual activity, spouse's response to the problems experienced, and receiving help and support about the problems experienced. This study revealed that urostomy affected the patients' sexual functions in a negative way, and they did not receive any professional help or support for the solutions to their problems. In the care and treatment of patients with urostomy, health professionals should be aware that these patients might experience sexual problems during their care and treatment, and they should encourage and guide patients and their spouses/partners about receiving help and support and telling about their sexual problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study was conducted to reveal the perceptions of cancer through metaphors among second-year nursing students. This study utilized descriptive phenomenology, which is a qualitative research design. In order to reveal the metaphors that each nursing student (n = 65) considered for the concept of "cancer," they were asked to complete the following sentence: "Cancer is like ......, because ......". In analyzing the data, a content analysis approach comprising coding, the identification of themes, and grouping of data according to codes and themes was used. It was found that the nursing students produced 44 different metaphors. With the groupings made from the students' perspectives on cancer, categories of "crime/punishment," "fear/anxiety/pain," "uncertainty," "uncontrollability," and "struggle/hope" were identified. In particular, the students' metaphors of "test," "fight," "unwanted friend," "love," "naughty child," "thief," and "trouble" for the concept of cancer came to the fore. It is recommended to improve clinical education to develop positive attitudes among nursing students toward cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this qualitative study, informed by ethnography and phenomenology, we aimed to explore the impact of mass trauma on mother-child relationships. Specifically, affected relational processes that might interrupt healthy parenting practices and child behavioral and emotional outcomes were explored. Fifteen Turkish mothers exposed to a massive earthquake in 2011 and relocated to a container city in the Van province, Turkey, were interviewed for this study in 2013. Data analysis was informed by elements of Spradley’s Developmental Research Sequence (DRS) and interpretive phenomenological analysis. Findings indicated that psychological trauma resulting from the earthquake and consequent displacement disrupted and exacerbated mothers’ ability to cope with distress. This, in turn, influenced mothers’ ability to manage their negative emotions and resulted in more yelling, beatings, and higher aggression towards their children as well as a lack of positive emotional and physical engagement. Mothers perceived their own struggles as increasing their children’s disruptive behaviors, such as being less compliant, becoming emotionally distant and modeling mothers’ negative behaviors. The counseling mothers received at the local mental health center supported mothers in building greater physical and emotional connection with their children, regulating their negative emotions and gaining effective parenting skills to discipline their children. The current study represents a preliminary step towards understanding parenting experiences of Turkish mothers in mass trauma contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a study on the application of the U.S.-based training in Turkey for Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT). A qualitative examination was done by Turkish participants who received doctoral or master's degree for MFT in the U.S. Topics discussed also include the seven themes that came from the interview, data showing applicability to practice in Turkey with modifications and the limitations of the study.

The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes and behaviors of religious scholars regarding organ donation and transplantation. In this study, 540 officials working in the Department of Religious Affairs in Kayseri, Turkey, were included. Overall, 86.6% response rate ( n = 468) was achieved. Although a majority of the officials of religion in this study stated that they believed in the importance of organ donation (90.8%), the rate of considering donation (57.9%) and the donation rate (1.1%) were found to be substantially low. There is a difference between the employment status and willingness to donate organs. The rate of willingness to donate was significantly high in men than women. And also was high in imams and preachers. Regarding the sources of information, the majority of the respondents (70.0%) cited mass media. Overall, 15.3% cited school education and 42.0% religious publications. The most common question (83.1%) that was asked was 'whether or not organ donation was suitable for Muslim religious'. Our study revealed that although the research groups have positive ideas about organ donation and transplantation, their role was low in informing and motivating people about organ donation and transplantation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]