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The main aim of this study was to analyze the extent to which location influenced preferences in higher education institution choices. For this purpose, in the 2021–2022 academic year, users who have newly registered in a settlement at the associate and undergraduate level were matched and coordinated at the department level with the universities they registered with and the secondary education institutions they graduated from. The values used in the study were transmitted from the YÖK ATLAS database by the data scraping (Web Scraping) method. Children who registered during open and remote operation were not included in the study, considering that they were minimally affected by the student's mobility. The result is a situation where approximately 621,000 students settled in a higher education institution in the 2021–2022 academic year, and 45% of them preferred a higher education institution that runs 100 km from the high school they graduated from. On a provincial basis, 36% of the students preferred a higher education institution in their province. It has been revealed that there is a strong relationship between the spatial proximity and mutual student mobility among the cities where student mobility occurs. However, it has been determined that the relevant data set does not fully comply with the gravity theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article tried to examine the social and economic status of Azerbaijani academics who have worked and are still working in State and Foundation Universities in Türkiye. It also aimed to determine the problems experienced by the academics and their level of commitment to Türkiye and the organization where they work. In consequence of the analysis of the data obtained through the questionnaire application, the main finding of the study is that Azerbaijani academicians' reasons to work in Türkiye arise from economic and social conditions. It also determined that the level of commitment of academicians to Turkey is the same as their level of commitment to Azerbaijan. More specifically, this group of academic scientists thinks that while they are serving in Türkiye, they are also serving Azerbaijan. The academicians also stated that the social, economic, and communal problems experienced in Turkey are not significant. For the union and development of the Turkish World, it is thought that this study is significant in terms of mutual work of scientists and revealing their problems, solving these problems, and it will help policy practitioners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Journal of Health & Life Sciences / Sağlık ve Yaşam Bilimleri Dergisi is the property of Istanbul Kultur University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

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Communication continues to exist in all areas of life from past to present. Cultural transfers of societies are also realized through communication. The dimensions of communication take place both in everyday areas of life and in educational institutions. In this study, the forms of communication in universities that build the present and future of societies are discussed in the context of public relations. Within the framework of the study, the functionality of public relations units in both state and private universities in Turkey was evaluated within the framework of James Grunig's theory of excellence. Since the universe of the research is quite large, the limits of the research were determined by quota sampling and data were collected from both the managers and the employees in the public relations units of the universities by qualitative and quantitative methods. With this application, it is aimed to reveal the function of Grunig's theory of excellence, which is applicable to all institutions in the field of public relations, in the public relations units of Turkish universities. The data obtained from the study, on the other hand, has been reached that most of the Turkish universities apply Grunig's theory, but they do not consciously maintain their functionality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social media platforms can be described as the most important communication tools of the digital age. Using social media comes to forefront as a new norm in terms of increasing the institutional reputation and globalization of universities. Thanks to social media, universities catch an opportunity of communicating with current and new students, as well as to develop new projects, collaborations and other scientific research with individuals or institutions in many parts of the world. While many posts with different content are shared in the social media accounts of universities with thousands of followers, only the content that is deemed valuable by other social media accounts can create interaction. For this reason, the increase in content that is not considered valuable by the followers can reduce the effectiveness of the social media account. In this direction, within the scope of this research, it is intended to examine Twitter accounts of universities with content analysis method and to compare the posts made between universities. Based on this purpose, the findings obtained by examining the Twitter accounts of the ten universities with the highest globalization score in Turkey between April and September 2021 were examined on the basis of a systematic categorization and the findings were evaluated. According to the research findings, it has been concluded that the focus of posts on social media accounts of universities in Turkey consists of promotion and information activities. It has been observed that posts about academic activities were limited. It is predicted that universities' differentiation and enrichment of the content of their posts will increase the effectiveness of their social media accounts, and it is recommended to universities to include more scientific studies in the posts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The main purpose of this study is to identify and compare the cynicism perceptions of academics working in state and foundation universities. As it is known, cynicism refers to the negative attitudes of employees towards the organization they work for. In this context, firstly, international and national literature was reviewed. After the literature review on cynicism, semi-structured interview forms were created based on previous studies in the literature to measure the cynicism perceptions of academics working in state and foundation universities. First of all, as a pilot study, interviews were conducted with two academicians working in a state and a foundation university, and the form was finalized according to the feedback received after the interviews. Then, in-depth interviews were conducted on a semi-structured form with a total of ten academics, including five academics working at different state universities and different cities in Turkey, and five academics working at different foundation universities in Istanbul. Attention was paid to the fact that the interviewed academicians had more than one year of working experience. The interviews were analyzed with the content analysis method and the data were revealed by the axis coding method. Afterwards, the cynicism perception of the participants was measured over the three dimensions of organizational cynicism in the literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the Seljuk Empire and until the Turkish Republic, the Turkish higher education system was based on the madrasa tradition. In the late period of the Ottoman Empire, along with madrasa, which was the classic educational institution, besides military schools giving education in western style, opening civil educational institutions, similar to the university in Europe, started. The first schools opened were in the French model first, similar to the country and its cultural institutions, which the state sympathized with in the foreign policy, and the universities opened in the late periods until the end of the Second World War were tried to be built similar to the German Higher Education system. After the war, on the other hand, university institutions according to the Anglo-Saxon model started to be opened, too. While the institution of the university that developed in time through different models of different countries form with the historical processes and cultural texture of the country it is in, this institution was created by taking the models of the western state that is effective on Turkey as an example within the westernization activities rather than our sociological internal structure. In this study, the higher education systems in Europe that are taken as examples while creating our modern Turkish higher education system and their developments in history will be discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the research is to develop a likert type scale that can determine the public relations understanding of universities according to their postgraduate education student’s perception. Scale development work was conducted on 273 students attending postgraduate studies in universities of Turkey in 2020-2021 academic year. The findings of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were examined for the validity of the scale items while the findings of Cronbach’s Alpha Internal consistency coefficients were examined for its reliability. As a result of the factor analyzes, it was observed that the scale consisted of 4 dimensions and 24 items. This scale reflects 63,778% of the opinions of postgraduate students. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of the scale was found as 0.867. As a result of the findings, it was revealed that the scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool. As a result of the research, consisting of 4 dimensions and 24 items,"Public Relations Scale in Postgraduate Education" was developed in a four-point Likert type. The highest score that can be obtained from the scale is 96 and the lowest score is 24. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Education and training studies are one of the most important fundamental dynamics affecting the future of a nation. It can even be said that the positioning and taking place of a nation on the map of civilization is related to education and training services. As in every field of education, it is inevitable to make new updates or to make new findings and suggestions in accordance with the process in the field of religious higher education. Such reason, let alone in Turkey, outweigh the religious and spiritual perception of life and by identifying greatly need theology faculties at both the problems associated with the Religious affairs attached to religious Highly Specialized Centers in continuing education and training activities, offers future and making suggestions must be a serious task. In this way, Higher Religious Education studies in our country will be closely followed and ways for future generations to pass through a healthier and more efficient education life will be created. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Universities are institutions that should be emphasized not only with their education, but also with their potential to affect the city, region or country. The increasing number of young people who want to get the college education of the population, it has increased the speed of a university degree in Turkey. Turkey has also completed a university degree to quantitatively with 212 universities. This situation made it necessary to determine the impact areas of the universities, aiming the regional development-oriented specialization in order to improve the qualifications of the universities. This study aimed to find the influence area of MCBU and used the residence cities of the students enrolled in the first year of the specified faculties as basic data. In the study, the data obtained were digitized using ArcGIS 10.4.1 software and the change in the domain of the university was presented with various maps. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the impact of the university is regional because the residences of the students enrolled in the university are predominant in the provinces of the Aegean and Marmara and Mediterranean regions adjacent to the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Educatio n is the most important power showing the development level of a society since centuries. Today, the power showing the development of the societies is the knowledge level of the university graduates. Universities are very important educational institutions in terms of both the students they train and the way they lead the society. While the mission of universities is determined by academicians, the first step of the academicians is the postgraduate education. In order for the academicians to fulfill the duties expected from them, they need to have a good postgraduate education. There are a number of factors affecting the quality of the postgraduate education. From this point of view, the aim of this study is to determine the problems experienced by the postgraduate education students during their education. In the study, phenomenological research method among qualitative research methods was used in the study. Face-to-face interviews were held with 30 students studying in postgraduate education at the Institute of Social Sciences in Erzurum Ataturk University. As a result of the study, it was determined that the majority of the participants are female and in the age group of 25-30 years, most of them were civil servant, 18 were graduate students, 12 were doctoral student and the participants were studying in postgraduate education for one or two years. The students wanted to continue academic career after completing the education period, most of them experienced educational problems, a great majority of them started to their education consciously, their thoughts about the postgraduate education before the education were still continuing, most of them were in the thesis stage of the postgraduate education and experience research-related problems at this stage. It was concluded that the majority of the participants felt often stuck and depressed, but they still did not consider to leave the postgraduate education and they expressed that they would receive postgraduate education again if they come to the world again. The participants believed that there were differences between the postgraduate education and their own education understanding and they stated that there are problems related to educational deficiencies in Turkey and the quality of postgraduate education should be enhanced. Based on the results obtained from the study, it can be recommended to find out and eliminate the problems experienced in postgraduate education and to support the graduate students in both material and spiritual areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The universities, which have become a multifunctional urban institution with social changes, have started to play a role in the economic and social development of the environment in which they are located, besides their traditional functions. The universities, which have carried out important functions especially in the economic dimension of urban development, have been seen as a means of development in many countries and therefore have been spreaded in underdeveloped regions. Also in each province of Turkey which is underdeveloped and limited development potential, an university was established with the belief that universities will create economic impact that will be an important tool in the development of these provinces. The aim of this research -in the case of Adıyaman province and Adıyaman University- is to determine the effects of the universities, which are spreaded all over the country and thought as a tool of development to remove interregional inequalities, to the urban economic development of the cities in which they were established. For this purpose, it was tried to determine the perceptions and opinions of the city components about the functions of the University towards the urban economy. In the research, mixed method approach in which both quantitative and qualitative methods are used was chosen; the data were obtained by questionnaire and interview techniques. As a result of the research, it is determined that Adıyaman University has functions which are thought to be positive, negative and inadequate intended for the urban economy, and that the expenditure-based economic effects of Institution are strong but information-based economic effects are weak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess whether orthopedic surgeons' graduation centers affect their academic career. Materials and Methods: In this observational study, we have reached the education and working information of 1767 orthopedic surgeons currently working in Turkey. Orthopedic surgeons' graduation centre and city, current affiliation, current academic status and duration of practice were investigated through web. According to their graduation centre, orthopedic surgeons were divided into two groups as a university hospital and training and research hospital. Results: Orthopedic surgeons' current affiliations were significantly associated with their graduation centres and cities. Besides, orthopedic surgeons graduated from university hospitals were more likely to have an academic career than those graduated from training and research hospitals; however, no significant association was found between the city of graduation and academic career. According to regression analysis, orthopedic surgeons graduated from university hospitals were more likely to affiliate in university hospitals and private hospitals. Conclusion: Orthopedic surgeons graduated from university hospitals were significantly more likely to affiliate in university hospitals and to have an academic career in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Producing, teaching and generalizing knowledge is the primary functions of the University. These functions are not being properly fulfilled by the Universities in Turkey. Indeed, only two or three Turkish Universities are ranked among the World University Ranking Classification System. On the other hand, in terms of the reduction of regional development differences (within the country), urbanization and expanding the culture of democracy which are the secondary functions of the University, newly founded universities are much more efficient and effective than the old ones. In this context, establishing a new university in the provinces is a good decision in order to increase efficiency and effectiveness. In this study, this hypothesis has been re-analyzed using analytical method in the context of the reshaping Turkish higher education system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this study is to determine Turkey's position in the world in terms of Higher education through different criteria and to analyze its current status. Evaluating the competitiveness of Pamukkale University in terms of selected factors by comparing with the competitor universities in the neighborhood with similar dates of establishment is the second aim of this study. The qualitative method has been used in the study. YOK and universities' official reports and their web addresses have been taken as the basis, and the publications of some institutions and establishments have been used. Afterwards, Pamukkale University has been examined from different perspective together with the other universities. As a result of the study, it has appeared that higher education in Turkey falls behind the world-ranking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background and Design: This study evaluates the knowledge, behavior and attitudes about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among university students attending faculties other than medicine. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional and descriptive study was designed. A self-administered questionnaire comprising 37 questions was administered to students of Turkish nationality in a six-week period who attended to medico. Three hundred and eighty eight students completed the questionnaire. Results: Among students, 56.9% were female and 43.1% were male. Mean age was 21.18±2.46. Of the students, 76.9% claimed that they knew about STIs. "Internet" (63.9%) was the most common source of information, followed-by "friends" (48%). HIV was the most common known disease as a STI (96.8%), followed-by gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis-B, genital herpes, genital warts,hepatitis-C. Of the respondents, 93.7% knew that STIs could be transmitted by vaginal sex, while 69% knew about transmission by blood, 48.9% by anal sex and 32% by oral sex. The rate of students who did not know any of the symptoms of STIs was 32.9%. Of the females 13.3% and of the males 51.6% stated to have sexual experience with statistically significant difference among sexes (÷2=62.722, p=0.001). Females reported first sexual intercourse at an older age than males (t=3.970, p=0.001). Approximately half of the males (55.8%) and nearly all of the females (95.8%) who reported to have sexual activity had 2 or less sexual partners (÷2=9.564, p=0.008). Both sexes showed risky sexual behavior about condom use (÷2=3.210, p=0.523). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Universities, promoting economical development of the area they are settled in, also have various effects on the society's socio-cultural structure. Universities gather students and academic personals who have various cultures, and provide cultures with interaction. This process causes changes in the socio-economical structures of the areas where the universities are settled in. From this important role of the universities, it has been aimed with this study to determine the perceptions and expectations of the local community about Bayburt University. The data are collected by questioning method and questioners are carried out as face to face interviews. In conclusion of the study, it has been found out that Bayburt University has brightened the economical life of the city and new shops have been opened, it has been a sign of appealingness for new investments, University develops day by day and increases the life standards of the city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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