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Alternative Media and the Securitization of Climate Change in Turkey
(SAGE Publications Inc. claims@sagepub.com, 2018) Defne Günay; Emre Iseri; Meti̇n Ersoy; Ersoy, Metin; Günay, Defne; İşeri, Emre
Studies on securitization dynamics in a growing number of sectors have been conducted including securitization of climate change. However a relatively understudied agent of securitization is media. In the proposed analysis we study Turkey’s media framing of climate change and whether and how it relates to the framings of security in general to acquire in-depth understanding of the role national media plays in securitization of climate change. Along with alternative online media outlet Bianet mainstream outlets (Sabah Sözcü Hürriyet Milliyet) are analyzed. This article addresses the following main research question: How do the mainstream and alternative media frame climate change in the Turkish context? In order to answer this question it adopts content analysis to analyze selected frames on climate change–related news utilized in Turkish media. Data have been collected and coded for three periods: first the period of September–December 2007 when climate change was high on the global agenda. Second January 1 to March 25 2015 which was the period before the Pew survey began. Third we have collected data for October 1 to November 4 2015 which is the period just before the United Nations Paris Agreement on Climate Change was signed. We find alternative media’s potential to serve as “alternative public sphere” by voicing the unspoken in public debate on climate change. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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An Examination of the Transformative Effect of Learning by Teaching Method in Human Rights Education
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2025) Defne Guenay; Zahide Melis Ozun Colluoglu; Guenay, Defne; Özün Çöllüoğlu, Zahide Melis; Günay, Defne
Human rights education constitutes a significant component within the global human rights regime. In the realm of human rights education transformative approaches have gained prominence emphasizing the necessity of educational practices beyond traditional classroom settings. This study aims to examine the impact of participatory methodologies employed in human rights education on enhancing individuals' learning and awareness regarding human rights issues. Specifically we employ the pedagogical technique of learning by teaching grounded in the principle that teaching is an effective means of learning. Through our research we ascertain that the implementation of the learning by teaching approach effectively heightens the awareness and knowledge of all participants concerning human rights matters. Moreover our study reveals that individuals who engaged in instructing their peers exhibited a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of subjects such as women's rights slavery and refugees' human rights when compared to those who solely attended lectures. The majority of these peer tutors also experienced transformative learning although transformative learning remained limited among the peer learner group. Consequently our findings not only contribute to the existing body of literature on pedagogy in the field of International Relations but also stimulate further discussions pertaining to human rights education.
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Contending narratives on the sustainability of nuclear energy in Turkey
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2018) Emre Iseri; Defne Gunay; Alper Almaz; Almaz, Alper; İşeri, Emre; Günay, Defne
Sustainable development recently topped the universal agenda again when the United Nations adopted its Sustainable Development Goals on 25 September 2015. Yet since the 1990s the concept has prompted different actors to reformulate their relations with the environment in line with different narratives on the concept. This inherent contradiction becomes all the more salient during sustainable development debates on nuclear which has often been dominated by the expert-oriented politics prioritizing carbon-free economic growth by post-politicizing the issue at stake. In this light the main objective of this paper is to contribute to nuclear related literature stressing on broader conceptions of sustainability by going beyond those techno-economic discussions. Hinging on the multi-faceted nature of Turkey's nuclear energy debate this paper argues that multitude of state and non-state discourse coalitions (i.e. nuclear advocacy nuclear opposition and ambivalent) has constructed sustainability of nuclear differently through their narratives. To substantiate its argument through a narrative analysis this paper examines competing narratives over nuclear energy's economic environmental and societal impacts in Turkey. The findings have challenged pro-nuclear techno-economic discourse coalition's attempt to post-politicize Turkish nuclear debate by revealing complex and multi-faceted nature of the debate.
Özbekistan ve Tacikistan arasında sınıraşan su çatışmasına postkolonyal yaklaşım
(2020) Çeltik, Fatıma Betül; Günay, Defne
Bu tez, Sovyetler Birliği'nin merkezi olarak yönetilen su kontrol sisteminin ve Sovyetler Birliği'nin dağılmasının Özbekistan ile Tacikistan arasında yaşanan su ile ilgili sorunlarına etkisini incelemektedir. Ceyhun ve Seyhun nehirlerinin kullanımdan dolayı, Özbekistan ve Tacikistan arasında sorunlar oluşmuştur. Tacikistan Rogun Barajını Ceyhun Nehri üzerine inşa etmek istemiş ve Seyhun Nehrini Hucent-Kayrakum ile kontrol etmeye çalışmıştır fakat bu politikalar Özbekistan hükümeti tarafından tepki almış ve güvensizlik oluşmuştur. Tacikistan'ın girişimleri Özbekistan tarafından eleştirmiştir, çünkü Özbekistan'ın sulama için suya ihtiyacı varken, Tacikistan Seyhun ve Ceyhun Nehirlerini enerji için kontrol etmek istemiştir. Kısacası, Tacikistan ve Özbekistan suyu farklı amaçla kullanmak istedikleri için, aralarındaki sorunun daha da büyümesine sebep olmuştur. Bu tez, bu bölgede suyu geleneksel olmayan bir güvenlik tehdidi olarak inceleyerek, Özbekistan ve Tacikistan arasındaki sınır ötesi su anlaşmazlığının Sovyet sömürge uygulamaları yüzünden olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.
Planlı yer değiştirmelerin afet riski azaltımı ve iklim değişikliğine uyum çerçevesindeki kapsayıcılığı
(2022) Bozkurt, Büşra; Günay, Defne
With the increasing impacts of climate change-related disasters on human mobilities, there is a growing understanding that people can also stay when facing these impacts. So, involuntarily immobile and vulnerable populations being trapped due to climate change-related disasters generate another side of the coin in climate-related mobility issues. Considering policy responses to climate change-related disasters and mobility dimensions, academic discussions and practitioners begin to frame policy responses in the contexts of climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies. In the context of the CCA dimension, the examples have expressed that migration itself can be used as a climate change adaptation strategy. Besides, the DRR strategies propose the planned relocation of communities to reduce climate change-related disaster risks. Intersecting the aims of these policy approaches bring examples of planned relocations as a part of using migration as a climate change adaptation strategy. In that regard, this thesis aims to discuss the extent of incorporating the vulnerable populations at risk of being 'trapped' due to climate change-related disasters into national DRR and national CCA policies in the context of planned relocations. The national DRR and CCA plan and their contextual content will be analyzed by aiming to discuss i) to what extent human mobility and planned relocation plans are located in both policy dimensions and ii) the level of inclusiveness of planned relocations with regard tovulnerable populations at risk of being trapped due to climate-related disasters. With the lenses of climate-change-related disaster risk management, the thesis advocate that the pre-planned relocation process should address the vulnerable populations' specific needs because of their likelihood of being trapped in climate hotspots. Accordingly, selected national DRR and CCA policy documents from Asian and Pacific countries will be discussed in line with quantitative and qualitative contextual content analysis through an illustrative critical case study. The rationale behind this is Asia and the Pacific region, which will bring the most likely causes for the research results, is the region most exposed to climate change impacts.
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The organization of Turkey's central executive for the EU
(Taylor and Francis Inc., 2015) Defne Günay; Günay, Defne
[No abstract available]
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The Role of Fear Sadness and Anger in Shaping Support for Climate Policies: Evidence from a UK Survey Experiment
(Mary Ann Liebert Inc., 2024) Defne Günay; Gizem Melek; Gizem Arikan; Clara Faulí Molas; Günay, Defne; Melek, Gizem; Molas, Clara Faulí; Arıkan, Gizem
Emotions play a significant role in motivating climate action but the nature and the direction of the relationship between emotions and attitudes toward climate policy are relatively understudied. We conducted a survey experiment (United Kingdom n 5 1330) in which we experimentally manipulated incidental emotions to consider the effects of fear anger and sadness on support for different climate policies. In terms of informative policies the results show that inducing sadness significantly increases support for early warning systems for disaster predictions but has no notable effect on providing health risk information concerning climate change. Regarding protective policies inducing fear positively and significantly influences support for banning petrol cars while an immediate ban on coal plants shows no statistically significant effect. Interestingly contrary to the expectations and findings in the literature we found the negative effect of anger treatment on the support for punitive measures oriented toward high-electricity-consuming households and no effect on punitive measures against businesses and frequent flyers. Our findings highlight the potent influence of emotions in motivating support for specific climate policies revealing their intricate nature. At times certain emotions such as anger can even cause reduced support for climate policies. © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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The roles Turkey played in the Middle East (2002-2016)
(Springer International Publishing, 2017) Defne Günay; Günay, Defne
[No abstract available]
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Visual framing of climate change during natural disasters at home and abroad: an analysis of British news
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2025) Defne Günay; Öykü Yenen Aytekіn; Gizem Melek; Aytekin, Oyku Yenen; Günay, Defne; Melek, Gіzem; Yenen Aytekіn, Öykü
The connection between climate change and its consequences is often implicit for the general public. Moreover the public often perceives climate change as a phenomenon affecting distant regions and future generations rather than recognising its immediate repercussions. Media play a pivotal role in informing the public on climate change and its consequences including increased frequency and intensity of natural disasters. This research examines the visual frames employed by British news outlets during periods of natural disasters transpiring in the UK or globally. The aim of the research is to reveal the most common visual frames used whether nature is framed as a threat and whether psychologically distant visuals are used at times of natural disasters. The authors analyse 2413 images extracted from 907 climate change-related news articles from UK publications and media namely the The Guardian BBC and Daily Mail published during periods marked by natural disasters. They find that the natural environment is not visually framed as threatening despite the experience of natural disasters. Second they observe that the news stories mostly reduced psychological distance by using the person frames using a camera angle that creates empathy. However they also undermine this effect by not providing geographical details regarding origins of persons and location of the scenes depicted in the visuals. Furthermore significant differences exist in the frames utilised by different outlets that they analysed. This study demonstrates that the visuals used in news stories also tell a story about climate change and this story has a potential to reduce the perceived distance of climate change effects on the viewer offering ways to improve visual framing of climate change. © 2025 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
When climate action is strategic The case of the European Neighbourhood Policy towards Egypt
(ROUTLEDGE, 2024) Defne Gunay; Günay, Defne; H Dyrhauge; K Kurze