with the overthrow of the shah and the rise to power of ayatollah khomeini in 1979, iran changed from a monarchy to an islamic regime based on an islamic constitution and islamic laws. as a result, a western stereotype of iranian women as veiled and helpless creatures got created. this stereotypical view has dominated public opinion since 1979 in both western societies in general, and among wes...

This article discusses the views of Milli Gorus, anIslamic political movement from Turkey, on women, familyand gender, and position women in movement. TheMilli Gorus Movement is umbrella, or parent organization,of a number Islamic parties Turkey. A Islamicparties were born out Movement. One ofthese AKP. Since 2002 this party has wonthe elections. After years controlling Turkish statebureaucracy...

Nations and nationalisms are, in the modern world, quite a fact. However, biggest problem for state is to create nation from its citizens. In order fulfill this task states have used every opportunity tool. The military one of these tools. As has counterparts, Turkish Republic indoctrinate citizens nation. usage never been limited time, or itself. Both militarist discourse, Turkey, involved per...

in this study, the systematic position of acanthalburnus microlepis from kura and aras basins is clarified and some notes on the taxonomy of the acanthobrama species distributed in turkey are given. based on the morphological and osteological analyses, a high similarity between a. microlepis and acanthobrama members is found. some taxonomic information yielded from the examination of recent col...

the purpose of present paper was to examine the relationship between central bank independence and inflation rate in iran over 1960-2008. first, central bank independence has been accomplished through three indices including legal and real cbi indices and turnover rate of central bank governor index. then, augmented dickey-fuller test for model stationary of variables has been done by applying ...

The strategic area of Kara Su in the northwest Iran was one areas where there a dispute between and Turkey regarding ownership, it has yet to be investigated any re- search. importance this is due fact that Re- publics Azerbaijan Armenia connect Turkey. Ottoman government, Iran's most important Western neighbour, signed first second Erzurum treaties1 with settle territorial disputes, but disput...

Abstract In recent years, a growing literature has claimed that there is strong and consistent association between the presence of historic missionary societies outside Europe positive long-term socio-economic outcomes. Yet, most these studies fail to specify whether this finding result investment in human capital or local actors stepping up their educational efforts reaction activities. This a...