GE 400 Transdisciplinary Senior Project 2020 – 2021 Spring Poster Presentations

SECTION 1: T. Mine Kara / Pınar E. Önkol 

Group Bilkent Analytica: Increasing Impact of Tech Companies on Individuals in the Last Ten Years

Group Green Peas: Green Bonds: An Alternative Method for Sustainable Finance?

Group Tepe Energy: Bridge Between Turkey and Russia: Energy Security and Geopolitics

Group 4: Examination of The Cyprus Issue Under The Annan Plan

SECTION 2: E. Rana Coşkun Türkmen / Andrew W. Hassell

Group Logos: Turkey’s foreign policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean region: Motivations and consequences

Group Nemo: Financial Assistance and Policy-making: China’s Influence Over its Recipients in Africa and Latin America

Group The Folks: The Impact of Domestic Political Agendas on the Immigration Policies of Germany Hungary and Sweden

Group Tulips: The Role of Social Media in Protests: Comparative Analysis of Social Media Effect on Black Lives Matter and Yellow Vests Movements

Group Masters: An African Lion Flirts with an Asian Tiger: The Adaptation of the Chinese Development Model in Ethiopia

SECTION 3: F. Tahire Erman / Ersin Soylu

Group Unification: Football as a White Male Sport: Challenges by Racial and Gender Identities

Group Stabilizers: Authoritarianism and Stability in the Middle East: The Trade-Off Between Short-Term Peace and Steady Economic Growth

Group Paradox: Life Satisfaction and Political Behavior: A Paradoxical Relationship? 

Group Empathy: Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Politicization of Humanitarian Aid in EU-Turkey Relations

Group Feminist: Women Responding to 2008 Global Financial Crisis: A Comparative Analysis

Group Eureka: Diverse Responses to Cryptocurrency: Decentralization or Re-centralization

SECTION 4: M. Eray Yücel / Pınar E. Önkol

Group Polymaths: The Impact of Urbanization on Gender Inequality in Turkey after the 1950s

Group Six: The Relationship Between Competitive Authoritarianism and Violence Against Women

Group Starlight: Comparative Analysis of Effects of Technological Development on Women: Urban-Rural and Private-Public Divides

Group Syrup: Crowdwork: The Rise of Precarious Job and Reconstruction of Trade Unions 

Group Voters: Foreign Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa: An Issue of Efficacy

SECTION 5: Burcu Sarı Karademir / Ersin Soylu

Group West: Western Identity and LGBTQ+ Rights: Germany, Russia, and Turkey

Group Torch: Comparison of Worker’s Rights in the Olympics: London 2012 & Tokyo 2020 

Group Blueberries: The Impact of Drought in MENA on Europe

Group Teletubbies: Academic Freedom in Turkey: Mind the Gap in Incoming and Outgoing Students’ Mobility

Group Fashionistas: Fast Fashion: True Cost

SECTION 6: Alev Çınar / Andrew W. Hassell

Group Legislators: The Impact of Democracy on the Foreign Direct Investments: The Case of Azerbaijan and Turkey

Group Leviathan: Correlation of Controversy between Populist Governments and Scientific Communities with the Public Trust in the Post-truth Era

Group Gender: “All Is Fair in Love and War”: Perceptions of Military And Masculinities in Turkey

Group Cyprus: The East Mediterranean Gas Dispute: the European Union-Turkey Relations

Group Yemeksepeti: The Effects of Online Food Delivery Services on the Restaurant Industry During Covid-19: The Case of Yemeksepeti

Group Migratum: Academic Brain Drain in Turkey: An Analysis of the Role of Democratic Backsliding