Zeynep Geylan

In his conclusion, Eyal Ginio weighs the importance of the Balkan Wars to shaping the politics of the coming years, and especially the defeat’s role in “promoting policies of exclusion.” The evidence presented in the book fully supports his assessment that “probably the first and most profound effect of the defeat on Ottoman society was fear—fear of extinction” (p. 268). This is a crucial point that goes far in terms of explaining (but not justifying) the war crimes of the Committee of Union and Progress leaders during World War I; and explaining what Ronald Suny has called their “affective disposition” (They Can Live in the Desert but Nowehere Else, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2015). The tremendous amount of material that Ginio has consulted for the book allows him the authority to inform us about the public mindset, rather than just the utterances of the political decision makers. The Ottoman Culture of Defeat is poised to become a classic work of reference on the Balkan Wars, not only for Ottomanists but also for scholars working on societies at war in general. For undergraduate instruction, sections particularly (but not only) from the chapter on “Children in the Ottoman Lecture of Defeat” would be useful. For more advanced students of late Ottoman history, the book is a must read.

Cataloged from PDF version of article.Thesis (M.S.): Bilkent University, Department of Political Science and Administration, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2018.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-100).This thesis analyzes the construction of the ideal Turk images by the television dramas Payitaht: Abdülhamid II and Mehmetçik Kût-ül Amâre in relation to the production of collective memory. They are examined within the framework of JDP s nationalism project, in particular the similarities and differences of the JDP s ideal image from the initial concept of ideal citizen constructed during the years of the early Republic. The aim of this thesis is to show what kind of an ideal citizen the JDP government constructs and implies it through revisiting the existing elements of the ideal citizen which exists in Turkish collective memory in relation to their nationalism project. The characteristics of the represented ideal image is analyzed based on the four most repeated not...

For the last decade, emergence of Fintechs caught the attention of everyone: Individuals working in the financial sector because Fintechs started to become serious competitors, investors and everyone else who received some sort of financial service from a financial institution. With a success this big, it is no surprise that Fintechs were put under a microscope to understand their unique business models, strengths, and weaknesses. While there are certain studies that explore the success of Fintechs, there aren't many that focus on how Fintechs can maintain this success, or how they could achieve it in the first place. In an effort to fill that gap, this article aims at exploring how a Fintech can achieve full sustainability to maintain its success and growth. To provide a framework, this paper takes Elkington's Three Bottom Lines of Sustainability and evaluates Fintechs' ability to fulfill each line. It concludes that due to their business models Fintechs hold certain advantages in the social and environment lines, while they need to pay attention to the value and the quality of their offered insights to fulfill the economic line.

For the last decade, emergence of Fintechs caught the attention of everyone: Individuals working in the financial sector because Fintechs started to become serious competitors, investors and everyone else who received some sort of financial service from a financial institution. With a success this big, it is no surprise that Fintechs were put under a microscope to understand their unique business models, strengths, and weaknesses. While there are certain studies that explore the success of Fintechs, there aren't many that focus on how Fintechs can maintain this success, or how they could achieve it in the first place. In an effort to fill that gap, this article aims at exploring how a Fintech can achieve full sustainability to maintain its success and growth. To provide a framework, this paper takes Elkington's Three Bottom Lines of Sustainability and evaluates Fintechs' ability to fulfill each line. It concludes that due to their business models Fintechs hold certain advantages in the social and environment lines, while they need to pay attention to the value and the quality of their offered insights to fulfill the economic line.

This paper looks at Is¸bank’s Personal Assistant ‘Maxi’ as a case study to demonstrate the important touchpoints in building a personal assistant and provides details of its construction. Is¸bank was established in 1926 and is the biggest private bank in Turkey. Its personal assistant Maxi was added to its mobile application in 2018. Since its launch, Maxi has recorded an impressive number of queries, overwhelmingly positive feedbacks and a very high percentage of accuracy, all of which demonstrate that the steps Is¸bank has taken have been effective. Contrary to the customary application of artificial intelligence (AI) in customer services in the finance sector as chatbots, Maxi was designed to be a personal assistant. Therefore, while acknowledging the existence and the advantages of chatbots in the
banking sector, this paper dwells on the formation of a ‘personal assistant’, which, unlike chatbots, recognises its unique user, carries out certain tasks given to it and provides insights to assist the user with regard to financial decisions. A brief overview of AI will first be provided, followed by a detailed explanation of the seven steps involved in creating an AI-based personal assistant in banking.