Erzurum Technical University Journal of Social Sciences Institute

1-20

Authors: Gonca KARACA

Totalitarianism is a significant concept not only on political but also on social and cultural grounds. Totalitarian regimes, which aim to exercise total power over citizens, are generally portrayed in dystopian works. Perhaps, one of the most known and read dystopias of this kind, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell has influenced and inspired many other similar works through its powerful criticism of an absolute political authority. One such work is the movie V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue, being based on the graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. The movie, like Nineteen Eighty-Four, depicts a dystopian future making a similar totalitarian rule its focus point and raising questions about ruling systems. With regard to totalitarianism, Oceania of Nineteen Eighty-Four is ruled by simply-called Party led by Big Brother while the ruling party Norsefire in V for Vendetta is headed by Adam Sutler. Taking into consideration such similarities, this study aims to put forward totalitarian systems of the two works concerning such elements as party, ideology, surveillance, secret police, propaganda and resistance.

59-80

Authors: Yılmaz ORUÇ

Søren Kierkegaard states that traditional philosophy has based more on rationalist discourse in explaining human beings until now and thinks that rationalist discourse does not care about human individuality. While forming his own thought, he cares more about the individual who is devalued under the shadow of the objective/absolute spirit in Hegel's system. Because in Hegel's system, the individual existence of man is secondary. For this reason, Kierkegaard states that human beings cannot be defined only by rational discourses, and rational discourse is always incomplete. Thinking that the most important quality that distinguishes man from other beings is his spirituality, Kierkegaard paints a concrete human profile by taking into account human psychological elements such as fear, anxiety and hopelessness. Kierkegaard develops a new perspective starting from concrete human existence. Kierkegaard, who is accepted as the founder of existential thought, thinks that human self is formed through choices. A concrete person reaches his own self and truth through three different choices. Aesthetic, ethical and religious choice appear as three basic choices. For Kierkegaard, religious choice is the supreme choice. When a person chooses the religious one, he realizes his inadequacy and weakness before God and can be himself. Reaching the Self and thus the truth is also possible with despair and human inwardness.

97-126

Authors: Merve ERTÜRK

Interest in the gig economy system, where freelancers and customers come together for short-term and temporary jobs requested through digital work platforms, is increasing day by day. Gig economy seems to be very attractive because any chosen job takes place in a take-complete-delivery cycle at any time, anywhere, through digital platforms. In the study, the concept of gig economy is looked at from the perspective of human resources management and it is aimed to make an evaluation on the applicability of human resources management activities under gig economy conditions. It is important how the changes in jobs and ways of doing business will reflect on human resources management activities due to developments in information and communication technologies. It is anticipated that human resources professionals focusing on traditional employment and standard employees will encounter some practical difficulties in managing atypical employees. In this study, a theoretical evaluation was made on the relationship between gig economy and human resources management by scanning the literature. It has been observed that human resources management activities, which can be counted as job analysis, worker selection and recruitment, training and development, career management, performance evaluation, remuneration and worker rights, cannot be applied actively on freelancers and the responsibility of some activities is placed on freelancers.

157-177

Authors: Engin EROĞLU

In the Western perception of history, the general belief is that the cultural levels of the nomadic communities are lower than the levels of the settled communities. This is the earliest form of cultural conflicts between the East and the West. In this sense the seminomads, also called nomads, have been shown as representatives of the culture that does not contribute to the development of modern society. Contrary to these false and biased generalizations, the cultural levels of the nomads have also undergone non-stationary and a authentic development process, similar to the settlers. The lifestyle arising from this authenticity made production-based economic activities necessary in a similar manner to the residents engaged in agriculture. Therefore, in terms of cultural perception, it should be kept in mind that the nomad and settled concepts are not expressions that show the level of development, that they represent the authentic forms of civilization, and that development has a relative meaning depending on different living conditions. In this sense, how ideal life should be depending on the living conditions according to different cultures gains importance in terms of the definition, origin and development of civilization regarding humanity. This issue is also important in terms of understanding the place and importance of Turkish steppe culture

203-221

Authors: Şuayp ATEŞ

This study examines the Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha, who commanded the 2nd Siege of Vienna which took place in the last quarter of the 17th century, one of the most important political events in Turkish history, and the period from the beginning of the expedition to the execution of the pasha deals with the subject. The transcription of a chronicle, which was unearthed by correcting an incorrect classification from the Corum Provincial Public Library manuscripts catalog, became the subject of our thesis and was used as the work to be introduced in this article.The work in question deals with the Ottoman Empire-Austria (Nemçe) wars in the second half of the 17th century, and the Second Siege of Vienna as the main narrative.The work describes the role of Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha in the formation of the Austrian campaign, the decisions of the grand vizier and other imperial officials that were open to criticism during the campaign, and the general composition of the Ottoman army in the expedition, in the light of significant information. In particular, the author's attempt to capture a narrative style based on his own observations of events distinguishes this work from other contemporary chronicles. The main purpose of the study is to examine, evaluate and present the role of Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha in the formation of the expedition and his situation during the expedition from a different source. In this study, the preparations of Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha before the Austrian campaign and his general situation in the war during the 2nd Siege of Vienna are explained.