...Abstract The abusive and excessive use of credit cards are a major economical issue in Turkey for a decade, which poses threats to the core structure of our society and the individuals’ self-esteem. News regarding the problems arising due to the inappropriate use of credit cards increases on a daily-basis, which signifies the fact that the problem shows a continually expanding trend, which is worth carrying an investigation upon. In order to overcome this problem, eight solutions were proposed. These solutions were banning the installments in shopping, copying the American model by providing collateral to the banks while getting a new credit card, requesting a guarantor per person while giving a credit card, giving maximum one credit card per person who has already debt, increasing the commission rate of the point on sale machines, educating people about the usage of credit cards and tell them its advantages and disadvantages, preparing therapy meetings by government for shopaholics and limiting cash advance credit from credit cards. The underlying research methodology of these solutions includes student surveys, internet based researching, discussions with credit card users, and discussions with personnel of banks. These proposed solutions were evaluated according to their effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, sustainability and legality. Among these solutions three of them passed the criteria and suitable to apply. The chosen solutions can be regarded as the most...
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...March 8, 2013 Building a Foreign Business Venture in Iraq Table of Contents Natural resources and Environmental Sustainability 3 Socio – Cultural Forces 6 Economic and Socioeconomic Forces 9 Competitive and Distributive Forces 13 Political Forces 16 Appendix 19 Bibliography 21 Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Iraq is located in Western Asia in an area known as the Middle East. It is bordered by six countries as follows; Turkey, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Syria. It doesn’t have a very long coastline but it does border the Persian Gulf for a stretch of thirty-six miles. Iraq consists of 169,235 square miles which is mostly made up of desert but also has mountain regions in the northern part of the country between Iran and Turkey but also has some marsh lands in the southern part of the country along the borders. The climate is fairly similar to that of the high desert region in California where the mountainous regions have colder winters that drop down to 39 degrees and in the summer months the desert averages 111 degrees. The capital city of Iraq which is also the largest city in the country is Baghdad and has a population just exceeding thirty million people. There are really only two major natural resources that are found in Iraq which are petroleum and natural gas. Iraq has the second largest reserve of oil in the Middle East following Saudi Arabia, amounting to 112 billion barrels...
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...was an outspoken advocate of gender equity and strove to end legal discrimination against women, including modifying the grounds for divorce. She continued to support women’s rights when she became a member of the Ontario Legislature in 1943” (Canadian Encyclopedia). Agnes Macphail, the first woman to become truly involved with the government, stressed women’s rights and played a big role in suffrage. Suffrage is the right for women to be able to vote in an election (Creating Canada 152). In 1925 the women of Newfoundland earned the right to vote (Morrison). Other laws, encouraging women’s rights included the federal divorce law, meaning that women would have a say in getting a divorce, maternity leave, and women being viewed as persons, when “The British Privy Council decides that Canadian women are persons under law” (Morrison). During the 1920’s, women also began to challenge the status quo of acting ‘feminine’ and started to rebel against what they were expected to do and how they were expected to behave. Young women all over Canada made difference by wearing clothing that was deemed as inappropriate for a female to wear by wearing flappers. Many believed that...
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...Project Paper 5 Turkey Country and Research Areas Report Final Version, 2010-09-28 Responsible institution: Koç University University of Antwerp Authors: Deniz Karcı Korfalı Ayşen Üstübici Helene De Clerck With the collaboration of Ahmet İçduygu, Deniz Sert, Zeynep Özler and Chris Timmerman Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 3 Country Background ............................................................................................................... 4 An Overview......................................................................................................................... 4 Geography in General ........................................................................................................ 4 Demography ...................................................................................................................... 6 Political Environment and Administration ........................................................................... 7 Economy ............................................................................................................................ 8 Health care......................................................................................................................... 9 Education ..........................................................................................................................10 Historical...
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...The role of young people in the country’s economy and its future development is undeniable. That is why many governments put a lot of effort into investing in this group of people in order to benefit from its return in a long-term period and also improve lives of future generations. The question then arises: “how to invest in youth?”. The answer to this question can be limitless, but the first thing that comes to my mind is good health and proper education. From my point of view, the proper education is defined as a good combination of primary and second education. The girls’ secondary education is a quite problematic topic, especially when they finish primary school and are on the threshold of starting their secondary education or suffering from life full of bad surprises. The reason why secondary education of girls is of crucial importance is associated with its dramatic effect on the economy and a wider society. Thus, referring to the idea that girls’ education is advantageous not only for individuals but also for the whole society, I would like to express my thoughts about its economic and social impacts, the benefits and costs of both educated and uneducated girls, the barriers girls face in accessing secondary education and to give recommendations on how to improve this critical situation. In today’s modern world, it is not surprising to encounter women who work in the top level positions with high salaries,...
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...IELTS Writing Task 1 Simon Contents 1. Line graph 2 1.1. Tips for Line graph 2 1.2. Internet Users as percentage of population 3 1.3. Internatioal migration in UK 4 1.4. UK acid rain emission 5 1.5. Water consumption 6 1.6. Car ownership 7 2. Bar chart 8 2.1. Marriages and divorces 8 2.2. Levels of participation 9 2.3. Consumer good 11 2.4. House prices 12 3. Table 13 3.1. Tips for table 13 3.2. Rail networks 14 3.3. Poverty proportion in Australia 15 3.4. Daily activities 16 3.5. Goods consumer 17 4. Pie chart 18 4.1. Cam7, page 101 18 4.2. Diet 19 5. Map 20 5.1. Village of Chorleywood 20 5.2. Gallery 21 5.3. House design 22 5.4. 2 proposed supermarket 23 6. Process 24 6.1. Tips for process diagram 24 6.2. Forecast in Australia 25 6.3. Brick manufactuting 26 6.4. Water cycle 27 Line graph Tips for Line graph Line graphs always show changes over time. Here's some advice about how to describe them: * Try to write 4 paragraphs - introduction, summary of main points, 2 detail paragraphs. * For your summary paragraph, look at the "big picture" - what changes happened to all of the lines from the beginning to the end of the period shown (i.e. from the first year to the last). Is there a trend that all of the lines follow (e.g. an overall increase)? * You don't need to give numbers in your summary paragraph. Numbers are specific details. Just mention general things like 'overall...
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...Running head: GLOBAL BUSINESS CULTURAL ANALYSIS: TURKEY Abstract A global business cultural analysis is a tool used in order for one to become more familiar with a culture, more attune to the implications that the culture has on the business conducted by the people group of the culture, and more aware of the attitudinal and behavioral implications a member of a different culture should expect when working with members of the people group. In exploring the varying cultural elements, one examines the role and perception of women, the role and influence of religion, and the role and perspective of time. The cultural elements have an impact on business that should be considered by a U.S. American seeking to conduct business with members of this people group. Global Business Cultural Analysis: Turkey Primary sources serve to provide a foundation for definitions when pursuing a research project. They are also beneficial for defining terms and establishing reasons behind why one might pursue a particular research topic. When beginning a global business cultural analysis, it is important to understand what is meant by the term culture. Hofstede defines culture as “the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from another” (Hofstede, 2001, p. 9). The people group focus for this study is the members of the Republic of Turkey. Though the culture in Turkey differs from that of other people groups around the world, this...
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...Export IKEA furniture products to Egypt Instructor: Bonnie Heineman Wolfe MBA 617: Import Export Management Pinarath Sinluksanathip Munkh Orgil Zorigoo Funmi Ogunwale Nasser Madini Samuel Sandeep Trang Huynh December 3, 2012 CONTENT I. Executive Summary II. Introduction III. Product background analysis IV. Egypt Overview V. Barrier to trade of Egypt VI. Market Analysis VII. Marketing Effort VIII. Logistic and Supply Chain analysis 1. Logistic Strength in Egypt: 2. Egypt Facts from Logistics Perspective 3. Creating a Supply Chain and Logistics Strategy a. Determining the Store Location and Capacity b. Transportation and Storage c. Logistic partnerships d. Logistic Enterprise and Measurement 4. Risk Management Plan for Supply Chain and Logistics IX. IKEA Distribution Process to Egypt X. General document requirement for exporting I. Executive Summary IKEA is a home furnishing company with a fully integrated supply chain, including its own industrial groups – Swedwood and Swedspan. The IKEA Group, directly or indirectly, also owns retail centers, always with an IKEA store as unique anchor tenant. The IKEA Group works in four basic areas: range strategy & product development, production, supply and retail. The parent company of the IKEA Group of Companies, INGKA Holding B.V. is owned by Stichting INGKA Foundation in the Netherlands (The case of IKEA...
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...still continue to be part of our culture and our society? Women have been used for centuries by men to resolve their feuds but out of all the torture females have to bear because of men the worst of all is honor killing which has snatched away thousands of women lives each year. Believed to have originated as a patriarchal tribal custom, honor killings are a global phenomenon. A 2000 report by the UN Population Fund estimated that as many as 5,000 women and girls are killed each year by relatives for allegedly dishonoring their family. While the practice is often associated with Muslim cultures, it also happens among Christians, Hindus and Sikhs. However, an independent British study suggested the practice is strongest in Pakistan and Turkey. In a 2009 edition of the U.S. policy journal Middle East Quarterly, American feminist writer Phyllis Chesler argued that honor killings are distinct from domestic violence. According to Chesler, honor killings differ from domestic abuse because they are planned in advance and often rely on collusion between multiple family members (The history). In Pakistan, honor killing is when the society or family kills a person because they believe that person has somehow destroyed family honor or ashamed them in front of the society. Honor killing is locally known as karo-kari here karo stand for black male and kari for black female, originally used metaphorically for adulterer and adulteress but with the passage of time it got connoted with many...
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...Religious and Ethnic Diversity ETH/125 February 10, 2013 Dr. Brenda Miller Religious and Ethnic Diversity Jehovah’s witnesses have beliefs that are far different than other Christian religions, and many that are the same as those same Christian religions (Robinson, 1996-2009). We will examine the differences as well as the commonalities of Jehovah’s witnesses compared to other similar evangelical Christian religions. Jehovah’s witnesses do not believe in the father, the son, and the Holy Ghost, instead they believe in monotheism which states that Jehovah is the Supreme Being, and Jehovah gave Christ the ability to rule heaven and earth (Robinson, 1996-2009). Jehovah’s witnesses do not believe Christ was sacrificed on a cross as most Christian religions do, they instead believe that he was sacrificed on a wooden post with no crossbeam on it. They also believe that the second coming has already happened back in 1914, and that World War I was the beginning of the end. This differs from most Christian beliefs whereas the second coming has not yet happened and the recent events such as earthquakes, natural disasters, and disease is a precursor to the second coming of Christ (Robinson, 1996-2009). Most Christian religions believe that there is life after death where your mortal body dies and your soul will either go to heaven or hell. Jehovah’s witnesses do not believe in life after death and that the only souls that will remain after death are those that had taken part in...
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...«IS IT AN ARAB SPRING OR BUSINESS AS USUAL? RECENT CHANGES IN THE ARAB WORLD IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT" By Michael B. Bishku* INTRODUCTION What began in Tunisia in December 2010 and continues most violently in Syria today has been labeled by observers of and experts on the Middle East as the "Arab Spring," but is that the correct term? (It should be noted that Lebanon engaged in the Cedar Revolution in 2005 - following the assassination of Sunni Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri by Hezbollah operativeswhich resulted in the withdrawal of Syrian froops after 30 years.) While Tunisia seems to be emulating Turkey as a historically secular country with mildly Islamist politicians exercising the greatest amount of influence in their country's respective foreign and domestic affairs, Egypt, the birthplace of the Muslim Brotherhood, appears to be at the center of a struggle between the Islamists and the military, which has dominated politics in that country since the early 1950s, while secularists and the minority Copts feel as if they have been sidelined. Majority Shi'a in Bahrain were quashed in their attempt to have a minority Sunni government recognize their rights, while Yemen's longtime leader was replaced by that country's vice president. Libya toppled an erratic dictator, but has no experience with representative government and like in Yemen the population possesses tribal identities. Syria is now engaged in a brutal civil war in which at least 20,000 people have lost their lives by the...
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...Women Before and After the Pahlavi Period In Iran Hashem Alshakhas December 11 2013 Table of Contents Section Page Introduction………………………………………………………….……………………..1 Rise of Reza and Muhammad Shah………………………………………….…….1 The first Pahlavi period- Reza Shah…...…………………………………….…….5 Modernization, unveiling and clash with the citizens…………………………5 The second Pahlavi period- Muhammad Shah…………………………..10 After The Islamic Revolution …………………………………………….14 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………..19 References…………………………………………………………………..21 Introduction It has been more than 30 years since the victorious Islamic revolution transpired and sought the citizen supported and the forceful death of the Pahlavi dynasty which was ruled, with a denied democracy, under Mohammed shah and his father, Reza shah who were both put forth by the British. Due to the controversial media’s coverage, its western influence and lack of justice, there remains a bitter taste in the mouth of feminists in regards to women’s rights under the newly born Islamic state. In this paper, I will be examining and shedding light on these issues, as well as comparing the current and past roles of women, the differences between the Islamic and Pahlavi imposed laws on these women all within the confines of the diverse domains of Iran, while taking...
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...Running Head: Change Project A COURSE PAPER SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN NURSING IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING BY Desiree McGee, RN, B.S.N HOUSTON, TEXAS June 23, 2013 Primary Target Behavior My primary target behavior is to increase my cardiovascular fitness with eating healthier and continue my exercise regimen. I chose this particular behavior to change due to my increased weight gain. I currently weigh 106 lbs at the start of this class. I was up to 110 lbs which may not sound overweight to many but at 5’0 tall and it going straight to my thighs and stomach I felt I needed to do better. Plus I had to squeeze into my clothes and others just would not fit, I went from a double zero in size to a size 1. When you are use to weighing a certain weight and your body looking a certain way it is hard to see it change. With exercise and eating healthier I know I can get my body back in shape and toned. Treatment Plan Goal: To improve my cardiovascular fitness by eating healthier and maintain an exercise regimen. Objective 1: Continue workout regimen of 3-4 days a week for 1-2 hours a day. Objective 2: To maintain a diet of increased fruits and vegetables and decrease consumption of unhealthy foods 5-10 Action Steps – Objective 1: 1. On off days continue going to the gym for 8 am group classes 2. Switch exercises to provide variety and continue motivation. Such as working...
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...exclusively populated by denizens whose ethnic identification is classified as Greek. The northern third of the island, occupied by self-avowed Turkish Cypriots, recognizes itself as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The only other country in the world that recognizes the TRNC is Turkey, while the Republic of Cyprus is recognized internationally. While the international community recognizes the Republic of Cyprus as having jurisdiction over the island as a whole, in fact the Republic’s authority stops at the green line, a fact which has led at a number of confusing international issues, including Cyprus’ and Turkey’s EU accession bids. The Beginnings of Cypriot History Cyprus is an island state that has only recently achieved sovereignty. Inhabited for well over two thousand years, it has a four hundred year colonial history of shared culture, language, and mores between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots that populate its scenic mountains, plains, and beaches. These shared mores and sense of culture will prove essential to my discussion of how to best address the current conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. The island’s strategic location approximately 40 miles south of Turkey and 400 miles east of Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean, at the crossroads of three continents, coupled with its expansive coastline and small size (approximately 3,572 square miles), has historically made it an...
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...The Dying Bear Russia's Demographic Disaster By Nicholas Eberstadt November/December 2011 December marks the 20th anniversary of the end of the Soviet dictatorship and the beginning of Russia's post communist transition. For Russians, the intervening years have been full of elation and promise but also unexpected trouble and disappointment. Perhaps of all the painful developments in Russian society since the Soviet collapse, the most surprising -- and dismaying -- is the country's demographic decline. Over the past two decades, Russia has been caught in the grip of a devastating and highly anomalous peacetime population crisis. The country's population has been shrinking, its mortality levels are nothing short of catastrophic, and its human resources appear to be dangerously eroding. Indeed, the troubles caused by Russia's population trends -- in health, education, family formation, and other spheres -- represent a previously unprecedented phenomenon for an urbanized, literate society not at war. Such demographic problems are far outside the norm for both developed and less developed countries today; what is more, their causes are not entirely understood. There is also little evidence that Russia's political leadership has been able to enact policies that have any long-term hope of correcting this slide. This peacetime population crisis threatens Russia's economic outlook, its ambitions to modernize and develop, and quite possibly its security. In other...
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