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Ahmet Büyükgümüş, a Turkish political scientist and politician, was elected as a member of parliament for Yalova in the 27th and 28th terms of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye. He served as President of the Türkiye-Norway Parliamentary Friendship Group and was a member of the Digital Platforms Commission in the Turkish Parliament. Within the party, he held positions including General President of the Youth Wings, member of the Central Decision and Executive Board, and Deputy Party Leader;

Collective memory: is a concept that argues the processes of remembering and forgetting by individuals who constitute a society are shaped within a social framework, that memory is constructed through social relations and continuously reproduced.【1】 This approach asserts that memory is not merely a biological function of the individual brain, but that the act of remembering occurs through social cues, materials, and contexts.【2】 First developed in the 1920s by French sociologist Maurice Halbwach

Burakumin (literally meaning "village people" or "hamlet people") is an indigenous Japanese group historically marginalized and subjected to social isolation due to roots extending back to Japan's feudal era and traditional caste system, which has led to their classification as a minority.【1】 This community cannot be distinguished biologically or racially from the rest of the Japanese population; social differentiation has been entirely shaped by historical residential patterns and family regist

The Pendle Witch Trials, which took place in 1612 in the county of Lancashire, England, are among the most extensive witch trials in the country’s history. Considering that fewer than 500 people were executed for witchcraft over a period of more than 300 years in England, the death sentences handed down in the Pendle case alone accounted for approximately 2 percent of all witch executions in English history.【1】 Details of the case have reached us through the official records compiled and publish

Nüshu (Chinese: 女书) is the only unique writing system in the world that has remained exclusively female. It was developed and used for centuries by women in the rural areas of Jiangyong County in Hunan Province, China. The term literally means "women's script." This system was first introduced to the academic world in 1982 by scholar Gong Zhebing during his research on the Yao ethnic group.【1】 In scholarly literature, Nüshu is described by its uniqueness, mystery, locality, and richness. It deve