
Microsoft, in a recent statement, argued that artificial intelligence will grant individuals greater autonomy in the workplace, enabling everyone to become their own “mini-boss.” The company contends that AI tools can enhance personal productivity and decision-making capacity, potentially dismantling traditional hierarchical structures. Yet this vision also raises important questions. Why are we framing the future through a scenario in which everyone is independent and creative? What convinces M
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Çorlu Train Accident is a railway accident that occurred on 8 July 2018 when passenger train number 12703 traveling from Edirne Uzunköprü to Istanbul Halkalı derailed near the Tekirdağ district of Çorlu, in the Sarılar Neighborhood. The train, consisting of six carriages, 362 passengers, and six crew members, derailed and overturned at approximately 17:00 at the 162nd kilometer between Balabanlı and Çorlu, with five carriages leaving the tracks. The initial report announced 10 fatalities and 73
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Meryem Şentürk Çoban
InCockroach Janta Party (English: Cockroach Janta Party; abbreviated as CJP) is a youth-led social movement that emerged in India in 2026 following allegations of irregularities in the education system and widespread question leaks in national examinations. The movement organized around demands for reform of the education system, restructuring of examination security, ensuring accountability in educational administration, and the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. It initially g
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Zeynep Gül

Social inequality is one thing; attributing every advantage to guilt and every success to suspicion is another. Class hatred loses its measure of legitimate justice and descends into envy; envy then transforms into a moral claim of superiority; and this claim, in turn, becomes a desire for revenge aimed not at elevating others but at dragging down those who stand above. For this reason, class hatred is not merely a matter of economic inequality but also of how we interpret inequality itself. Mat
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İrem Naz Acar

Translanguaging is the process by which multilingual individuals draw upon their full range of linguistic and semiotic resources not as separate systems but as an integrated repertoire for meaning-making. This approach challenges the traditional monolingual paradigm that views languages as closed systems rigidly divided by social, cultural, and political boundaries. Conceptual Origins and Theoretical Development The concept was first introduced in the 1980s in bilingual educational settings in W
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Büşra Tuğa

Throughout history, the powerful have hidden their authority behind the high walls of palaces and the cold iron of dungeons. Yet the geography of Anadolu has borne witness to poets whose voices shattered those walls. The loudest and most furious of these voices is undoubtedly Köroğlu. He is not merely a son seeking vengeance for his father but a symbol of the people’s quest for justice against feudal tyranny. His famous line, “Let my greetings reach Bolu Bey,” is not a simple salutation but a ma
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Bahtiyar Bora ERGÜN

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed annually on 2 December to raise awareness of the historical and modern forms of slavery, protect victims, and strengthen global efforts to eliminate slavery. Modern slavery, though lacking a legal definition, encompasses all forms of exploitation in which individuals are unable to resist due to threats, violence, deception, or the use of power, including forced labor, debt bondage, forced marriage, human trafficking, sexual exploitation,
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Nursena Güller

Urban Anthropology is a subfield of socio-cultural anthropology that examines cultural systems in cities and their interactions at local, regional, and global scales.【1】 Unlike traditional anthropology, which focused on non-modern, primitive, or rural communities, this field centers on complex and industrialized urban structures. Urban anthropology views the city not merely as a physical settlement but as a dynamic habitat where social processes, spatial forms, and ideological representations ar
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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
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Nursena Şahin

Gender Policies are a set of strategic arrangements aimed at enabling individuals to participate equally in all areas of social life without being subjected to any stereotypical constraints. Definition and History Conceptually, gender refers to the roles, responsibilities, and expectations imposed by society on women and men. These roles are socially constructed and vary according to culture, space, and time, unlike biological characteristics. Gender equality is based on the principle that diffe
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