In this research, the writer tried to examine the fundamental reasons for the decrease of the Christian population in the Middle East. The writer, who tried to limit himself with the Christians living in the countries of Syria and Iraq, was also based on the Arab Spring preface. Discussing the important role of discrimination, economic reasons, insecurity and relation with the governments in the migration of Christians from the Middle East, the author points out that the ambiguity of the future of the region also has a share in the immigration’s permanence.

Abstract The situation that Syria is in today can be understood more healthily if the efforts of nation building in Syria are successful. Hafiz al-Assad, who ruled Syria for 30 years, tried to instigate the society in which local loyalties prevail, in the framework of the Great Arab State’s conception firstly. But this dream was not realized and he tried to create a Syrian nation. Local identities are dominant in Syria’s social and political structure. The foundation of being a nation is to provide a unity within the country. Assad has taken several initiatives to achieve this, but has not achieved the target. This study aims at dealing with the development of nationalism, which is an important element of national consciousness, in the Middle East in general and in the Arab World and specifically in Syria. In the study, firstly a theoretical discussion on nationalism is presented. Then the development of Arab nationalism and the process in Syria are taken up. Lastly, the process of the idea of Arab nationalism in the period of Hafiz al-Assad and the efforts to create a Syrian nation after the failure is mentioned in. In the conclusion part, a general evaluation is made on the problem and reasons of failure are given.

Özet Modern Türk edebiyatinin baslangici olarak kabul edilen Tanzimat yillarindan bugüne Türk siirinin en tartismali konularindan biri gelenek kavramidir. Tartismanin merkezinde ise gelenegin reddedilmesi ya da gelenegin temellük edilmesi meselesi bulunmaktadir. Bu tartisma Osmanli devletinde batililasma süreci ile birlikte edebiyat disi alanlarda baslayip edebiyata geçmis bir tartismadir. Batililasma ile birlikte Türk edebiyatinda ilk defa görülen edebi türlerin yani sira siirde de geleneksel siirde kullanilan form, dil, üslup, muhteva gibi unsurlara Bati’dan alinan yeni dil, üslup, sekil, muhteva gibi unsurlar eklenir. Bu durum siirde gelenegi sürdürme ya da reddetme arasinda devam eder. Günümüz sairlerinden olan Akif Inan’in siiri de bu baglamda ele alinmis ve siirlerindeki gelenege ait sekil, üslup, dil, muhteva gibi unsurlar tespit edilmeye çalisilmistir. Bunun için ilk olarak gelenek konusunda genel ve kisa bir giris yapilmis, ardindan Akif Inan’in gelenek hakkindaki görüsleri ve siirinin zihniyeti meselesine temas edilmistir. Son olarak sairin siirlerinde bulunan geleneksel unsurlar sekil, dil ve ahenk, muhteva üst basliklari altinda degerlendirmeye tabi tutulmustur. Anahtar Sözcükler; Gelenek, Siir, Modern Türk siiri, Akif Inan Abstract Since the Tanzimat period, which is accepted as the beginning of modern Turkish literature, one of the most controversial topics of Turkish poetry has been the concept of tradition. At the centre of the discussion, there is the question of the rejection of tradition or the appropriation of tradition. This is a discussion which began in non-literary fields and proceeded to literary fields with the process of westernization in the Ottoman state. In addition to the literary genres seen for the first time in Turkish literature with westernization, elements such as new language, style, form and content from the west are added to the elements such as form, language, style and content used in traditional poetry This situation continues between continuing or rejecting the tradition in poetry. The poetry of Akif Inan, one of today’s poets, was also handled in this context and attempts were made to identify elements such as shape, style, language and content of his poetry belonging to tradition. For this, first a general and brief introduction to tradition was made, and then Akif Inan’s views on tradition and his mentality of poetry were mentioned. Finally, the traditional elements in the poet’s poetry are evaluated under the main headings of form, language and harmony, content. Key Words; Tradition, Poetry, Modern Turkish Poetry, Akif Inan

Özet 19. yüzyilin ilk yarisindan baslamak suretiyle Osmanli Imparatorlugu’nda gayr-i müslim tebaadan olanlar, milliyetçi ve hürriyetçi fikirlerin etkisi altinda bagimsizlik için siyasi, kültürel ve askeri yöntemlere basvurmuslardir. Osmanli’nin gayr-i müslim tebaasi içerisinde önemli bir kitleyi teskil eden ve Anadolu cografyasinda dagilmis bir popülasyona sahip olan Ermeniler de 19. yüzyilin ikinci yarsinin sonuna dogru ayrilikçi hareketlere girismislerdir. Bu süreçte birçok istenmeyen olay müsahede edilmistir. Sonuç olarak 20. yüzyilin baslarina gelindiginde tasrada yasayan Ermeniler, Müslüman tebaadan olan milletler özellikle de Türkler ve Kürtler ile karsi karsiya gelmislerdir. Bu karsi karsiya gelme, Anadolu’daki birçok yerlesim merkezinde istenmeyen olaylarin yasanmasina sebep oldugu gibi Mus Bulanik çevresinde de bu tür olaylarin vuku bulmasina neden olmustur. Bu çalismada, Osmanli arsiv vesikalarina dayanarak Bulanik çevresinde 20. yüzyilin baslarinda yasanan bazi Ermeni olaylarinin bir degerlendirmesi yapilacaktir. A nahtar Kelimeler: Osmanli, Ermeniler, Kürtler, Milliyetçilik, Bulanik Abstract By starting from the first half of the 19th century, in the Ottoman Empire non-Muslim subjects resorted to political, cultural and military methods for independence under the influence of nationalist and libertarian ideas. Having constituted an important population within the Ottoman’s non-Muslim subjects and scattered in the Anatolian geography, the Armenians also attempted separatist movements towards the end of the second half of the 19th century. Many undesirable events have been witnessed by history in this process. As a result, when it came to the beginning of the 20th century, the Armenians living in the provincial units confronted Muslims, especially Turks and Kurds. As this confrontation caused unwanted events to happen in many regions of Anatolia, these kinds of incidents also occurred around Mus, Bulanik. In this study, based on the records of the Ottoman archives, some Armenian incidents in the early 20th century around Bulanik will be evaluated.

Abstarct Following the success of the War of Independence in the command of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the primary objective of the Republic of Turkey to establish is to work in order to establish relations based on peace and friendship with all the states of the world globally as a requirement of the “Peace and Prosperity in Peace at Home” policy. The Republic of Turkey has prioritized its close neig hboring states while realizing this aim. Balkan states have also been given special importance due to the fact that Balkan geography is Turkey’s gateway to the west. Bulgaria has a prescription in comparison to other Balkan states because of the presence of a shield on the western border of Turkey. During World War I, the two states took the same stage as allies. Since the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, efforts have been made on behalf of the continuation of relations. At the establishment of the interstate relations, the visits of the statesmen are preliminary in the first instance. In this work we will discuss the visit of Bulgarian Prime Minister and politician Georgi Köseivanov to Turkey.