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Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract This study evaluates the seismic performance of elevated reinforced concrete (RC) water tanks in the Elbistan region following the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaras–Elbistan earthquakes. Field investigations, visual damage surveys, non‐destructive testing (ultrasonic pulse velocity—UPV), concrete compressive strength measurements, peak ground ...
Mustafa Eken
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The deterrent effect of voting against minarets: identity utility and foreigners' location choice [PDF]
, 2015 This paper uses the vote on the Swiss minaret initiative as a natural experiment to identify the causal effect of negative attitudes towards immigrants on foreigners' location choices and thus indirectly on their utility.
Slotwinski, Michaela, Stutzer, Alois
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Beschreibung und zeichnerische Aufnahme des Minaretts von Érd aus dem Jahre 1857 [PDF]
, 2014 This paper deals with the description and drawing prepared in 1857 on the minaret of Érd. The k. k. Central-Commission zur Erforschung und Erhaltung der Baudenkmale was established on the territory of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1850.
Prohászka, Péter
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Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite enduring decades of advocacy, Alevi communities in Türkiye find themselves in a constant state of anticipation for acknowledgment from the Turkish state. Previous studies have long documented the marginalized status of Alevis within Turkish society and their ongoing struggle for recognition; however, they have overwhelmingly framed the
Aslı Gücin
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Calenda, 2010 L’IISMM organise une demi-journée d’études sur « Minarets et mosquées », dans laquelle chercheurs et acteurs proposeront leur éclairage sur ce débat : éclairage historique de la longue durée d’abord, avec un regard rétrospectif sur l’implantation des mosquées sur le territoire national ; éclairage comparatif ensuite sur la situation prévalant dans les ...
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Applied Sciences, 2023 Minarets are slender and tall structures that are built from different types of materials. Modern materials are also starting to be used in such structures with the recent developments in material technology.
Ercan Işık +8 more
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Religio‐Governmental Infrastructures: Islam, Infrastructure, and Populist Mobilization in Turkey
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 2, Page 272-283, June 2026.ABSTRACT Turkish mosques are staffed by state‐appointed imams and callers to prayer whose practices are regulated through a complex bureaucratic network operating on an internet‐based data‐management and communication infrastructure. A centralized mosque loudspeaker network enables the broadcast of calls to prayer and other Islamic recitations across ...
Hikmet Kocamaner
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“It Will Get Crowded, It Will Get Dull!”: Preventive Sensations of Density in Zurich's Future‐Making
City &Society, Volume 38, Issue 1, April 2026.ABSTRACT In Zurich, Switzerland's largest and wealthiest city, future planning around densification has been intensely debated in recent years, spurring referendums and direct democratic votes, and permeating the public discourse through governmental communication, political propaganda, and heightened media coverage.
Sabrina Stallone
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Are Muslims the New Catholics? Europe’s Headscarf Laws in Comparative Historical Perspective [PDF]
, 2011 In this paper a biologically-inspired model for partly occluded patterns is proposed. The model is based on the hypothesis that in human visual system occluding patterns play a key role in recognition as well as in reconstructing internal representation ...
Kahn, Robert A.
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Integration Before Multiculturalism
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 354-363, April 2026.ABSTRACT Despite research which shows that, over the last 40 years, most Western states have steadily enhanced their multicultural policies, on the ground, reality tells a different story. Today, Western governments are closing their borders and reversing long‐standing programmes that welcomed newcomers, whereas immigrants continue to be targets of ...
Avigail Eisenberg
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