Browsing by Author "Acar K."

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    An examination of Russian imperialism: Russian military and intellectual descriptions of the Caucasians during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878
    (2004) Acar K.
    In nineteenth-century Russia, the Caucasus was a large region composed of various territories and ethnic and religious groups. This region included Circassia, Mingrelia, Georgia, a part of Armenia, the ancient Media, Daghestan and the territories of Suanctians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, Karakalpaks and other mountaineer nations. During the nineteenth century, Persia, Russia and the Ottoman Empire wanted to establish their influence and power on the Caucasus. Due to this conflict, these powers, especially Russia with Persia and Russia with the Ottoman Empire, fought with each other. In this study, focusing mainly on the nineteenth century, I explain why and how Russians occupied the Caucasus because the way Russians occupied and controlled the Caucasus had great impact on relations between them and the Caucasians. Russian conquest, forced migrations and other brutal measures that the Russians used for their conquest of the Caucasus inflicted scars upon the relationships between the invaders and invaded. They influenced the ways in which the Russians and the Caucasians perceived each other. © 2004 Association for the Study of Nationalities.
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    The legal status of russian refugees in turkey in the 1920s
    (Dept. of History, Archeology and Museology, Univ. of Alba Iulia, 2019) Acar K.
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    Propaganda during the crimean war (1853-1856): Images of the war and the enemies in Russian popular culture; [Kırım savaşı (1853-56) döneminde propaganda: Rus popüler kültüründe savaş ve düşman imgesi]
    (Ahmet Yesevi University, 2019) Acar K.
    Fought among Russia and the Ottoman Empire, France and England, the Crimean War of 1853-56 resulted in the defeat of Russia. Even though Russia had some successes against the Ottoman Empire in the Eastern front, it couldn’t hold it against France in the Crimea and was defeated by English naval power. Despite this fact, lubki books and pictures published during the war depicted Russia as victorious. Examining some examples of lubki pictures and books, this article aims to analyze Russian war propaganda during the Crimean War. © 2019, Ahmet Yesevi University. All rights reserved.
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    War propaganda and public opinion in Russian popular culture
    (Taylor and Francis, 2021) Acar K.
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    Elderly suicides in Denizli, Turkey: a retrospective study from 2011 to 2020
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022) Zeybek V.; Yetiş H.; İzci A.; Acar K.
    Background: Although suicide rates and methods used may vary according to society, gender, and age there are epidemiological studies reporting that suicide rates increase with advanced age in all societies, particularly accelerating after the age of 65 years. This study aimed to investigate the demographic data and suicide characteristics—such as the location and method, among others—of the elderly suicide deaths among forensic deaths between 2011 and 2020 in Denizli, Turkey. Results: It was determined that elderly suicides constituted 13.8% of all suicides and increased gradually over the years during the 10-year period. The vast majority of cases were male (82%). It has been observed that hanging is the most frequently used method. It is also noteworthy that although firearm suicide among men was the second most common method, women do not choose this method at all. The majority of elderly suicides (88.5%) in Denizli occurred in the home and its annexes. Conclusions: Suicide prevention programmes should promote the elderly to benefit widely from social and health services. Therefore, there is a need to include widespread home care services and firearms regulations in prevention programmes. © 2022, The Author(s).
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    The relationships between anthropometric measurements, organ weights and intracranial, carotid and coronary atherosclerosis
    (BioMed Central Ltd, 2025) Kubra Ata Ozturk H.; Zeybek V.; Kurtulus Dereli A.; Acar K.; Dogu Kılıc I.; Tekin O.; Akca A.
    Background: Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of cardiovascular-cerebrovascular diseases. Obesity and atherosclerosis are related, and obesity can lead to systemic diseases and an increase in organ weight. Anthropometric measurements such as body mass index, waist circumference and hip circumference are used to determine the risk of obesity. We conducted this study to evaluate the relationship between obesity and atherosclerosis in postmortem cases. We aimed to determine the relationships among anthropometric measurements; subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness; atherosclerosis in the intracranial, carotid, and coronary arteries and organ weights. Methods: Prospective data analysis was performed from 230 forensic autopsies of 18–75-year-olds from 22/01/2020 to 22/01/2021. Age, sex, history of disease, cause of death, height, weight, body mass index, waist circumference, hip circumference, waist/hip ratio, subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness, and organ weights of the patients were recorded. Atheroma plaques and stenosis in the intracranial, carotid, and coronary arteries were examined. Statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 29. The Mann-Whitney U or Kruskal Wallis tests were employed to compare continuous variables. Categorical variables were compared using the Chi-square test. Results: This study included 187 (81.3%) males and 43 (18.7%) females, and the mean age of the patients was 49.3 ± 17.5 years. Body mass index was significantly and positively correlated with waist circumference, hip circumference, subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness, and the waist/hip ratio. Body mass index, waist/hip ratio, and subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness were significantly positively correlated with heart, liver, kidney, and spleen weights. While body mass index, waist/hip ratio, and subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness were negatively correlated with brain weight in females, this correlation was not detected in males. There were significant associations between the waist/hip ratio and atheroma plaque in the intracranial arteries and ≥ 50% stenosis in the LAD-RCA arteries. Conclusions: The methods used in the assessment of obesity are important. In study, obesity was approached from a broad perspective by evaluating anthropometric measurements used for obesity diagnosis and atherosclerosis together with organ weights in postmortem cases. We believe that our study will contribute to the assessment of cardiovascular disease risk factors. © The Author(s) 2025.