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                                                                                    <journal-title>Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2148-4996</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Aydin Adnan Menderes University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.30803/adusobed.1769050</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Digital Marketing</subject>
                                                            <subject>Customer Relationship Management</subject>
                                                            <subject>International Marketing</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Dijital Pazarlama</subject>
                                                            <subject>Müşteri İlişkileri Yönetimi</subject>
                                                            <subject>Uluslararası Pazarlama</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>The Impact of E-Commerce Platforms on Consumer Behavıour: A Case Study of Amazon in Germany and Trendyol in Turkey</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>E-Ticaret Platformlarının Tüketici Davranışlarına Etkisi: Almanya’da Amazon ve Türkiye’de Trendyol Vaka Analizi</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3600-0440</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kapaklı</surname>
                                    <given-names>Hakan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>İSTANBUL GEDİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20251229">
                    <day>12</day>
                    <month>29</month>
                    <year>2025</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>12</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>75</fpage>
                                        <lpage>97</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250820">
                        <day>08</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20251222">
                        <day>12</day>
                        <month>22</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2014, Adnan Menderes University Journal of Social Sciences Institute</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2014</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Adnan Menderes University Journal of Social Sciences Institute</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>This study aims to comparatively examine the transformation of consumer behavior in the context of digitalization through the cases of Amazon in Germany and Trendyol in Turkey. The rapid global expansion of e-commerce has not only reshaped economic structures but has also transformed consumption patterns, cultural expectations, and modes of user interaction. In this regard, the study analyzes the shopping experiences, digital navigation tools, promotional and loyalty strategies, and localization policies employed by Amazon and Trendyol from a qualitative perspective. The research adopts document analysis as its data collection method, examining platform interfaces, corporate documentation, campaign structures, loyalty programs, and user-directed strategies. The collected data were categorized under five thematic dimensions: platform design and navigation, purchasing processes, promotional strategies, cultural localization practices, and patterns of digital engagement. Findings reveal that Amazon fosters a more analytical and information-driven shopping behavior in Germany, while Trendyol promotes a faster, promotion-oriented, and intuitive consumption pattern in Turkey. While Amazon emphasizes long-term customer retention and rational decision-making, Trendyol enhances user engagement through real-time campaign dynamics and culturally adapted marketing. Thus, this study contributes both theoretically and practically to understanding how cultural and technological contexts influence digital consumer behavior, and how e-commerce platforms shape these behaviors through strategic interface and engagement mechanisms.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Bu araştırma, dijitalleşme ile birlikte dönüşen tüketici davranışlarını Almanya ve Türkiye örneğinde, Amazon ve Trendyol platformları üzerinden karşılaştırmalı olarak incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. E-ticaretin küresel ölçekte hızlı gelişimi, yalnızca ekonomik yapıları değil; aynı zamanda tüketim alışkanlıklarını, kültürel beklentileri ve kullanıcı etkileşim biçimlerini de yeniden şekillendirmiştir. Bu bağlamda çalışma, Amazon ve Trendyol platformlarının kullanıcıya sunduğu alışveriş deneyimlerini, dijital yönlendirme araçlarını, kampanya ve sadakat stratejilerini ve kültürel uyum politikalarını nitel olarak analiz etmektedir. Araştırmada veri toplama yöntemi olarak doküman analizi kullanılmış; platformların kullanıcı arayüzleri, kurumsal belgeleri, kampanya yapıları, sadakat sistemleri ve kullanıcı davranışlarını etkileyen yönlendirme stratejileri detaylı biçimde incelenmiştir. Elde edilen veriler beş tematik başlık altında sınıflandırılarak analiz edilmiştir: platform tasarımı ve yönlendirme, alışveriş süreçleri, kampanya ve promosyon uygulamaları, kültürel yerelleştirme stratejileri ve dijital etkileşim kalıpları. Bulgular, Amazon’un Almanya’da daha bilgi temelli ve sistematik alışveriş davranışını teşvik eden bir yapı sunduğunu; Trendyol’un ise Türkiye’de promosyon odaklı, hızlı ve sezgisel alışveriş eğilimini destekleyen bir deneyim sunduğunu göstermektedir. Amazon, uzun vadeli kullanıcı bağlılığı ve rasyonel karar süreçleriyle öne çıkarken; Trendyol anlık kampanya stratejileri ve yerelleştirilmiş pazarlama diliyle tüketici etkileşimini artırmaktadır. Bu yönüyle araştırma, kültürel ve teknolojik bağlamların dijital tüketici davranışları üzerindeki etkisini ortaya koyarken; e-ticaret platformlarının kullanıcı yönlendirme pratiklerini anlamaya yönelik teorik ve uygulamalı katkılar sunmaktadır.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>E-ticaret</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Tüketici Davranışı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Amazon</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Trendyol</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Kültürel Uyarlama</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Dijital Etkileşim</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Doküman Analizi</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>E-commerce</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Consumer Behavior</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Amazon</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Trendyol</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Cultural Adaptation</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Digital Interaction</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Document Analysis</kwd>
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