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e-ISSN: 2146-5975
PUBLISHER: DUZCE UNIVERSITY

Duzce University Journal of Social Sciences

Publication Model: Periodical Publication (July - December)

Journal Boards

Editor in Chief

Fehmi Soğukoğlu
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fehmi Soğukoğlu
DÜZCE ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Religion, Society and Culture Studies, Religion Anthropology

Editorial Board

Jörg Matthes
Prof. Dr. Jörg Matthes
University of Vienna
Communication and Media Studies, Communication Studies
MN
Prof. Dr. Michael Nıelsen
Georgia Southern University
Applied and Developmental Psychology, Psychological Foundations of Education, Psychology of Religion
AS
Prof. Dr. Aybeyan Selim
International Vision University
Information Security and Cryptology, Applied Mathematics
KV
Prof. Dr. Keti Ventura
EGE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ
Marketing, Digital Marketing, Marketing Research Methodology, Industrial Marketing, Customer Relationship Management
Fabio L. Grassi
Prof. Dr. Fabio L. Grassi
Sapienza Università di Roma
Ottoman history, Late Modern Ottoman History, Late Modern Balkan History, History of The Republic of Turkiye, Politics in International Relations
Seyil Najimudinova
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seyil Najimudinova
KYRGYZ - TURKISH MANAS UNIVERSITY
Human Resources Management, Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour (Other)
AA
Dr. Abdoul Aziz Ahmadou
Groupe d'Études Turques et Ottomanes (GETO), Département d'Histoire, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) - CANADA
African Studies, African Political History, Ottoman Culture and Art, Regional Analysis and Planning in Turkiye, Turkish Foreign Policy, Islamic Studies (Other), Late Modern African History
EK
European Union, European and Region Studies

Business & Economics Field Editor

Yıldırım Yıldırım
Product and Brand Management, Digital Marketing, Consumer Behaviour

Marka Yönetimi, Tüketici Davranışları ve Pazarlama

FA
Prof. Dr. Fatih Ayhan
BANDIRMA ONYEDİ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
International Finance, Growth, Employment

Finance Field Editor

Erdoğan Teyyare
Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Teyyare
BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Fiscal Sociology, Public Economics - Taxation and Revenue, Policy of Treasury, Public Economy, Public Finance

Political Science and Public Administration Field Editor

Fatih Ertugay
Prof. Dr. Fatih Ertugay
CUMHURİYET ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Turkish Political Life, Comparative Political Institutions, Political Movement
Hicran Hamza Çelikyay
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hicran Hamza Çelikyay
Düzce University/Akçakoca Bey Faculty of Political Sciences/Department of Political Science and Public Administration/Department of Public Policy/
Local Administrations , Public Policy, Public Administration, Urban Policy, Urbanization Policies, Environment Policy

She graduated from the Computer Programming Department of Boğaziçi University in 1996. Between 2000 and 2009, she worked as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist at the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. In 2010, she completed her master’s degree in the Urban Systems and Transportation Management program at Bahçeşehir University with high honors, and in 2017, she earned her PhD with high honors from Marmara University in the Department of Local Governments, Subdivision of Local Administrations and Decentralization.

Between 2014 and 2015, she served as a researcher at the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA), and between 2016 and 2017, she worked as the Director of the Scientific Research Unit at Yeşilay General Headquarters. In 2018, she began her appointment as a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the Akçakoca Bey Faculty of Political Sciences, Düzce University. She currently serves as the Head of the Public Policy Division.

Between 15 November 2021 and 2 February 2022, she conducted research at Southern University and A&M College in the United States on “IoT Technologies in Smart Cities: Privacy and Security Principles.” On 11 August 2022, she was awarded the title of Associate Professor in the field of Local Governments, Urban and Environmental Policies.

Her research interests include local governments, urban and environmental policies, public policies, metropolitan governance, urban systems, smart cities,, and migration policies.

History Field Editor

AE
Prof. Dr. Ali Ertuğrul
DÜZCE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN-EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, TARİH BÖLÜMÜ
Political and Civilization History of Islam, History of Seljuk, Turkish and Islamic Intellectual History

Turkish Language and Literature Field Editor

YS
Asst. Prof. Dr. Yusuf Sen
DÜZCE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Caucasian Language, Literature and Culture, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
Prof. Dr. Recai Özcan
DÜZCE ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field
İK
Modern Turkish Literature in Turkiye Field

International Relations Field Editor

ZA
Prof. Dr. Zafer Akbaş
Düzce Üniversitesi Akçakoca Bey Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü
International Relations, Turkish Foreign Policy, Middle East Studies, International Security, Politics in International Relations, Political Science, Regional Studies
Regional Studies, International Relations Theories, Politics in International Relations, Terrorism in International Relations, International Institutions, Turkish Political Life, African Studies, Middle East Studies, Turkish Foreign Policy, International Migration, International Security, Political Science

Tourism Field Editor

BH
Sustainable Tourism

Special Education Field Editor

Prof. Feyzullah Şahin
Düzce Üniversitesi
Special Talented Education
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hakan Özak
Düzce Üniversitesi
Special Talented Education, Special Education and Disabled Education, Special Education and Disability (Other), Mental Disability Education, Education for Autistic Children

Theology Field Editor

Fatih Aydın
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatih Aydın
Düzce Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi
Epistemology, Ethics, Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Society, Metaphysics

Philosophy Field Editor

Muhammet Özdemir
Prof. Dr. Muhammet Özdemir
Düzce Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi
Teaching Philosophy, 20th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Islamic Philosophy, Postcolonial Studies, Limnology, Political Theory and Political Philosophy, History of Turkish Ideas, Contemporary Philosophy , 21st Century Philosophy

2003 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi, 2005 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü master programı ve 2012 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü'nde doktora programından mezun oldu. 2018 yılında Üniversitelerarası Kurul Başkanlığı tarafından verilen "Felsefe Doçenti" unvanını kazandı. Fenerbahçe Lisesi, Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi ve İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Fakültesi'nde görev yaptı. 2020-2024 yılları arasında Mersin Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi'nde ve Mersin Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi'nde görev yaptıktan sonra 2024 yılında atandığı Düzce Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Bölümü'nde çalışmaktadır. İslam felsefesi, bilim tarihyazımı, sosyoloji, oryantalizm eleştirileri, post-kolonyalizm, toplum ve siyaset felsefesi, çağdaş felsefeler ve ekonomi metafiziğiyle yakından ilgilenmektedir. Ayrıca yapay zekâ felsefesi, transhümanizm, posthümanizm ve metaverse üzerine araştırmalar yapmaktadır. Arapça ve İngilizce bilmektedir. Avrupa'da bazı ülkelerde bulunmuş ve Lizbon Üniversitesi Felsefe Bölümünde ders vermiştir.

Sociology Field Editor

ŞK
Sociology of Health, Change, Underdevelopment and Modernisation Sociology, Sociology of Inequalities, Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Rural Sociology, Modernization Sociology

Art and Design Field Editor

EU
Assoc. Prof. Evren Günevi Uslu
DÜZCE ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Cinema Studies (Other), Turkish Cinema, Cinema Sociology, Cinema Theories, Movie Review

Technical Editors

Burak Pekcan
Res. Assist. Burak Pekcan
DÜZCE ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Religious Education

Turkish Language Editor

Mehmet Demir
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Demir
Gaziantep İslam Bilim ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi İslami İlimler Fakültesi
Religion, Society and Culture Studies

Foreign Language Editor

NC
Dr. Instructor Nagihan Ceyhan
JANDARMA VE SAHİL GÜVENLİK AKADEMİSİ, JANDARMA VE SAHİL GÜVENLİK FAKÜLTESİ
Translation Studies

Statistics and Analytics Editor

Bahadir Yüzbaşı
Prof. Dr. Bahadir Yüzbaşı
İnönü University
Statistics (Other), Spatial Statistics, Econometrics Theory, Machine Learning (Other), Big Data
EG
Panel Data Analysis, Econometrics Theory, Econometrics, Statistical Analysis, Demography, Time-Series Analysis

Scientific and Advisory Board

Ercümend Ersanlı
Prof. Dr. Ercümend Ersanlı
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi
Child Development Education, Education, Career Counseling, Drug Addiction Consultancy, School Counseling, Psychological Counseling Education, Early Childhood Education, Intercultural Psychology, Political Psychology, Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Family Counseling, Cultural Psychology, Communication Psychology, Social Movement, Special Education and Disabled Education

2001 yılında Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışmanlık Anabilim Dalı’ndan lisans derecesiyle mezun olmuş. 2001-2003 yılları arasında Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Psikolojik Danışma ve Rehberlik Programı’nda yüksek lisans eğitimini tamamlamıştır. 2003-2007 yılları arasında Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimler Enstitüsü Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışmanlık Anabilim Dalı’nda doktora derecesini almıştır. 2012 yılında Üniversitelerarası Kuruldan doçent ünvanını almıştır. 2020-2021 yılları arasında Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Lisansüstü Eğitim Enstitüsü Kamu Yönetimi Anabilim Dalı’nda da Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Programında tezsiz yüksek lisans yapmıştır. 2020 yılında profesör kadrosuna atanmış olup halen Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Sosyal Hizmet Bölümü’nde Prof. Dr. olarak çalışmalarına devam etmektedir. 

Ahmet Şimşek
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Şimşek
ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY-CERRAHPASA, HASAN ALİ YÜCEL FACULTY OF EDUCATION
Theory of History, Historiography Education, Digital History, History of The Humanities, History of The Social Sciences, The Writing of History, History Methodology, Literature of History, History of Policy, Historical Review, Philosophical and Social Foundations of Education, History Education, Sociology of History, History of Ottoman Education

E-mail: ahmetsimsek1071@gmail.com

Adress: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa Hasan Ali Yücel Education Faculty Büyükcekmece Campus F Blok F 306 Alkent 2000, Büyükcekmece , Yigittürk St. No:5/9/1, 34500 Büyükcekmece/Istanbul

KO
Prof. Dr. Kutay Oktay
KASTAMONU ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Tourism (Other), Tourism Policy
Orhan Batman
Prof. Dr. Orhan Batman
SAKARYA UYGULAMALI BİLİMLER ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Hospitality Management, Tourism, Tourism Planning, Tourism Management, Sustainable Tourism
Ahmet Ay
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ay
SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ
International Economics (Other), Foreign Trade Policy, Growth, Foreign Trade, Development Economics - Macro, Regional Development and Globalisation in International Economics, European Union Economy, International Economic Foundation
Filiz Nurhan Ölmez
Prof. Dr. Filiz Nurhan Ölmez
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Neşet Ertaş Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi
Old Fabric Patterns, Carpet, Rug and Weaving
MH
Prof. Dr. Michael Hall
University of Canterbury
Tourism Marketing, Marketing (Other), Food and Hospitality Services

Michael Hall is currently a Professor in the Department of Management, Marketing and Tourism, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He also holds visiting professor positions at Oulu University in Finland, Linnaeus University in Sweden, the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Taylor's University in Malaysia. Coeditor of Current Issues in Tourism and Field Editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism his research encompassed tourism, regional development, global environmental change, sustainability and resilience.

José Duarte Santos
Prof. Dr. José Duarte Santos
Polytechnic of Porto
Customer Relationship Management, Digital Marketing, Marketing Theory

José Duarte da Rocha Santos received his PhD in Management from Vigo University. He also holds an MSc in Marketing and a bachelor’s degree in Business Sciences.
Between 1987 and 2002, he played various roles in sales, marketing, and management of companies in the information technology sector. From 2003 to 2018, he was a management and marketing consultant.
Since 1999, he has been a professor in higher education in Portugal in the fields of management and marketing. He is currently a marketing professor at the Accounting and Business School of the Polytechnic of Porto (ISCAP/P.PORTO).
He is also a senior researcher at the CEOS.PP - Centre for Organizational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal. His main areas of research are relational marketing and digital strategies of customer relationship.

AM
Prof. Dr. Alina Marcuta
University Of Agronomic Sciences And Veterinary Medicine Of Bucharest
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability (Other), Auditing and Accountability, Tourism (Other)
Roberto Moro-visconti
Prof. Dr. Roberto Moro-Visconti
Università cattolica del sacro cuore
Budget and Financial Planning

www.morovisconti.com/en

Klemens Katterbauer
Finance and Investment, Financial Law, Artificial Intelligence, Law of International Law, Conflict of Laws (Incl. Private International Law), Intelligent Robotics, Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Intellectual Property Law

Klemens Katterbauer, EUCLID Üniversitesi'nde Küresel Yönetim ve Yer Bilimleri alanında hukuk, yönetim ve çevresel yönler için en son 4IR teknolojilerine odaklanan bir doçenttir. Klemens, KAUST'tan bir doktora, Middlesex Üniversitesi'nden bir DBA ve dijital vergilendirme için AI'ya odaklanan Uluslararası Hukuk alanında bir doktora derecesine sahiptir ve yüksek etkili yayınlar konusunda kanıtlanmış bir geçmişe sahiptir. Dijital hizmetlerdeki vergiler ve BT ve siber güvenlik ortamında yasal uygulama ve düzenleme geliştirmeye yardımcı olmak için birkaç yeni AI çerçevesi geliştirmiştir.

TB
Prof. Dr. Tayfur Bayat
İnönü University
Growth, Mathematical Economics, Applied Macroeconometrics
Oğuz Doğan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Oğuz Doğan
IĞDIR ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Turkish Folklore in the Türkiye Field, Alawism Bektashism Studies, Turkish Folklore Outside Türkiye, Turkish Folklore (Other)
NB
Prof. Dr. Nebojsa Bacanin
Singidunum University
Artificial Intelligence (Other), Deep Learning, Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Life and Complex Adaptive Systems, Image Processing

Dr. Nebojsa Bacanin received his Ph.D. degree from the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, in 2015 (study program Computer Science, average grade 10,00). He started his university career in Serbia 18 years ago at the Graduate School of Computer Science in Belgrade. He currently works as Full Professor, Vice-Rector for Scientific Research and Head of Applied Artificial Intelligence study program at Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia. He is involved in scientific research in the field of computer science, and his specialty includes stochastic optimization algorithms, swarm intelligence, soft-computing, optimization, and modeling, as well as artificial intelligence algorithms, swarm intelligence, machine learning, image processing, and cloud and distributed computing. He has published more than 430 scientific papers in high-quality journals and international conferences indexed in Clarivate Analytics JCR, Scopus, WoS, IEEExplore, and other scientific databases, including 160+ SCIE indexed papers. As member of numerous Editorial boards in cutting-edge international journals and Committee boards of international conferences, he regularly edit and perform review activities. He has also been included in the prestigious Stanford University list of the 2% best world researchers, when the whole career is considered, in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Also, according to AD scientific index, he is currently listed as the best researcher from Computer Science area in Serbia

Vasileios Paliktzoglou
Dr. Vasileios Paliktzoglou
Bahrain Polytechnic
Artificial Intelligence (Other), Educational Technology and Computing, Social Media Studies, Collaborative and Social Computing

Dr. Vasileios Paliktzoglou, an academic and industry professional, holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Eastern Finland. He is an active contributor to academia, serving as a guest and associate editor for prestigious journals like the Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) and IAFOR Journal of Education. He has been a keynote speaker at several academic and industry events, sharing his insights on social computing, collaborative learning, and emerging technologies in higher education. Dr. Paliktzoglou also actively participates in international research projects, highlighting his commitment to advancing knowledge and innovation as the Book Series Editor for the “Emerging Technologies in Education” at Vernon Press and “AI and Education” at STAR Scholars Press. His expertise continues to shape the academic and research landscape at Bahrain Polytechnic.

Bahadir Yüzbaşı
Prof. Dr. Bahadir Yüzbaşı
İnönü University
Statistics (Other), Spatial Statistics, Econometrics Theory, Machine Learning (Other), Big Data
Last Update Time: July 31, 2026