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                                                                <journal-id>aybü külli̇ye dergi̇si̇</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Külliye</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2717-7351</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.48139/aybukulliye.1807697</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Political Science Methodology</subject>
                                                            <subject>Political Science (Other)</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Siyaset Bilimi Metodolojisi</subject>
                                                            <subject>Siyaset Bilimi (Diğer)</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Post-Sovyet Dönemde Sibirya Tatarları: Kimlik, Kültür ve Siyasal Katılım</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Siberian Tatars in the Post-Soviet Era: Identity, Culture, and Political Participation</trans-title>
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                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0353-9805</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Karaman</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ömer Faruk</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>ÇANAKKALE ONSEKİZ MART ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260325">
                    <day>03</day>
                    <month>25</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
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                                        <volume>7</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>87</fpage>
                                        <lpage>107</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20251021">
                        <day>10</day>
                        <month>21</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260304">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>04</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2020, Külliye</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2020</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Külliye</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Bu çalışma Tomsk ve çevresinde yaşayan Sibirya Tatarlarının siyasal katılımını dil kullanımı, kimlik ve kültür ekseninde incelemektedir. Mayıs–Temmuz 2025 döneminde yürütülen üç aylık nitel saha araştırmasında, amaçlı örnekleme ile farklı yaş ve meslek gruplarından yaklaşık 25 kişiyle yarı yapılandırılmış derinlemesine mülakatlar yapılmıştır. Veriler tematik içerik analiziyle çözümlenmiş, yalnızca araştırma sorularıyla doğrudan ilişkili, analitik açıdan kayda değer yanıtlar raporlanmıştır. Bulgular, siyasal katılımın ağırlıkla “sistem içi” ve vatandaşlık merkezli kanallar üzerinden gerçekleştiğini, kültür merkezleri, camiler ve yerel danışma mekanizmalarının görünürlük ve etki üretiminde başlıca arayüzler olduğunu göstermektedir. Dil kullanımı, oy tercihini tek başına belirlememekle birlikte, özellikle ev içi ve ritüel bağlamlarda kurulan güven ve yakınlık üzerinden ağlara erişim, ikna ve mobilizasyonu kolaylaştıran bir zemin sunmaktadır. Saha gözlemleri, topluluk içi ritüel ve kültürel buluşmaların seçim dönemlerinde etkili bir temas alanına dönüştüğünü doğrulamaktadır. Örneğin Şamil Halitov, bu buluşmaları kampanya mesajlarıyla birleştirerek Eylül 2025’te Bölge Dumasına seçilmiştir. Benzer biçimde son dönem Duma başkanı Rişat Gabdulganiev’in güçlü sosyal ilişkileri, seçmen mobilizasyonunda belirleyici bir ilişkisel sermaye üretmiştir. Genel olarak Tomsk bağlamında siyasal davranış, dil ve kültürün taşıdığı sosyal sermaye ile yerel ağlar üzerinde şekillenmekte, yüksek mobilizasyona rağmen programatik temsilin her zaman kalıcı sonuçlara evrilmediği gözlenmektedir.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>This study examines the political participation of Siberian Tatars in Tomsk and its surrounding areas of language use, identity, and culture. During three months of qualitative fieldwork (May–July 2025), approximately 25 semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with participants selected via purposive sampling across diverse age and occupational groups. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis; only responses directly relevant to the research questions and of clear analytic value were reported. Findings indicate that participation occurs primarily through within-system, citizenship-centered, pragmatic channels; cultural centers, mosques, and local consultative mechanisms function as key interfaces for visibility and influence. While language use does not by itself determine vote choice, the trust and proximity nurtured in household and ritual settings provide a platform that facilitates network access, persuasion, and mobilization. Field observations indicate that ritual and cultural gatherings often become effective contact spaces during election periods: for example, Shamil Halitov combined such encounters with campaign messaging and was elected to the Regional Duma in September 2025; similarly, the strong social ties of Rişat Gabdulganiev, the most recent Duma chair, generated decisive “relational capital” for voter mobilization. Overall, political behavior in the Tomsk context is shaped by local networks and the social capital carried by language and culture; despite high mobilization, programmatic representation does not always translate into durable outcomes.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Siyaset bilimi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Sibirya Tatarları</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  siyasal katılım</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  dil kullanımı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  kimlik</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  kültür</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Tomsk</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Political science</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Siberian Tatars</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  political participation</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  language use</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  identity</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  culture</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Tomsk</kwd>
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                                <named-content content-type="funder_name">Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi BAP Koordinatörlüğü ile Yurtdışı Türkler ve Akraba Topluluklar Başkanlığı BESKAP 2025</named-content>
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                                                                            <award-id>Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi  5149 numaralı Bilimsel araştırma projesi</award-id>
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