Ayakkabı, insanın yalnızca ayaklarını koruma ihtiyacını karşılayan bir eşya değildir. Yapılışıyla, şekliyle, rengiyle, çevresinde gelişen inanışlar ve uygulamalarla geleneğin ürünüdür. Günümüzün modern ayakkabıcılık anlayışı karşısında önemi azalmaya başlayan yemenicilik, meslek folkloru içinde değerlendirilebilecek yegâne mesleklerden biridir. Anadolu Türk folklorunda ayakkabının kullanım alan...

This paper aims to present a new neotectonic perspective concordant with the seismic activities in Turkey and surrounding regions. The structures have been re-evaluated mainly by using focal mechanism solutions high-resolution satellite (Google Earth) images. Southeast Anatolian Wedge explains thrust/blind thrust asymmetrical folding relationship SE Turkey, Syria, Northern Iraq. of Turkish-Iran...

BACKGROUND Smoking is an important health threat in Turkey. This study aimed to determine the frequency of and main factors associated with smoking in persons of 15 years and over, and the frequency of passive smoking in homes in the South-east Anatolian Project (SEAP) Region in Turkey. METHODS A cross sectional design was employed. The sample was chosen by the State Institute of Statistics u...

The agricultural transition profoundly changed human societies. We sequenced and analysed the first genome (1.39x) of an early Neolithic woman from Ganj Dareh, in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, a site with early evidence for an economy based on goat herding, ca. 10,000 BP. We show that Western Iran was inhabited by a population genetically most similar to hunter-gatherers from the Caucasus, but ...

The purpose of this study was to establish norms of photogrammetric soft tissue profile analysis for Anatolian Turkish adults. Standardized right lateral facial photographs of 111 Anatolian Turks (64 females, 47 males) with class I skeletal pattern were taken. Age range was 21 to 40 years. Descriptive statistics for 8 angular measurements were computed. Male and female values were compared with...

The concentrations of heavy metals (Ag, Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) were analyzed in muscle, skin and liver of Anatolian Khramulya, Capoeta tinca (Heckel, 1843) from Çamlıgöze Dam Lake located at Central Anatolian region of Turkey. The heavy metal analysis of samples was carried out by using a flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Ag, Cd, Co, Pb and Zn were found in all of the examined tissues...

The European brown hare (Lepus europaeus, Pallas 1778) is an important small game species in Europe. Due to its size and position in the food chain, as well as its life history, phenotypic variation and the relatively recent speciation events, brown hare plays an important role in the structure of various ecosystems and has emerged as an important species for population management and evolution...

The Etruscan culture is documented in Etruria, Central Italy, from the 8(th) to the 1(st) century BC. For more than 2,000 years there has been disagreement on the Etruscans' biological origins, whether local or in Anatolia. Genetic affinities with both Tuscan and Anatolian populations have been reported, but so far all attempts have failed to fit the Etruscans' and modern populations in the sam...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of condensing osteitis lesions in Eastern Anatolian Turkish population. About condensing osteitis lesions, these were evaluated; sex, localization, side, age, shape and status of involved teeth (caries, restoration etc.). Methods: This retrospective study was carried out using panoramic radiographs of 962 patients who came to for...