The process of Near Eastern neolithization and its westward expansion from the core zone in the Levant and upper Mesopotamia has been broadly discussed in recent decades, and many models have been developed to describe the spread of early farming in terms of its timing, structure, geography and sociocultural impact. Until now, based on recent intensive investigations in northwestern and western...

The prevalence of hereditary thrombotic risk factors shows marked ethnic and geographic variations. Hereditary disorders predisposing for thrombosis are not only antithrombin, protein C and protein S deficiencies, but also hereditary defects such as factor V 1691 G-A (Leiden) (FVL) and prothrombin 20210 G-A mutations [1,2]. FVL causes activated protein C resistance and is the most common thromb...

The importance of the process of Neolithization for the genetic make-up of European populations has been hotly debated, with shifting hypotheses from a demic diffusion (DD) to a cultural diffusion (CD) model. In this regard, ancient DNA data from the Balkan Peninsula, which is an important source of information to assess the process of Neolithization in Europe, is however missing. In the presen...

Starting in 2003, Turkey introduced major health system reforms through the Health Transformation Program (HTP). The HTP aimed to address inequities care services across Turkey. This study explores whether regional disparities several indicators persist ten years after HTP. For this purpose, we use administrative records and individual-level data from only regionally representative survey, Life...

Molecular studies provide very useful information on predicting the evolutionary history of species, species ecology and for describing new species. Dryomys laniger is an alpine that endemic to Anatolia, inhabiting high rocky areas. Its known distribution consists fragmented isolated populations. In order determine a phylogenetic tree was created with one mtDNA two nuDNA. Thirty-one samples wer...

A new species, Psephellusvanensis A.Duran, Behçet & B.Dogan (Asteraceae) from Anatolia, Turkey, is described and illustrated. The species grows on the serpentine stony field of the village of Çaldıran in the district of Başkale (Van province) in eastern Anatolia. It is morphologically similar to Psephelluspyrrhoblepharus (Boiss.) Wagenitz. Diagnostic characters are discussed, and a key to the m...

Iason assingi n. sp. from the island of Crete (Greece) is described. A synopsis Anillini fauna Balkan Peninsula and Anatolia provided. Faunistic, phylogenetic, zoogeographic implications are discussed. Prioniomus (21 species), Winklerites Dicropterus (1), Parvocaecus (5), Caecoparvus (23) (10 species) make up East Mediterranean fauna. The palaeogeographic situation this area discussed with atte...

SUMMARY Understanding the crustal structure of Anatolian Plate has important implications for its formation and evolution, including extent to which high elevation is maintained isostatically. However, numerous teleseismic receiver function studies from Moho depths have been obtained return results that differ by ≤21 km at some seismograph stations. To address this issue, we determine depth bul...