background: in 1999, duzce suffered two consecutive devastating earthquakes above magnitude 7 in august and november. in the present study, we aimed to evaluate the indoor air quality of coffeehouses by determining carbon monoxide (co) levels and their contributing factors in coffeehouses built before and after the earthquake. methods: we conducted our study in 76 turkish coffeehouses in duzce ...

BACKGROUND In 1999, Duzce suffered two consecutive devastating earthquakes above magnitude 7 in August and November. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the indoor air quality of coffeehouses by determining carbon monoxide (CO) levels and their contributing factors in coffeehouses built before and after the earthquake. METHODS We conducted our study in 76 Turkish coffeehouses in Duzce ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the effect of ETS exposure on respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function and to compare workers in coffeehouses to those in other occupations in order to assess the risk of respiratory illness in this occupation. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING The study area consisted of the three metropolitan districts of the city of Izmir, Turkey. 86 coffeehouses and 80 other...

During the early Turkish republic karagöz shadow theatre’s Ottoman patterns were transformed. Reformers attempted to restrict coffeehouses where the art had flourished and developed written texts to replace the improvised practice of the past. They sponsored performances in government-supported community centers and created shows to promote government policies. The efforts meant that an art, wh...

We examine the socio-historical formation of the consumer subject during the development of consumer culture in the context of leisure consumption. Specifically, we investigate how an active consumer was forming while a coffeehouse culture was taking shape during early modern Ottoman society. Utilizing multiple historical data sources and analysis techniques, we focus on the discursive negotiat...

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