Curriculum Vitae/ Özgeçmis-Yayinlar

Name and family name: Bahattin Aksit

Adi Soyadi: Bahattin Akşit

Sex/ Cinsiyet: Male/ Erkek

Date of birth/ Dogum Tarihi: 26 February/ Subat, 1946

Place of birth / Dogum Yeri: Denizli, Turkey

Nationality/ Milliyet: Turkish / T.C.

Marital status/ Medeni Durum: Married, two daughters/ Evli, iki kizim var.

Home phone/ Ev Telefon no: (312) 235 2190

Office address/ is adresi: Professor in the Department of Sociology
Middle East Technical University (METU)/ Sosyoloji Bolumu,
Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ), 06531 Ankara, Turkey;

Office phone/ Is telefone no: (312) 210 3130 ; Fax: (312) 210 12 84

e.mail/ elektronik posta adresi: aksit@metu.edu.tr

Education/ Egitim

PhD (1975) Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
MA (1971) Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
BS (1968) Department of Social Sciences/ Sosyal Bilimle Bölümü (Sociology), Middle East Technical University/ ODTÜ
Lycée (1963) Denizli Lisesi

Academic History/ Akademik Tarihce

Professorship/ Profesör (1991) Middle East Technical University/ ODTÜ
Associate Professorship /Doçent (1985) " " " "
Assistant Professorship/ Y. Doçent (1978) " " " "
Instructorship/ Ögr. Görevlisi (1974) " " " "
Teaching Assistant (1968) " " " "

Administrative Experience / Yönetim Tecrübesi

Dean of Graduate School of Social Sciences, METU, 1994 to 2003
Head of the Department of Sociology, METU, 1991-1994.
Faculty Council Member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, METU, 1982-85 and 1988-94.
Executive Committee Member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, METU, 1981-82 and 1988-91.
Chairman of Department of Social Sciences, METU, 1978-82.
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, METU, 1978.
Vice-Dean of Students, METU, 1977.

Work Outside University and Memberships /Üniversite Disi Görevler ve Üyelikler

Member of Turkish Social Sciences Association, 1975 to present.
Member of Sociology Association, 1996 to present.
Member of METU Faculty Members Association, 1975 to present.
Member of Public Health Association, 1995 to present.
Member of Social Sciences for Health Association, 1998 to present.
Member of Intersectoral Volunteers Training Central Group formed by the Ministries of Education, Health, Agriculture, Interior, Environment and UNICEF, 1995-1997.
Member of Commission on Social Policy and Action of GAP Regional Development Administration 1994-1995.
Member of Comisssion on Fight Against Addictions of Ministry of Health 1990-91.
Member of Executive Committee Member of Turkish Social Science Association, 1987-81.
Editorial Advisor to International Sociology 1987-89.
Member of Advisory Committee of Middle East Research Awards in Population and Development, Cairo, 1981-83.
Branch (sociology) Editor to Journal of Human Sciences 1982 continuing
Member of Turkish Academy of Sciences Committee on Selection of Programs and Phd Canditates for Support and Scholarship in Integrated Abroad and in-Country Graduate Programs, 1996-2002.
Member of Turkish-British Higer Education Council on Quality Assessment of two Sociology Departments, 1997.
Evaluator of Social Science Research Projects of Turkish Science and Technology Council, Turkish Academiy of Sciences and Turkish Higher Education Council, 2000- to the present.


Fields of Academic Interest and Research / Akademik Ilgi ve Arastirma Alanlari

Rural Structural transformations/ kirsal yapisal dönüsümler
Social Change and cleavage in towns and cities/ kent ve kasabalarda toplumsal degisme ve bölünme/çatisma
Sociology of Religion and Secularism/ din ve laiklik sosyolojisi
Sociology of Middle East/ orta dogu Ülkeleri sosyolojisi
Community Participation/ toplum katilimi
Sociology of Health and Population Research/ saglik ve nüfüs arastirmalari
Sociology of Knowledge, Science and Technology/ bilgi, bilim ve teknoloji sosyolojisi
Sociology of Agriculure and Irrigation/ tarim ve sulama sosyolojisi
Pscho-social Aspects of Disaster Management/ afet yönetiminin psiko-sosyal boyutlari
Child Labour and Street Children/ Sokak isciligi ve sokakta çalisan çocuklar

Publications/ Yayinlar

Articles Published in International Journals or Books/ Uluslararasi Dergi ve Kitaplardaki Yayinlar

Aksit, B., Serdar, A. and Tabakoglu, B. (2005) “Opinions Of Civil Society Organizations on Democracy and Military Intervention in Turkey” Military Missions and their Implications Reconsidered: the Aftermath of11th Septmeber,  Elsevere Publications.

Karanci, N. Aksit, B. and Dirik, G. (2005) “Impact of a Community Disaster Awareness Training Program in Turkey: Does it Influence Hazard Related Cognitions and Preparedness Behaviors” Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, Vol. 33 (3), pp. 243-258.

Akşit, B. (2004)  “The Challange of Glocal Complexity: Development of Sociology and Social Sciences in Turkey” in Hafaiedh,  A. B.  and El Jaziri, M. (Eds.) Social Social Science in  the Arab world and Turkey, and Iran: Determinants, State and Potentials, Tunis: Published by Middle East Awards for Population and  Social Sciences and Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Economiques et Sociales, s. 39-60..

Akşit, B. (2004)  “Relationships of Social Scientists With the External World: Could A Typology Be Created” in Tekeli, I. and Teymur, N. (Eds.) The Evaluation of the Performance  in  Social Sciences, UNESCO Publication, s.19-31.


2000. (With N. Karanci) "Building Disaster-Resistant Communites: Lessons Learned from Past Earthquakes in Turkey and Suggestions for the Future" International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, Vol. 18, No. 3, (November, 2000): 403-416.

1999a. (with N. Karanci, N. Uner, H. Sucuoglu, and E. Balta) "Gender Differences in Psychological Distress, Coping, Social Support and related variables following 1995 Dinar (Turkey) Earthquake" North American journal of Psychology, 1999, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 189-204.

1999b. (with N. Karanci) "Strengthening Community Participation in Disaster Management by Strengthening Govermental and Non-Govermental Organizations and Networks: A Case Study from Dinar and Bursa (Turkey), The Austrailian journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 13, No. 4, 1999, pp, 35-39.

1999c. (with E. E. Aksit) "Social Conditions" in Balim-Harding, Ç (Ed.) Turkey, Revised Edition, The World Bibliographical Series vol. 27, Clio Press, Oxford, England, pp.112-119.

1999d. (with N. Karancii) "Social and Psychologiacal Lessons Learned from Dinar Earthquake and Migtigation Activities in Bursa" in E. M. Komut (ed.) Urban Settlements and Natural Disasters, Proceedings of UIA Region II Workprogramme Workshop, Proceedings of UIA Region II Workshop, Published by Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Ankara, 37-50.

1999e. "Agricultural Water Demand Management: Social Aspects" in Hamdy, A., Lacirignola, C., Tekinel, O., and Yazar, A. (Eds) Advances Short Course on Integrated Water Demand Management: Agriculture Water Demands, CIHEAM/IAM-B, University of Çukurova, and University of Kahramanmaras, pp. 219-229.

1997a. "Socio-Cultural Aspects Of Irrigation Practices In South-Eastern Turkey" (with A. A. Akçay) International Journal of Water Resources, Vol. 13, No.4, pp. 523-540.

1997b. (with B. T. Aksit) "Mother's Education, Differential Child Valuation and Infant/Child Mortality" in Visaria, L., John Simons and Peter Berman (eds.) Mother's Education and Child Survival: Pathways and Evidence, Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd., New Delhi. pp. 128-135.

1996. "Population Movements in Southeastern Anatolia: Some Findings of an Empirical Research in 1993" (with K. Mutlu, H. U. Nalbantoglu, A. A. Akçay and M. Sen) New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 14, pp. 53-74.

1995. "Socio-Cultural Aspects of Farm Water Management" A. Hamdi (Ed.) Farm Water Management: Socio-Economic and Environmental Aspects A Book Compiled for a Short course Organized by in June 4-18 1995, by Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari and Faculty of Agriculture of University of Çukurova, pp. 229-242.

1994. (with B. T. Aksit) "Community Participation in Primary Health Care: An Anthropological Action Research in a Squatter-Housing District of Antalya" A UNICEF Turkey publication RS-6U, Ankara March 1994.

1993. "Studies in Rural Transformation in Turkey, 1950-1990" in P. Stirling (Ed.) Culture and the Economy: Changes in Turkish Villages The Eothen Press, Cambridgeshire 1993, pp. 187-200.

1991. "Islamic Education in Turkey: Medrese Reform in Late Ottoman times and Imam- Hatip Schools" published in R. Tapper (ed.) Islam in Modern Turkey: Religion Politics and Literature in a Secular State London: I B Tauris and School for Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1991.

1989. (with B. T. Aksit) "Socio-Cultural Determinants of Infant and Child Mortality" Social Sciences and Medicine vol.28, No.6, pp.571-579, 1989.

1981. "The Policies For Economic and Social Reintegration of Return Migrants in the Mediterranean Basin" (with E. Gürkan, Ü. Nalbantoglu, and S. Tüzün) Studi Emigrazione No. 63, 1981, pp. 343-345.

Theses/ Tezler

1975 "Social Change and Cleavage in a Middle-Sized Turkish City" Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology University of Chicago 1975 (Available from University Microfilms Ann Arbor, Michigan.

1971. "Two Turkish Towns: A Study of Social Change, Class Structure, Commercial Involution and Industrial Underdevelopment" Unpublished MA Thesis, Department of Sociology University of Chicago, 1971.


National Publications/ Ulusal Yayinlar

Akşit, B. (2005) “Laikleşme Tipolojisi ve Türkiye’de Laiklik Deneyimi” Şerif Mardin İçin Armağan Yazılar, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, ss.

Akşit, B. (2004)  “Küresel-Yerel Karmaşıklık ve Etkileşimli Sosyal Bilim Araştırmaları: İlhan Tekeli’nin Önerisi Üzerine Bazı Gözlemler” İlkin, S., Silier, O. ve Güvenç, M. (Ed.) İlhan Tekeli İçin Armağan Yazılar, İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, pp. 1-23.

Akşit, B. (2004) “Küreselleşme, Sivil Toplum ve Ulusal Kültür”, İkinci Mustafa Paşa (Sinasos) Kültür ve Sanat Festivali Sempozyumu, Bildiriler,  Ankara: Türksev Yayınları, s. 1-17.

Akşit, B. (2004) “Bilgi Toplumu ve Üniversiteler” (Information Society and Universities) Aktan, C. C. (Ed.) Nasıl Bir Üniversite ( What Kind of University) İstanbul: Değişim Yayınları; pp. 

Akşit, B., Serdar, A., Tabakoğlu, B. (2004)  “İslami Eğilimli Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları” (Islamist Civil Society Organizatons) Aktay, Y. (Ed.)  Modern Türkiye’de Siyasi Düşünce: İslamcılık (Political Thought in Modern Turkey: Islamism) İletişim Yayınları, pp. 664-681.

Akşit, B. ve Coşkun, M. K. (2004) “Türkiye’nin Modernleşmesi Bağlamında İmam-Hatip Okulları” Aktay, Y. (Ed.)  Modern Türkiye’de Siyasi Düşünce: İslamcılık (Political Thought in Modern Turkey: Islamism) İletişim Yayınları, pp. 394-410.

Akşit, B., İncirlioğlu, O. E. ve Pultar, G. (2003) “Giriş” Pultar, G., İncirlioğlu, O. E. ve Akşit, B. (der.) Kültür ve Modernite, Ankara, Türkiye Kültür Araştırmaları ve Tetragon yayını, ss. 1-23.

Akşit, B., Tabakoğlu, B. ve Serdar, A. (2003) “Deprem Bağlamında Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları ve Devlet İlişkilerinin Yazılı Medyada Kuruluşu Üzerine Gözlemler” içinde Pultar, G., İncirlioğlu, O. E. ve Akşit, B. (der.) Kültür ve Modernite, Ankara, Türkiye Kültür Araştırmaları ve Tetragon yayını, ss. 157-179.

Akşit, B., Cengiz, K., Küçükkural, Ö., Tol, U.U. (2003) “Türkiye ve Ortadoğu’da Sivil Toplum Tartışmaları: Sivil, ‘Mivil’ ya da ‘Tivil’ Toplum” Sivil Toplum, I (3), s. 33-59.

Akşit, B. (2002a). "Bilgi Toplumuna Geçis ve Üniversiteler: Su Andaki Durum Ve Yeniden Yapilanma Konusunda Bazi Söylem ve Tartismalar" I. Tekeli, S. Ç. Özoglu, B. Aksit, G. Irzik ve A. Inam (eds) Bilgi Toplumuna Geçis: Sorunsallar/Görüsler, Yorumlar/Elestiriler Ve Tartismalar, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Yayini, 2002, Ankara.

2002b. (B. Tabakoglu ve A. Serdar ile birlikte) "Ulus-Devlet, Küresellesme ve Cemaatçilik Arasinda Sikisan/Gelisen Sivil Toplum" (Civil Society in Turkey: Its Development and Squeeze in Between Nation-State, Globalisation and Communiterianism) Dikmen, A. A. (ed.) Cumhuriyet Döneminde Siyasal Düsünce ve Modernlesme (Poltical Thought and Modernization in Republican Period), Türk Sosyal Bilimler Dernegi ve Imaj Yayinlari, Ankara, 2002: 401-427.

2002c. (B. Tabakoglu ve A. Serdar ile birlikte) "Türkiye'de Sivil Toplum Söylemleri: STK Yöneticileri ve Üyelerinden Devlete ve Topluma Bir Bakis" A. Örnek (Ed.) Sivil Toplum Kuruluslari, Yerellesme ve Yerel Yönetimler,Tarih Vakfi Yayinlari, Istanbul, 2002: 133-154.

2001. (Ç. Adem, B. Tabakoglu ve A. Serdar ile birlikte) "Türkiye'de Sinifsal ve Siniflari Kesen Toplumsal Hareketler, Devlet ve Toplum" Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Farklilasma, Çatisma, Bütünlesme (3. Ulusal Sosyoloji Kongresi'nden Seçmeler) Sosyoloji Dernegi Yayinlari, Ankara, 2001: 41-59.

2000. (M.Sen ve M. K. Coskun ile birlikte) "Modernlesme ve Egitim: Ankara'daki Orta Ögretim Okullarindaki Ögrenci Profilleri" F. Atacan, et. al. (eds.) Mübeccel Kiray Için Yazilar, Baglam yayinlari, Istanbul, ss. 57-76.

1999a. "Cumhuriyet Döneminde Türkiye Köylerindeki Dönüsümler" 75 yilda Köylerden Sehirlere, Bilonço '98 Kitaplar Dizisi, Tarih Vakfi Yayinlari, Istanbul, ss. 173-186.

1999b. ( A. A. Akçay ile birlikte) "GAP: Bir Kirsal Dönüsüm Projesi ve Tarimsal Sulama" 75 yilda Köylerden Sehirlere, Bilonço '98 Kitaplar Dizisi, Tarih Vakfi Yayinlari, Istanbul, ss. 187-197.

1999c. (with A.A. Akçay) "GAP Bölgesinde Nüfus Hareketleri" 75 yilda Köylerden Sehirlere, Bilonço '98 Yayin Dizisi, Tarih Vakfi Yayinlari, Istanbul, ss. 323-332.

1999d. (M. Sen ile birlikte) "Cumhuriyet Türkiye'si Kent ve Köylerinde Insan ve Hanehalki Profilleri" Bilanço 1923-1998: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin 75 Yilina Toplu Bakis Uluslararasi Kongresi, Ekonomi, Toplum ve Çevre, Cilt II, Tarih Vakfi Yayinlari, Istanbul, ss. 231-245.

1999e. (N. Karanci, M. Anafarta, M. Ogul, G. Üner ve Sinan Ulu ile birlikte) "Depremlere Hazilikli Olalim" Bütün Dünya Dergisi, Eylül 1999; MESA Deprem Güvenli Konut Sempozyumu, 12 Ekim 1999; Milli Egitim Bakanligi, Çiraklik ve Yaygin Egitim gEnel Müdürlügü, Kasim 1999.

1998a. "Türkiye'de Kent-köy, Sinif, Din ve Etnisite Farklilasmalari ve Toplumsal Kültürel Bunalimdan Demokratik Çikis" Türkiye'de Bunalim ve Demokrtiak Çikis Yollari, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Yayinlari, Ankara, ss. 193-225.

1998b "Içgöçlerin Nelsnel ve Öznel Toplumsal Tarihi Üzerine Gözlemler: Köy Tarafindan Bir Bakis" Türkiye'de Içgöç, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfi yayinlari, Istanbul, ss.22-37.

1998c. "Devlet, Toplum ve Aile Iliskileri: Türkiye'de Toplumsal Gelisme için Toplum Katilimi ve Gönüllü Egitimi" (Belma Aksit ile birlikte) Yaygin Egitim: Bir Toplumsal Gelisme Araci: Sempozyum Raporu, Anne Çoçuk Egitim Vakfi Yayini, Istanbul, ss. 118-130.

1997a. "Dinar Halkinin 1995 Depremi Sonrasi Psiko-sosyal Durumu ve Afet Yönetimi Ile Ilgili Görüsleri" (With Nese Alkan, Evren Balta, A. Nuray Karanci) Dördüncü Ulusal Deprem Mühendisligi Konferansi Basilmis Tebligler, ODTÜ, Ankara, 17 - 19 Eylül, 1997, pp. 647-654.

1997b. "Ekim 1995 Dinar Depremi ve Godot Beklentisi" ( with N. Karanci, E. Balta) 3 P Psikiyatri, Psikoloji, Psikofarmakoloji Dergisi, C. 5, Ek Sayi: 2 (Haziran, 1997), pp. 51-55.

1997c. "Sosyoloji" Cumhuriyet Döneminde Türkiye'de Bilim: Sosyal Bilimler, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi (TÜBA) Yayinlari, Ankara, 7-18.

1997d. "Islam, Çagdaslik ve Egitim: Fazlur Rahman'in Katkilari" Islam ve Modernizm: Fazlur Rahman Tecrübesi, Istanbul Büyüksehir Belediyesi Kültür Isleri Dairesi Baskanligi yayinlari, Istanbul, ss. 100-106.

1996a "Kirsal Yapi" (Rural Structure) (in Turkish) (With Mustaf Sen) Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiye Ansiklopedisi (Encyclopedia of Turkey in the Republican Period), Vol. 13, pp. 810-816.

1996b. "Dinar'da Afet Yönetiminin Psiko Sosyal boyutlari" (Pscho-social aspects of Disaster Management in Dinar) with (Nuray Karanci and Haluk Sucuoglu) in T. Tankut (ed.), Erzincan ve Dinar Deneyimleri Isiginda Türkiye'nin Deprem Sorunlarina Çözüm Arayislari--Biliriler Kitabi (Erzincan and Dinar Disaster Experiences and Earthquake Problems of Turkey) TÜBITAK Depram Sempozyumu, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 1996, Ankara, pp. 273-283.

1995. "Reayadan Köylülük ve Modern Çiftçilige: Türkiye'de Köy Topluluklarinin Geçirdigi Yapi Dönüsümleri ve Süreklilikler" (From Ottoman Peasant to Modern Farmer: Structural Tarnsformations and Continuities in Village Communities in Turkey) Türkiye Tariminin Dünü-Bugünü-Yarini Sempozyumu, Türkiye Ziratçilar Dernegi, 24- 25 Mart 1995 de düzenlenen sempozyum tebligleri kitabi.

1994a. ( with B. T. Aksit) "Temel Saglik Hizmetlerinde Toplum Katilimi: Antalya'nin Bir Gecekondu Bölgesinde Hizli Antropolojik Arastirma" (Community Participation in Primary Health Care: An Anthropological Action Research in a Squatter-Housing District of Antalya) UNICEF, Türkiye Ofisi tarafindan basilmistir RS-6/U, Ankara Mart 1994.

1994b. "Türkiye'de Nüfus, Egitim ve Islami-Laik ve Kültürel Kimlikler" (Population, Education and Islamic/Secular and Cultural Identities in Turkey" Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Sosyolojide Güncel Gelismeler (Currrent Developments in Sociology in the World and Turkey) Sosyoloji Dernegi Yayinlari, Ankara, 1994, pp. 921-929.

1993a. "Küresellesen Dünyada Ekonomi, Siyaset, Toplum, Kültür ve Ahlak" (Economy, Polity, Society, Culture and Ethics in a Globalizing World) Alkan, T. (ed) Siyasal Ahlak ve Siyasal Ahlaksizlik, Bilgi Yayinevi, ss. 273-276.

1993b. "Türkiye'de Dini Egitim: Osmanli Döneminde Medrese Tartismalari ve Cumhuriyet Döneminde Imam-Hatip Okullari" (Islamic Education in Turkey: Medrese Reform in Late Ottoman times and Imam- Hatip Schools) R. Tapper (der) Çagdas Türkiye'de Islam, Sarmal Yayinevi, Istanbul. Turkish translation of 1991a.

1991. "Köy" (Village) Türkiye'de ve Almanya'da Sosyal Hizmetler: Ansiklopedik Sözlük (Social Services in Turkey and Germany: An Ancyclopedia) Selvi Yayinlari, Ankara, 1991, pp. 125-127.

1990 "Küçük Meta Üretimi, Sosyo-Kültürel Degisme ve Kirsal Kalkinma Projeleri" (Petty Commodity Production, Socio-Cultural Change and Rural Development Projects), Toplum ve Bilim 48/49, 1990: 103-115.

1988. "Kirsal Dönüsüm ve Köy Arastirmalari: 1960-1980" (Rural Transformation and Village Studies: 1960-1980) in . Pamuk ve Z. Toprak (eds) Türkiye'de Tarimsal Yapilar:1923-2000 (Agricultural Structures in Turkey:1923-2000) Turkish Social Science Association Publications and Yurt Yayinlari, Ankara,1988, pp.179- 195; also published in Onbirinci Tez Kitap Dizisi No.7, 1987, pp. 11-29.

1987. "Köy Dönüsüm Tipolojisi ve Köylü/Çiftçi Hanelerin Uyum veya Direnis Stratejileri" (Rural Transformation Typology and Adaptation and/or Resistance Strategies of Peasant/Farmer Households) (with N. Bazoglu and M. Ecevit) in 1980 Sonrasi Türk Tarimi: Yapisal Gelismeler ve Sorunlari (Turkish Agriculture Since 1980: Structural Developments and Problems) published by Chamber of Agricultural Engineers, Ankara, 1987.

1986a. "Imam-Hatip and Other Secondary Schools in the Context of Political and Cultural Modernization of Turkey" Journal of Human Sciences METU vol.5, No.1, 1986, pp.25-41.

1986b. "Türkiye'de Sosyoloji Arastirmalari: Bölmelenmislikten Farklilasma ve Çesitlenmeye" (Sociological Studies in Turkey: From Compartmentalization to Differentiation and Proliferation) in S. Atauz (ed.) Türkiye'de Sosyal Bilimlerin Gelismesi (Development of Social Sciences in Turkey) Turkish Social Science Association Publications, Ankara, 1986.

1984. "Çiftlikli Köylerin Köy Degisme Tipolojisi Içindeki Yeri" (Villages with Çiftlik in the Context of Rural Transformation Typology) published in Birinci Felsefe ve Sosyal Ilimler Kongresi: Bildiriler (Congress of Philosophy and Social Sciences: A Collection of Papers) Atatürk University, 1984.

1982a. "Geçis Toplumunun Sosyologu: M. B. Kiray" ( A Sociologist of A Society in Transition) (with Ü. Nalbantoglu and S. Tüzün) Bilim ve Sanat (Science and Art) No. 15, 1982, pp. 14-16.

1982b. "Kirsal Dönüsüm Arastirmalarinda Bazi Yöntem Sorunlari" (Some Methodological Problems in Rural Transformation Research) Journal of Human Sciences METU No.1, 1982, pp.173-180.

1981. "Kirsal Dönüsüm Tipolojisi" (A Rural Transformation Typology) (with Ç. Keyder) Yeni Imece 1981, pp.8-13.

1980. "Toplumsal Degisme Kuramlari ve Azgelismislik" (Theories of Social Change and Undedevelopment) Toplum ve Bilim (Society and Science) No. 9-10, 1980, pp. 78-102.

1978. "Sanayide Küçük üreticiler ve deoloji" (Small Producers in Industry and Ideology) in Sanayide Küçük Üretim a book published by TMMOB, Turkish Union of Chambers of Architects and Engineers, Ankara, 1978.

1976. "Türkiye'de Siyasal ve Ideolojik Görüslerin Toplumsal ve Sinifsal Belirleyicileri" (Social and Stratificational Determinants of Political and Ideological Cleavages in Turkey) METU Studies in Development No. 13, 1976, pp.1-21.

1975. "Gelisme mi Evrimlesemeyen-Karmasiklik mi?" (Development or Involution) METU Studies in Development No. 7, 1975, pp.13-28.

 

Books/ Kitaplar

Atauz, A., Akadlı, B. Akşit, B., Biliker, M. A., Eraydın, A.,  Kasnakoğlu, H. (2003) Türkiye’nin Nüfus ve Kalkınma Yazını: Eleştirel Bir Değerlendirme, (Population and Development Literature in Turkey: A Critical Assessment)  Ankara: Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Yayını.

Pultar, G., İncirlioğlu, O. E. ve Akşit, B. (der.)  (2003)  Kültür ve Modernite, (Culture and Modernity) Ankara, Türkiye Kültür Araştırmaları ve Tetragon yayını.

2002. I. Tekeli, S. Ç. Özoglu, B. Aksit, G. Irzik ve A. Inam (eds) Bilgi Toplumuna Geçis: Sorunsallar/Görüsler, Yorumlar/Elestiriler Ve Tartismalar (Transition to Knowledge Society: Problematics, Interpretations, Criticisms and Debates), Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Yayini, 2002, Ankara.

2001a. B. Aksit, N. Karanci, A. Gündüz-Hosgör, Turkey, Working Street Children in Three Metropolitan Cities: A Rapid Assessment, Geneva: Interenational Labour Organization.

2001b. N. Karanci, B. Aksit, M. Anafarta, Metin Özdemir ve G. Üner, Afetlere Karsi Hazirlikli Olmak Için Halk Egitimi: Egitici El Kitabi (Trainer Manual for Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness), ODTÜ, Afet Yönetimi Uygulama ve Arastirma Merkezi, Ankara, 2001.

1999. N. Karanci, B. Aksit, M. Anafarta, M. Ogul ve G. Üner, Depreme Karsi Hazirlikli Olmak Için Ögretme ve Uygulama Kilavuzu (Egitici El Kitabi) (Trainer Manual for Earthquake Mitigation and Preparedness), Milli Egitim Bakanligi Çiraklik ve Yaygin Egitim Genel Müdürlügü, Ankara, 1999.

1985. Köy Kasaba ve Kentlerde Toplumsal Degisme (Social Change in Villages, Towns and Cities) Turhan Kitabevi, Ankara,1985.

1967. Türkiye'de Azgelismis Kapitalizm ve Köylere Girisi (Underdeveloped Capitalism and its Penetration into the Villages in Turkey) Sark Matbaasi, Ankara,


Papers Preesented in International Congresses/ Uluslararasi Kongrelerde Sunulan Tebligler

2004. Akşit, B., Tabakoğlu B. ve Serdar, A. “Opinions Of Civil Society Organizations On Democracy And Military Intervention In Turkey” Presented in International Conference on “Military Missions and their Implications Reconsidered: the Aftermath of Septmeber 11th.” Organized by International Sociological Association Research Committee 01- Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution and Middle East Technical University and Turkish Military Academy, July 7-9, 2004, Ankara, Turkey.

2004. Akşit, B., Serdar, A. Tabakoğlu, B. “Earthquake Survivors Associations, Civil Society and State in Urban Marmara Region, Turkey” Conference on Comparative Urban Landscapes and Their Subaltern Citizens-Subjects in the Middle East and South East Asia, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, April 8-10, 2004.

2004. Akşit, B. “Sociological Aspects Of Community and State Disaster Preparedness and Response In Turkey” Comparative Methodologies Development For Comprehensive Urban Earthquake Mitigation Intervention: The Cases Of Istanbul And Athens. The First Athens Meeting of The Greek-Turkish Research Groups, at The Faculty Of Geology, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, organized by The Scientific Technical  Research Council Of Turkey (TÜBITAK) The General Secretariat For Research And Technology (GSRT) Of Greece, 4-8 February, 2004.

2004. Akşit, B. “The Challenge of Glocal Complexity: Development of Sociology and Social Science in Turkey”  Social Science in the Arab World, Turkey and Iran: Determinants, State and Potentials Organized by MEAwards in collaboration with CERES Tunis, 24-26 January 2004.

2003. Akşit, B.  “Community participation, adult education in disaster/risk preparedness”  Active Citizenship and Social Inclusion, European Union, Socrates, Grundtvig 2, Porto, 19-23 November.


2003. Akşit, B.  “Religion And Modern, Democratic State: The Experience of Turkey” Presentation given at Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Osh-Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 3-4 December, 2003.

2003 (With N. Karanci) Earthquake Preparedness Training Workshop,
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. 9-10 December 2003.

2002. (with N. Karanci and M. Anafarta) "Disaster Preparedness Training Through Local Trainers: An Implementation And Assessment In A Province Of Turkey" Hazards2002-Ninth International Symposium on Natural And Human-Made Hazards: Disaster Mitigation in the Perspective of the New Millennium, October 2-6 2002, Antalya, Turkey, p.4.

2000a. "A Country Report on the State of Social Sciences and Research/Teaching Institutions in Population Related Fields", MEAwards Symposium on Social Scence and Population Studies: Emerging Issues and Challenges, September 8th -9th, 2000, Cairo Egypt.

2000b. (With Karanci) "Building Community Participation in Disaster Management: Lessons Learned from Past Earthquakes and Suggestions for the Future" Hazards 2000, 8th International Symposium on Natural and Technological Hazards, Tokushima, Shikoku, Japan, May 21-25, 2000, pp.16-17.

1998a. (With Karanci) "strengthening community participation in disaster management by strenghtening governmental and non-governmental organizations and networks: A case study from Dinar and Bursa (Trukey) Disaster Management: Crisis and Opportunity, Conference Procedings, Cairnes, Austraila.

1998b. "Rural-urban Migration in Information Age: The Case of Turkey As Newly Industrializing Country" 14th World Conference of Sociology, July 26th - August 1st 1998, Montral, Canada, Social Knowledge: Hertiage, Changes, and Perspectives, International Sociological Association, Sociological Abastracts, p. 9.

1998c. "Shifting Calss, Religious and Ethnic Identities: Contestations in Islam and Secularism in Turkey" 14th World Conference of Sociology, July 26th - August 1st 1998, Montral, Canada, Social Knowledge: Hertiage, Changes, and Perspectives, International Sociological Association, Sociological Abastracts, p. 9.

1998d. "Local, National and Global in Time-Sgace of a Disaster Sricken Community: Out and Return Migration in Two Communities in Turkey" (with N. Karanci) 14th World Conference of Sociology, July 26th - August 1st 1998, Montral, Canada, Social Knowledge: Hertiage, Changes, and Perspectives, International Sociological Association, Sociological Abastracts, p. 9.

1997. "Gender, Education and Status in the Assessment of State Built Disaster Housing and other Aspects of Disaster Management in Dinar Turkey (With N. Karanci, E. Balta, N. Uner) paper presented in the European Sociological Association Third Conference, 20th Century Europe: Inclusions/ Exclusions, University of Essex, 27-30 August, 1997, England; abstract published, p.91.

1996a. "The Pschosocial Aspects of Disaster Manegement: Dinar (Turkey) 1995 Earthquake" (With Nuray Karanci and Haluk Sucuoglu) Hazards -96 Symposium, July 1996 Canada.

1996b. "Discourse on Values" Symposium organized by Stiftung NiederSachsen in 29 May- 1 June, 1996, Honnover, Germany.

1996c. "Shifts in Conceptions of Science, Society, Polity and Culture in Republican Turkey: Dance of Intllectuals and Communites in the Construction of Patterns and Dancers" paper presented in Social Processes in the Republic of Turkey, Symposum organized by University of Vienna, 17 to 19 May 1996, Vienna, Austria.

1995. "Navigation Through Theories of Construction, Reproduction and Transformation of Society, Culture and Identity" Paper presented at the Department of Sociology, Goteburg University, Sept. 6, 1995.

1992. "Modernism and/or Islam and Class in Metropolitan Turkey" Abstracts of papers presented to First European Conference of Sociology published in Innovation, Vol. 5, No.3 special issue.

1991. "State, Culture and Class in a Turkish Industrial City" Paper presented in VIIth International Conference of the comparative Project on Class Structure and Class Consciousness organized by Professor E. O. Wright, in Granada, Spain, July 24-26, 1991.

1990. "Studies in Rural Transformationin Turkey, 1950-1990" paper presented in Culture and the Economy: Changes in Turkish Villages Workshop organized by Professors Stirling and Dodd, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, 25- 26 May, 1990.

1989a. "Mother's Education, Differential Child Valuation and Infant/Child Mortality" (with B. T. Aksit) paper presented at Mother's Education and Child Survivorship: An Interdisciplinary and International Workshop organized by Centre for Population studies, University of London and Gujarat Institute of Area Planning, Ahmedabad, India, 16-19 January, 1989.

1989b. "Islamic Revival in Turkey: A Synoptic Analysis of Muslim Monthly Publications" paper presented at the international Conference on Dynamics of States and Societies in the Middle East organized by the Centre for Political Research and Studies, Cairo University, 17-19 June, 1989.

1988. "Islamic Education in Turkey: Medrese Reform in Late Ottoman times and Imam- Hatip Schools" paper presented in Workshop on Islam and Society in Turkey organized by professors Dodd and Tapper, School for Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 11-13 May, 1988.

1981. "International Migration as a Process of Transformation: The Case of Turkish Workers" (with E. Gürkan, Ü. Nalbantoglu, and S. Tüzün) paper presented in Development Studies Association Annual Conference Oxford, 10-12 September 1981.

1979. "Reintegrtation of Returning Turkish Workers" (with E Gürkan, Ü. Nalbantoglu, and S. Tüzün) paper presented in Seminar in the Economic and Social Policy for The Reintegration of Return Migrants in the Mediterranean Basin held in Catania, Italy, 15-17 December, 1979.

1978. "Education of Ulema in Turkey" paper presented in Seminar on Social Change and Islam, Organized by Professors F. Rahman and L. Binder, University of Chicago, Chicago, July, 1978.

Papers Presented in Conferences in Turkey/ Türkiye'deki Kongrelerde Sunulan Tebligler

2003. “Küresel Akışkanlık ve Sivil Toplum” 80. Yılında Cumhuriyet’in Türkiye Kültürü Sempozyumu, SANART Görsel Kültür ve Estetik Derneği, 13-14 Kasım 2003, ODTÜ Kültür ve Kongre Merkezi

2003“Afetler, Toplum ve Sosyoloji”  Deprem, Bilimler ve Felsefe Sempozyumu, ODTÜ Kültür ve Kongre Merkezi, 10-11 Aralık 2003.

2003. “Cumhuriyet Döneminde Sosyal Bilimlerin Gelişmesi” Sekseninci Yılında Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Sempozyumu, Türkiye Barolar Birliği, 31 Ekim-1 Kasım 2003, Ankara, ss. 318-328.

2003. (A. Serdar ve B. Tabakoğlu ile birlikte) “Türkiye’de Kamusal Alan ve Sivil Toplum Kültürleri” Türk(iye) Kültürleri: Türkiye Kültür Araştırmaları Grubu ve Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi tarafından ortaklaşa düzenlenen II. Ulusal Kültür Araştırmaları Sempozyumu, 3-5 Eylül 2003 Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Van.

2003. “Relationships of Social Scientists with the External World: Can A Typology Created” The Workshop on  teh Evaluation of Performance of in Social Sciences, UNESCO-TÜBİTAK, 26-27 June, 2003, METU, Ankara.

2003. (U. U. Tol, K. Cengiz, Ö. Küçükkural ile birlikte) “Türkiye ve Orta Doğu’da Sivil Toplum Tartışmaları: Sivil, “Mivil”  ya da “Tivil” Toplum” İkinci Uluslar arası İlişkiler Kongresi, 23-25 Haziran, ODTÜ, Ankara.

2003. “Küreselleşme, Sivil Toplum ve Ulusal Kültür” II. Mustafa Paşa (Sinasos) Kültür ve Sanat Festivali, Mustafa Paşa/ Sinasos,  17-18 Mayıs 2003.

2002a. "Bilgi Toplumuna Geçis Ve Üniversiteler: Su Andaki Durum Ve Yeniden Yapilanma Konusunda Bazi Söylem ve Tartismalar" Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi (TÜBA) tarafindan düzenlenen Bilgi Toplumuna Geçis Konferansi, 25-26 Mart, 2002, Ankara.

2002b. (B. Tabakoglu ve A. Serdar ile birlikte) "Türkiye'de Sivil Toplum Söylemleri: Stk Yöneticileri Ve Üyelerinden Devlete ve Topluma Bir Bakis" Sivil Toplum Kuruluslari, Yerellesme, ve Yerel Yönetimler" 11. STK Sempozyumu, 21-22 Haziran 2002, Istanbul.

2001a. (B. Tabakoglu ve A. Serdar ile birlikte) "Ulus-Devlet, Küresellesme ve Cemaatçilik Arasinda Sikisan/Gelisen Sivil Toplum" (Civil Society in Turkey: Its Development and Squeeze in Between Nation-State, Globalisation and Communiterianism) 7. Ulusal Sosyal Blimler Kongresi (Seventh National Congress of Social Sciences), 21-23 Kasim/November, 2001, METU, Ankara.

2001b. (B. Tabakoglu ve A. Serdar ile birlikte) "Sivil Toplum Kuruluslari ve Devlet: 17 Agustos 1999 Marmara Depreminden Sonraki Bir yilda STK-Devlet Iliskileri KonusundakiYazili Medya Kültürünün analizi" (Civil Society Organisations and State: Analysis of Written Media Culture in the One Year Period After August 17, 1999, Marmara Earthquake) Türkiye Kültür Arastirmalari Grubu Sempozyumu: Kültür ve Modernite (Culture and Modernity: Symposium orgnized by Cultural Studies Group of Turkey), 25-27 Ekim/October, 2001, Kemer, Antalya.

2000a. (Ç. Adem, B. Tabakoglu ve A. Serdar ile birlikte) "Türkiye'de Sinifsal ve Siniflari Kesen Toplumsal Hareketler, Devlet ve Toplum" 3. Sosyoloji Kongresi; Yeni Sosyolojik Arayislar: Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Farklilasma, Çatisma, Bütünlesme, Sosyoloji Dernegi, 2-4 Kasim, 2000, Anadolu Üniversitesi, Eskisehir, ss.4-5..

2000b. (N. Karanci ve A. Gündüz-Hosgör ile birlikte) "Sokata Çalisan Çocuklar: Diyarbakir, Adana ve Istanbul'dan Çocuga, Aileye ve Topluma Iliskin Gözlemler" (working Street Children: Observations on Child, Family and Society From Diyarbakir, Adana and Istanbul), Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Degisen Çocukluk, 3. Ulusal Çocuk Kültürü Kongresi, Ankara Üniversitesi, Çocuk Kültürü Arastirma ve Uygulama Merkezi, Ankara, 16-18 Ekim, 2000.

1999a. (N. Karanci ile) "Afetlere Hazirlikli Olmak için Toplum Katilimi", Afet Egitimi Semineri, ODTÜ Egitim Fakültesi, Ankara.

1999b. ( M. Sen ve M. K. Coskun ile )"Türkiye'de Orta Ögretim Kurumlari:Laik ve/veya Dinsel Tekdüzelesme mi, Çesitlenme mi?" 6. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler kongresi, Türke Sosyal Bilimler Dernegi, 17-19 Kasim 1999, ODTÜ, Ankara, p. 159-160.

1998. ( M. Sen ile ) "Cumhuriyet Türkiye'si Kent ve Köylerinde Insan ve Hanehalki Profilleri" Bilanço 1923-1998: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin 75 Yilina Toplu Bakis Uluslararasi Kongresi, 10-12 Aralik 1998, ODTÜ Kültür ve Kongre Merkezi, Ankara; özeti basildi.

1997a. "Dogal Afet ve Toplumun Hazirlik(sizlig)i ve Tepkisi" Çevre Sagliginin Toplumsal ve Kültürel Boyutlari Paneli, 1. Ulusal Çevre Sagligi Kongresi, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Halk Sagligi Anabilim Dali, 8-12 Aralik, 1997, Ankara.

1997b. "Afet Yönetiminin Psiko-Sosyal Yönü" Afet Yönetiminin Psiko-sosyal Yönü Uluslararasi Semineri, Avrupa Dogal Afetler Egitim Merkezi (AFEM) ve Avrupa Afet Hekimligi Merkezi (CEMEC), 9-12 Aralik, 1997, ANKARA.

1997c. "Türkiye'de Bebek Ölümleri, Demografik Geçis ve Göçler ile ilgili Çözülmesi Gereken Sorunlar" Demografi ve Demografik Süreçler: Bugünden Gelecege Paneli, 3. Ulusal Nüfusbilim Kongresi, 2-5 Aralik 1997, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara.

1997d. "Sinifsal, Dinsel ve Etnik Kimlikler" Demokrasi: Birikim, Sorunlar ve Gelecek Paneli, 5. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi, 12-14 Kasim, 1997, ODTÜ, Ankara.

1997e. "Dinar Halkinin 1995 Depremi Sonrasi Psiko-sosyal Durumu ve Afet Yönetimi Ile Ilgili Görüsleri" (With Nese Alkan, Evren Balta, A. Nuray Karanci) Dördüncü Ulusal Deprem Mühendisligi Konferansi, ODTÜ, Ankara, 17 - 19 Eylül, 1997.

1997f. "Kirsal Yapi Dönüsümleri ve Iç Göçlerin Öznel ve Nesnel Toplumsal Tarihi Üzerine Gözlemler" Türkiye'de Içgöç: Sorunsal Alanlari ve Arastirma Yöntemleri konulu Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfi'nin Gerede-Bolu'da 6-8 Haziran 1997'de düzenledigi konferansta sunulan teblig.

1997g. "Devlet, Toplum ve Aile Iliskileri: Türkiye'de Toplumsal Gelisme Için Toplum Katilimi ve Gönüllü Egitimi" (B. T. Aksit ile birlikte) Yaygin Egitim: Bir Toplumsal Gelsisme Araci Sempozyumu, 22-23 Mayis 1997'de Aile ve Çocuk Egitimi Vakfi ve Milli Egitim Bakanligi tarafindan Istanbul'da düzenlenen sempozyumda sunulan teblig.

1997h. "Islamiyet, Çagdaslik ve Bilim: Fazlur Rahman'in Katkilari Üzerine Bazi Gözlemler" Islam ve Modernism: Falur Rahman Tecrübesi Sempozyumu, Istanbul Büyük sehir Belediyesi, 22-23 Subat 1997, Istanbul.

1996a. "Turkiye'de iç Göçler ve Sorunlari/ Internal migration in Turkey" Göç ve Azinliklaral ilgili Sorunalar ve Habitat/ Immigrants and Minorities in the View of Habitat II, Conference organized by Türk Demakrasi Vakfi / Turkish Democracy Foundation, Habitat II, NGO/ STK Forum, Istanbul, 5 June, 1996.

1996b. "Dinar'da Afet Yönetiminin Degerlendirilmesi / Evaluation of Disaster Management in Dinar" (with Nuray Karanci and Haluk Sucuoglu) Dogal Afetler ve Insan Yerlesimleri Politikalari Sempozyumu/ Natural Disasters and Human Settlement Policies, Habitat II, Organized by Chamber of Civil Engineers/ Insaat Mühendisleri Odasi and Earthquake Foundation / Deprem Vakfi Habitat II, NGO/ STK Forum, Istanbul, 7 June, 1996.

1995a. "Toplum, Kültür ve Kimlik: Toplum ve Degisme Kurmlarinda Paradigma Parçalanmasi ve Çogalmasi" (Society Culture and Identity: Paradigm Fragmentation and prolifiration) 4. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi, (4. National Congress of Social Sciences) ODTÜ, Ankara, 1-3 Kasim 1995.

1995b. "Ulus-Devlet, Bölge, Medeniyet ve Kültür: Ortadogu Ülkelerine Yaklasimlarda Paradigma Degismeleri" (Nation-State, Region, Civilisation and Culture) paper presented at Regional Science Congress METU, Ankara, 22-23 June, 1995

1995c. "Medreseden Çagdas Üniversiteye: Sosyal Bilimlerde Öncelikli Bilimsel Çalisma Alanlari" (From Medrese to Modern University: Priority Research Areas in Social Sciences) ODTÜ Ögretim Elemanlari Derneginin düzenledigi Öncelikli Bilimsel Çalisma Alanlari konulu Açikoturumda sunulan teblig, 16 Subat 1995.

1995d. "Reayadan Köylülük ve Modern Çiftçilige: Türkiye'de Köy Topluluklarinin Geçirdigi Yapi Dönüsümleri ve Süreklilikler" (From Ottoman Peasantry to Modern Farmers: Structural Transformation and Continuities in Village Communities) Türkiye Tariminin Dünü-Bugünü-Yarini Sempozyumu Türkiye Ziratçilar Dernegi tarafindan 24- 25 Mart 1995 de düzenlenen sempozyumda sunulan teblig.

1993. "Türkiye'deki Köy Topluluklarinda Köy Tipi, Sinif ve Kültürel Söylem Iliskileri" Birinci Sosyoloji Kongresi(First National Congress of Socioilogy): Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Sosyolojide Güncel Gelismeler (Currrent Developments in Sociology in the World and Turkey) Sosyoloji Dernegi ve Ege Üniversitesi, 3-5 Kasim, 1993.

1992. "Islam and Women in urban Turkey" (in Turkish) paper presented in Third National Congress of Social Sciences 21-23 October 1992, METÜ, Ankara.

1990a. "Toplumsal Yapi, Kültür ve Degisme" (Social Structure, Culture and Social Change) paper presented in Türk Ekininde Degisme ile Türk Halk Bilgisi Semineri (Seminar on Change in Turkish Culture and Folklore) organized by Middle East Technical University and METU Folklore Society, 10-11 May, 1990.

1990b. "Community Formation And Participation in Periurban Neighborhoods of Antalya, Turkey" (with Belma T. Aksit) Paper presented in Workshop on Urbanization in Turkey Organized by MRTU Deapartments of Sociology and City and Regional Planning and the British Council, May 8-9, 1990.

1989a. "Küçük Meta Üretimi, Sosyo-Kültürel Degisme ve Kirsal Kalkinma Projeleri" (Small Commodity Production, Socio-Cultural Change and Rural Development Projects) Ikinci Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi (Second National Congress of Social Sciences), Organized by Turkish Social Sciences and METU Department of Sociology) 31 May-2 June 1989.

1989b "Türkiye'de Sosyolojinin Yerlilesmesi ve Uluslararasilasmasi" (Indigenization and Internationalization of Turkish Sociology) paper presented in 75.th Anniversary of Foundation of First Department of Sociology in Turkey, organized by the Department of Sociology, University of Istanbul, 9-16 October, 1989.

1989c. "Osmanli Egitim Sisteminin kitlesellesmesi ve Medrese Reformu Tartismalari" (Dualization of Ottoman Educational System Medrese Reform Discourses), paper presented in 150 th Anniversary of Tanzimat Symposium organized by the Department of Public Health, Middle East Technical University, 6-7 November, 1989.

1989d. "Cumhuriyet Türkiye'sinde Islamiyet: Çevreden Merkezi Devlete Dogru Dönüsmenin Islami Yayinlardaki Görünümü" (Islam in Republican Turkey: Muslim Publications as Indicators of Transformation from Periphery to the Central State) paper presented in Third Congress of Political Sciences, organized by Turkish Political Science Association and Anadolu University, November, 1989.

1989f. "Anthropological Intervention Research in Ahatli (Antalya) Gecekondu Area" paper presented in Workshop on Integrated Mother and Child Services in Poor Urban Neighborhoods: Evaluation of Interim Reports organized by UNICEF and Department of Health, Hacettepe University, Ankara, 9 August, 1989.

1989g. "Health Education and Community Participation in Ahatli Gecekondu Area" paper presented in Workshop on Integrated Mother and Child Services in Poor Urban Neighborhoods: Evaluation of Final Reports organized by UNICEF and Antalya Health Directorate, Kemer, Antalya, 10-11 November, 1989.

1987a. "Kirsal Dönüsüm ve Köy Arastirmalari: 1960-1980" (Rural Transformation and Village Research) Paper presented in Sympoium on Rural Structures in Turkey Organized by Türk Sosyal Bilimler Dernegi (Turkish Social Science Association), 28-29 April 1987, Ankara.

1987b. "Köy Dönüsüm Tipolojisi ve Köylü/Çiftçi Hanelerin Uyum veya Direnis Stratejileri" ( Village Transformation Typology and Adaptation Resistance Strategies of Peasant/Farmer Households) paper presented in a Symposium on Turkish Agriculture Organized by Turkish Chamber of Agricultural Engineers, Ankara, 1987.

1985. "Türkiye'de Sosyoloji Arastirmalari: Bölmelenmislikten Farklilasma ve Çesitlenmeye" Paper presented in a Symposium on the Development of Social Sciences in Turkey Organized by Turkish Social Sciences, 16-18 October 1985.

1984. "Çiftlikli Köylerin Köy Degisme Tipolojisi Içindeki Yeri" (Villages with Çiftlik in the Context of Rural Transformation Typology) paper presented at the 1. Felsefe ve Sosyal Ilimler Kongresi (Congress of Philosophy and Social Sciences) Atatürk University, 1984.

1982. "Ortakent'te Toplumsal Farklilasma ve Siyasal-Kültürel Çatisma" (Social Differentiation and Political-Cultural Conflict in Middletown) Seminar on Turkish Towns Organized by Professors S. Mardin and A. Öncü in Bogaziçi University, April 1982, published in Aksit (1985) pp.182-202.

Reports/ Raporlar

2004-2005. Nüfus ve Kalkınma Politikaları Önerileri, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi ve UNFPA

2004-2005. Yeşilırmak Havzası Bölge Gelişim Planlama Projesi, Danışmanlık; Dolsar Mühendislik, Devlet Planlama Teşkilatı.

2002-2005. Tarım Reformu Uygulama Projesi, 5500 Hane Panel Araştırması, G&G Danışmanlık,  (Agricultural Reform Implementation Project-Quantitative Household Survey: A Panel  Study of 500 villages and 5500 households)-Project Funded and Monitored  by World Bank/Turkish Government, 2002-2005.

2002-2003.  From Cedidism to Postmodernism: Transformation of Educaitonal Institutions in Kazakstan, Azerbeycan and Turkey, with Professor Isenbike Togan and  Mustafa Şen, Support of METU Scientific Research Fund,  2002-2003, with Ayse Serdar ve Bahar Tabakoglu

 2000-2002. The Role of Civil Society Organizations/ NGOs in Empowering Civil Society and Participation in Turkey (Sivil Toplum ve Katılımın Güçlendirilmesinde Sivil Toplum Kuruluşlarının Rolü) Turkish Science and Technology Council (TÜBİTAK), Turkish Academcy of Sciences (TÜBA) and Higher Education Council (YÖK) Fund for Social and Humanities Research, 2000-2002.

2002. Volunteer Training and Public Education For Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness in Çankırı (Çankırı’da Afet Zararlarını Azaltmak ve Hazırlıklı Olmak için Halk Eğitimi Projesi) 2001-2002, UNDP, General Directorate of Disaster Affairs and METU Disaster Management Centre supported project with Nuray Karanci. 

2000. Working Street Children In Turkey: A Rapid Assessment In Three Metropolitan Cities, ILO Supported Project, April-July 2000.

1997. "Development of Guidelines for policy makers: Country Report Turkey on Sustainable Action Agaist Child Labour", ILO-IPEC supported project, with Y. Z. Özcan,. M. Dayioglu, A. Gündüz-Hosgör.

1996 "The Pscho-Social Aspects of the Disaster Management System in Dinar" A United Nations Development Program Mission Report, with N. Karanci and H. Sucuoglu.

1994 "Population Movements in the Southeastern Anatolia Project Region" Prepared to Southeastern Anatolian Project Regional Development Admistration, By B. Aksit, S. Ayata, K. Mutlu, H.Ü. Nalbantoglu, A. Akçay, M. Sen, and C. Çiftçi.

1993a. "GAP- MOM Socio-Economic Survey" Management, Operation and Maintenace of GAP Irrigation systems Prepared to Southeastern Anatolian Project Regional Development Admistration, By Alcrow-Dolsar-Rwc Joint Venture, Sociological Team was composed by B. Aksit, A. Akçay, A. Atauz and G. Coskun.

1993b. "Political Economy of Structural Adjustment" with K. Boratav and B. Kuruç, presented to International Development Research Center, Canada.

1989a. "Antalya'nin Ahatli Gecekondu Bölgesinde Antropolojik Ara tirma" (with B.T. Aksit) report presented to UNICEF for Integrated Mother and Child Services in Poor Urban Neighborhoods August 1989.

1989b. "Ahatli Gecekondu Bölgesinde Saglik Egitimi ve Toplum Katilimi" (B.T. Aksit ile) report presented to UNICEF for Integrated Mother and Child Services in Poor Urban Neighborhoods, October 1989.

1988. "Changing Socio-cultural Structures and Land Tenure Systems in Southeastern Anatolia: Rural Sociology Report for GAP Master Plan" Prepared to Southeastern Anatolian Project Regional Development Admistration, for the GAP Master Plan by Nippon Koei and Yüksel Proje.


Research experience and current research/ Arastirma Deneyimi ve Halen Yürütülen Arastirmalar

Directorate of  of Religious Affairs and its activities in Kirgizistan, Kazakistan and Germany, 2004 to present

Consultant to Reginal Development Planning of  TR83 (Yesilirmak River Valley), State Planning Orgnaizaiton and DOLSAR Engineering Firm,  2004 to present

Comparative Methodologies Development For Comprehensive Urban Earthquake Mitigation Intervention: The Cases Of Istanbul And Athens, supported by Turkish Science and Technology Council (TÜBİTAK) and The General Secretariat For Research And Technology (GSRT) Of Greece, 2004 to present.

Agricultural Reform Implementation Project-Quantitative Household Survey: A Panel  Study of 500 villages and 5500 households-Project Funded and Monitored  by World Bank/Turkish Government,  Carried out by A Consorsium of G and G firm, Taylor-Nelson-Sofres and Baskent University, 2002- to the present.

From Cedidism to Postmodernism: Transformation of Educaitonal Institutions in Kazakstan, Azerbeycan and Turkey, with Professor Isenbike Togan and  Mustafa Şen, Support of METU Scientific Research Fund,  2002-2003.

The Role of  NGOs in Empowering Civil Society and Participation in Turkey (Sivil Toplumun ve Katılımın Güçlendirilmesinde Sivil Toplum Kuruluşlarının Rolü), Research project supported by TUBİTAK-TUBA-YÖK and METU  (TUBİTAK-TUBA-YÖK Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilim Araştırmalarını Destekleme Fonu ve ODTÜ-Araştırma Fonu tarafından desteklenen araştırma projesi) 2000-2002.

Disaster Preparedness in Çankırı (Çankırı’da Afetlere Hazılrlıklı Olmak için Halk Eğitimi) (With Prof. N. Karancı and support of UNDP, General directorate of Disaster Affairs and METU Disaster Mamagement Implementation and Research Centre), 2001-2002.
Street Children in Diyarbakir, Adana and İstanbul (Diyarbakır, Adana ve Istanbul’da Sokak Çocukları) 2000 (With Prof. N. Karanci and Dr. A. Gündüz-Hoşgör)

Preparedness and Coping with Disasters: An Implementation Research in Kocaeli, Sakarya, Yalova, Düzce and Bolu, 2000, (with Prof. N. Karancı and Dr. B. Ayvaşık)

Community Participation in Disaster Management: A Pilot Implementation in Bursa (Afetlere Hazırlıklı Olamada Toplum Katılımı: Bursa’da pilot bir Uygulama) Research/Imlementatiın supported by UNDP and METU Centre for Research and Implementation in Disaster Management, 1998-2000; (With Prof. N. Karancı)

Sociology of Public and Private (including relgious community supported)  Secondary Schools in Ankara (Ankara’da Meslek, İmam-Hatip, Devlet, Özel ve  Cemaat  Liseleri Araştrıması) 1997-1998

Pscho-Social Aspects of Disaster Management  Research supported by UNDP, 1995-1996 (With Prof N. Karancı).

Intersectoral Volunteers Training in Villages and Periurban Neighbourhoods, Reseach and Apllication supported by UNICEF and Turkish Government, 1995-1996.
Management, Operation and Maintanece of Irrigation Systems  Joint Venture of Halcrow and Dolsar for GAP Administration, 1993-1994.

Population Movements in Southeastern Anatolian Project Region  Project supported by GAP Administration (With Prof. S. Ayata, Prof. H. Ü. Nalbantoğlu, Prof. K. Mutlu, A. A. Akçay, Mustafa Şen and Cengiz Çiftçi), 1992-1993.

Political Economy of Structural Adjustment (with Prof.  K. Boratav and Prof. B. Kuruç) supported by IDRC and Turkish Social Science Association, 1991-1992.
Community  Participation,  Health  and  Education   in   a Gecekondu/periurban  Neighborhood of Antalya, (with Prof. B.  T.  Akşit and UNICEF support), 1988-90.
Class/occupational structures and secular/Islamic ideologies in Kirikkale and Ankara (with Prof. Y. Ertürk, Assoc. Prof.  Y.Z. Özcan and H. Ulusoy), supported by MERC program of Ford Foundation, 1989-1990.

Islamic Revival and Fundamentalism in Turkey (with Prof.  F.  Acar, Prof.  S.  Ayata, Prof. A.  Güneş-Ayata,  and Assoc. Prof. G.  Şaylan)  Funded  by   Ford Foundation, Middle East Research Awards 1987-89.

Rural  Socio-economic  and Cultural  Structures   and  Their Transformations  in  Southeastern Anatolian Region ( as  a  rural sociological  advisor  to  Yüksel Proje and  Nippon  Kai  in  the preparation of the master plan for State Planning  Organization), 1988.

Socio-cultural  Determinants of Infant and  Child  Mortality (with Prof.  B. T. Akşit), 1988.

Paths of Rural Transformation and Seasonal Migration (with Prof. Ç. Keyder,  A. Akçay, T. Arıcanlı, Prof. N. Sirman, Prof. H. İslamoğlu-İnan,  A. Gürkan,  and  D. Seddon) Funded by Middle East  Research  Awards, 1979-1982.

Imam-Hatip and Technical Vocational Schools (as a part of  F. Rahman and L. Binder's Social Change and Islam research  project, supported by Ford Foundation) 1977-78.

Social Change and Cleavage in a Turkish  Middletown  (Çorum) 1973-1974; Middletown Revisited, 1982.

Social  Change,  Class  Structure  and  Underdevelopment  in Kırıkkale  and Keskin Towns (with E. Gürkan, Ü.  Nalbantoğlu,  S. Tüzün and F. Kardam, 1967-68;
Capitalist Transformation in Antalya Villages, 1966;  Antalya Villages Revisited, 1979.

The Impact of Production for Market and Modern Technology  on two  Ankara  Villages  (with E. Gürkan,  Ü.  Nalbantoğlu  and  T. Smoore) 1965; Ankara Villages Revisited 1988-89.
 

Theses Supervised /Yönetilen Tezler

a. M.S. Theses /Yüksek Lisans Tezleri

1. Akçay, A. "Traditional Large Land Ownership and Its Transformationin Two Southeast Anatolian Villages" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1985.

2. Mutman, M "Advertising as Form of Mass Communication" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1985.

3. Yegenoglu-Mutman "The Abortion Debate in Turkey" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1985.

4. Ünlüsoy, Z. "Malaysian Interstate Variations in Education and its Social, Demographic and Economic Correlates" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1987.

5. Atalay, N. "Rural Transformation in Two Ankara Villages" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1988.

6. Aslitürk, Z. "The Development of an Islamic Intellectual Career in Turkey" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1990.

7. Tugrul, I. "Life Histories of Peddlers in Ankara" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1990.

8. Aktay, Y. "Political and Intellectual Disputes on the Academisation of Religious Knowledge, Unpublished MS Thesis, METU, Ankara, 1993.

9. Balta, B. "Earthquake and Social Change: The Case of Dinar" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1998.

10. Coskun, M. K. "Comparative Study of Secondary Schools in Turkey, Example of Imam-Hatip Schools" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1999.

11. Adem, A. "Development of Environmentalism in Turkey: A Sociological Case study of Two Environmental NGOs" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 2000.

12. Tabakoglu, B. "Civil Society in Turkey: The Experience of Civil Society Organizations" Yayinlanmamis yüksek lisans tezi, (Danismani: Prof Dr. Bahattin AKSIT), ODTÜ, Sosyal BIlimler Enstitüsü, Sosyoloji Bölümü, Ocak 2002, 212s.

13. Büyükbayram, S. "The Transformation Process of Radical Political Islam During 1990's in Turkey: The Case of Haksöz and Degisim Journals" Yayinlanmamis yüksek lisans tezi, (Danismani: Prof. Dr. Bahattin AKSIT), ODTÜ, Sosyal BIlimler Enstitüsü, Sosyoloji Bölümü, Nisan 2002, 97s

14. Serdar, A. "Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) In Turkey: Relations With the State and the Case of Marmara Earthquake From the Perspective of CSOs", Yayinlanmamis yüksek lisans tezi, (Danismani: Prof. Dr. Bahattin AKSIT), ODTÜ, Sosyal BIlimler Enstitüsü, Sosyoloji Bölümü, Agustos 2002, 199s.

15. Sakar, E. "Civil Society and NGOs In A Stateless Society: The Palestinian Case", Yayinlanmamis yüksek lisans tezi, (Danismani: Prof Dr. Bahattin AKSIT), ODTÜ, Sosyal BIlimler Enstitüsü, Sosyoloji Bölümü, Agustos 2002, 124s.


b. PHD Theses /Doktora Tezleri

1. U. Baker, "From Opinions to Images: Towards a Sociology of Effects" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 2002.

2. M. Sen, "Turkish Entrepreneurs in Central Asia: The Case of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 2001.

3. Y. Aktay, "Body, Text, Identity: The Islamist Discource of Authenricity in Modern Turkey" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1997.

4. M. Erbas, "Two Modes of Urbanization and Urbanism in a Peripheral Town of Turkey" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1995.

5. A. Akçay "An Empirical Study on Rural Structures and Temporary-Seasonal Migration in South-easteren Anatolia" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1995.

6. A. Saktanber "Islamic Revitalization in Turkey: An Urban Model of a 'Counter-Society', A Case Study" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1995.

7. S. Akhtar "Mass Media in the Politics of A Developing Muslim Society, Pakistan: 1970-1990" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1994.


8. H. (Ulusoy) Erbas "Industrialization and Stratification in an Industrial Turkish City" METU Graduate School of Social Sciences, 1993.


Courses Taught / Ögretilen Dersler
In the course of 25 years, I taught the following undergraduate and graduate courses: Social Change and Development, Sociology of Knowledge, Sociology of Science and Technology, Sociology of the Middle East and Islam, Sociology of Turkish Transformation, Sociology of Structural Transformations, Comparative Study of Agrarian Social Structures, Sociological Theory and Methodology, Introduction to Sociology, Political Sociology, Industrial Sociology.