Prioritizing identities: cross categorization of ethnicity and religious sects in Turkey identities: ethnicity and/or religion

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dc.authorid0000-0002-9221-2822en_US
dc.contributor.authorTekdemir Yurtdaş, Göklem
dc.contributor.authorCurun, Ferzan
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T20:56:21Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T20:56:21Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.departmentMaltepe Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to investigate how different ethnic groups (Turkish/Kurdish) and religious sects (Alevi/Sunni) are perceived in Turkey. These groups have a long history of conflicts. In order to examine the perception of these conflicting group identities, we adopted the theoretical frameworks of simple and cross categorization developed by the Social Identity Theory and the Category Differentiation Model. Both theories converge on the idea of in-group favoritism in the case of simple categorization while they offer different explanations for cross categorization condition. In order to test these differing theoretical propositions, we asked our participants to evaluate simple and cross categorization conditions based on variables of ethnicity and sect. Our sample consisted of 106 individuals from two ethnic groups (Kurdish/Turkish) and two religious sects (Alevi/Sunni). The participants completed a questionnaire based on Zavalloni’s focused introspection technique. Within subjects repeated measures ANOVA analysis were carried out for both simple and cross categorization. The results of the analysis revealed that the participants emphasized in-group similarities and out-group differences both for ethnicity and religious sect in the simple categorization condition. Moreover, in-group similarities based on religious sects rather than ethnicity were prioritized in the cross categorization condition. The results confirmed the Social Identity Theory’s assumptions generally. Results were discussed in terms of relevant literature, and in relation to historical and political issues regarding ethnicity and sects in Turkey.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTekdemir Yurtdaş, G. ve Curun. F. (2015). Prioritizing identities: cross categorization of ethnicity and religious sects in Turkey identities: ethnicity and/or religion. Journal of Arts and Humanities. 4(12), s. 12-25.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage25en_US
dc.identifier.issn2167-9053
dc.identifier.issue12en_US
dc.identifier.startpage12en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.theartsjournal.org/index.php/site/issue/view/39
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/2975
dc.identifier.volume4en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLAR Cente Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Arts and Humanitiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryUluslararası Hakemli Dergide Makale - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal*
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.snmzKY01796
dc.subjectCross categorizationen_US
dc.subjectMinorityen_US
dc.subjectEthnicityen_US
dc.subjectReligious secten_US
dc.titlePrioritizing identities: cross categorization of ethnicity and religious sects in Turkey identities: ethnicity and/or religionen_US
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication

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