Journal of History Culture and Art Research

Türkiye and Oman's Growing Relationship in the First Three Years of Sultan Haitham

Gökhan Açıkel — 2023-04-10

Sultan Qaboos bin Said ruled Oman from 1970 to 2020. After Sultan Qaboos died on January 10, 2020, Haitham bin Tarik began to rule the Sultanate of Oman on January 11, 2020. After taking over the administration, he attempted to rescue his country from its dire economic situation by instituting structural changes to make the country's administration more active and secure. He also adheres to Sultan Qaboos' management principles, particularly in foreign policy. The foundation and development of today's Turkish-Omani relations was largely accomplished during the reign of Sultan Qaboos bin Said. However, relations continue developing with the same goodwill and vision today. The reciprocal visits of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Sultan Haitham are one of the most anticipated developments in Turkish-Omani relations in this period. Türkiye’s collaborating with friendly and brotherly Oman in many fields and two countries’ sharing their experiences mutually will benefit both Türkiye and Oman, as well as the Gulf region in particular and the Middle East region in general. Türkiye can make significant contributions to Oman, particularly in the construction, tourism, health, and defense industries. The interest and affection of the people of Oman for Türkiye will be an important factor in establishing solid relations between the two countries. Oman is relatively unknown in Türkiye. As a result, Oman should work harder to increase its visibility in Türkiye. The fact that Oman is a beautiful tourist destination should be promoted more widely in Türkiye. Increasing the number of flights between the two countries is a positive step in this direction. With the two countries' cooperation, there is still a lot of work to do in the field of higher education. Both sides are working hard to further develop Turkish-Oman relations, and as a result, relations between the two countries will improve significantly in the future.

The The Aspects that Affect Verbal Communication in Intercultural Communications

Albert Abasenga — 2023-04-10

Globally, people passed and raised in different environments, cultural backgrounds, situations, and circumstances. These several backgrounds can affect their communications in one way to another when they are transmitting, addressing, sending, sharing and receiving different perspectives, thoughts, guidance, advice or opinions from others. For that, the present study aims to discuss the aspects of verbal communication that facilitate and impede intercultural communication between human beings. The aspects that the study is discussing are related to speaking skills and writing skills including voice, the diction of words, and phraseology. This article uses critical analysis and fact data from both society and the written documents of scholars, for giving and addressing clear outcomes. The study advises that people should be aware of their counterparts' cultural backgrounds in order to facilitate their communications effectively. It also advises the communicators to make some research about the culture of their counterparts and train themselves about other’s languages and their usage.

Glorifying Human Virtues and Condemning Corruption in Ahmad Yasawi’s “Diwan-i Hikmat”

Zuhriddin Juraev — 2022-04-10

The famous Sufi Ahmad Yasawi is a Central Asian great mystic who founded Sufi poetry in the literature of Turkic peoples. Yasawi’s work “Diwan-i Hikmat” is a comprehensive work that discusses pure Islamic teachings and Sufi tradition in a poetic way. This study aims to literary observe some verses from “Diwan-i Hikmat”. As a contribution to Sufi poetry and Sufi literature studies, this article examines the glorification of human virtues and the condemnation of vices such as impurity, ignorance, and worldliness in the “Diwan-i Hikmat”. During the literary analysis of the poems, Yasawi’s instructions to repent, achieve good, and avoid corruption are considered based on the lines of “wisdom” poems as they relate to morality. Finally, this study ends by emphasizing Yasawi’s work is still relevant for shaping personality perfection.

The Concept of The Urban Flaneur in The Relationship of Cinema and Architecture

Selda Cansu Temel — 2023-04-10

The experience of time and space is one of the main veins of cinema and architecture. The area where the two disciplines intersect in this direction can be read within the framework of the images created by the films through flowing images. The created images allow the perception and reading of the space. The way the cinema presents space expansions through montage leads to a similarity between the experience of a flaneur traveler in the city and the cinema audience. The study, which developed within the framework of the idea that cinematographic approaches are an effective tool in reading individual perception in urban space, aims to read the ways in which the relationship of the individual with the place as a traveling observer is transformed into information with cinematographic tools, within the framework of the experience of the urban dweller of flaneur. In this direction, the way the films show the city as moving during the walk was tried to be read with the view of the city of flaneur. In line with the existence of the concept of flaneur in films, the silent and sound cinema periods are handled as two separate groups. In the silent cinema era, the camera viewfinder's wanderings in urban spaces are replaced by the character and narrative plot in the sound cinema era. As a result of the study, it was seen that an exemplary reading associated with the urban flaneur is possible in terms of the way the cinema uses and presents the city as moving fragments and the perception of the architectural space based on movement.