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ÖZUlaştırma kaynaklı gürültü kirliliği son yıllarda tüm dünyadaki en büyük çevresel sorunlardan biri haline gelmiştir. Gürültünün duyma kaybı, performans kaybı, rahatsızlık, uyku bozuklukları, kardiyovasküler problemler ve çocuklarda zihinsel bozukluklar gibi sağlık üzerine olumsuz etkileri vardır. Bu araştırmada, SoundPlan 6.5 gürültü haritalama programı kullanılarak D-100 Karayolu Okmeydanı mevkisi için gürültü haritaları oluşturulmuştur. Gürültüyü etkileyen faktörler olan trafik hacmi, kompozisyonu, hızı ve yol üstyapı tipinin gürültü maruziyeti,rahatsızlık, uyku bozuklukları ve kardiyovasküler hastalık riskine olan etkileri gürültü haritaları kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Bu çalışmalar sonucunda, hız limiti, toplu taşıma, ağır taşıt ve yol üstyapı türü bağlamında alınabilecek tedbirler önerilmiştir.Anahtar Kelimeler: Karayolu gürültüsü, SoundPlan, gürültü haritası, gürültü ve sağlık. ABSTRACT Evaluation of Effects of Traffic Variables on the Noise Levels Using SoundPlan V6.5In recent decades, noise pollution has been a worldwide concern. The health effects of noise pollution include noise-induced hearing loss, sleep disturbance, performance loss, annoyance, cardiovascular problems, and cognitive impairment in children. In this study, noise maps were prepared using SoundPlan 6.5 for D-100 Highway around Okmeydani. The effects of traffic volume, composition, and speed and pavement surface type on the number of people exposed to noise levels above threshold for annoyance, sleep disturbance, and cardiovascular diseases were investigated. Noise reduction strategies in terms of speed limit, public transportation, heavy vehicle traffic, and pavement type were proposed.

Making of public policies is a process through which the state determines relevant topics for the sake of its citizens and implements them. In Turkey, the public policies about Kurdish language after 1980 are outstanding such that the actors of coup d’état eagerly embraced the former idea of nation state which theoretically requires one common language in the borders of the given country. In parallel with this notion, the soldiers, who are the impeccable followers of Kemalist idea, put much pressure on local languages in Turkey, especially Kurdish language. They made some laws and forbade other languages than Turkish. But later, the conservative governments reigned in Turkey which had different ideas about this topic. As they got the opportunities, they made use of them so as to improve the situation for that language. The conservative governments handled this topic in the realm of freedom and human rights and created different public policies, so the adventure of Kurdish Language followed a much different track under different governments. This is a qualitative study, and the data were compiled from the related literature and evaluated accordingly.

The Justice and Development Party's Syria policy has followed a volatile and pragmatic line. Prior to 2011, when the Arab Spring began in Syria, strategic cooperation was established within the framework of liberal and zero-problem policies with neighbors. When Turkey's democratic reform proposals against the opposition movements that emerged in 2011 did not realize, Turkey changed its position against the Assad regime and started to support the opposition. During this period, weapons aid was also given to the dissidents. Later, with the involvement of Russia and the USA, the balances in Syria changed and Turkey turned to defensive policies that would protect its internal and border security. In this context, military operations were carried out against Syria. However, these operations were carried out with the consensus of Russia and the USA. Although the JDP declared the Assad regime to be an enemy after 2011, it has come to the point where it is possible to negotiate with the Assad regime in the later period. This study makes a process analysis of Turkey's changing Syria policy.