From the late 1970’s onwards, traditional public administration was criticized because it does not meet the needs of developing and changing new world. Following this critique, a new approach to public administration was proposed under the name of New Public Management. The development of new public management changed the concept of the public service. Accountable, transparent, effective, and efficient services have become the basic principles of management. On the other hand, the term “quality” has also gained popularity in public administration. In this sense, Total Quality Management (TQM) was adopted to develop quality systems in public administration worldwide. Turkey has also adopted that system. In this study, the situation assessment of TQM process in Turkey was made through the presentation of strengths and weaknesses. The literature search is conducted to achieve this aim and it is obtained from the research that since quality management cannot be fully realized, there are some deficiencies in practice and in regulatory. In this context the regulatory process needs to be revised specially in terms of evaluating and auditing.

Hybrid, asymmetric, and proxy wars stand out among concepts that are used to understand changing nature of war. Analyzing war from different perspectives are important to the sense-making of changing the nature of war and shaping defense mechanism. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the two-month time frame of the Russia-Ukraine war that started on 24 February 2022 from hybrid, asymmetric, and proxy wars and to make an inference for threats to public security in the warfare environment. This examination was made by analyzing news and views taking part in the domestic and foreign press. As a result, it was understood that the Russia-Ukraine war reflects features of hybrid, asymmetric, and proxy wars. In addition, as a result of this war, it was understood that hard power in international relations area is still important, that the most important shield versus hybrid war is the trust mechanism between governmental organs and society, and this war may take a long time because of it reflects features of asymmetric warfare.

Mitler insanın en temel ihtiyacı olan anlam sorununa anonim cevaplar veren sembolik formlardır. Modern zamanlar ile insanların anlam anlayışı bitmemiş aksine akıl ve bilime alternatif olarak beliren bir çok eski anlatı giderek güçlenmiştir. Modernizmin bir ürünü olan ideolojiler de anlam sorununa özel bir önemle yaklaşmış ve birer büyük anlatıya dönüşerek mitleri, ritüelleri ve sembolleri etkin biçimde kullanmıştır. İnsanın ve doğanın kökenine dair tasvirler ve nedenler içeren mitler ideolojilerin etkin sembolik biçimlerindendir. Mitlerin siyasi sembolizm okuması içindeki yerleri daha çok kolektif hafıza yaratma süreçlerinde geçmiş ile kurulan bağlantıda dikkat çekmektedir. Eski zamanlara atfedilen değerler içerisinde mitler sembolik bir biçimde yüce anlamları temsil ederler. Bir siyasi sembolizm okuması olarak bu durum mitlerin coşkulara hitap etmedeki önemine vurgu yapar. Öte yandan mitler özellikle tüketim davranışı içerisinde metanın yerine geçerek bir reklamcılık mantığına da hizmet eder. Mit sembolün ötesinde bir gösterilen ya da göstergeye dönüşerek ideolojinin eleştirel boyutu içerisinde yer edinir. Bu anlamda mitler ideolojilerin farklı iki tanımına bağlı olarak hem semantik hem de semiyotik boyutta işlevler barındırır.

Border gates are the main places where the economic and security interests of the countries are protected, and the entrances and exits to the country are kept under control. Governments determine different border policies based on their administrative structures and security threats on their borders. It would be shallow to talk about physical security alone regarding border security. Smuggling activities, terrorism, and the fight against drugs constitute important threat areas within border security. Due to its geopolitical position, Turkey has an important place in the international illegal drug trade. Within the scope of this study, the fight against narcotic crimes at the borders was evaluated in the context of Turkey's border security policy, and the relevant policies were discussed from the perspective of the process analysis approach. As a result of examples and examinations, the issues that cause confusion and weakness in Turkey's border security policy are mentioned.