Tezin Türü: Doktora
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, İşletme Fakültesi, İngilizce Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2023
Tezin Dili: İngilizce
Öğrenci: Anwar Koma
Danışman: Gül Mehpare Kurtoğlu Eskişar
Özet:
This thesis examines the variations of the
state-Muslim minority relations in Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, and
Singapore. The key question is what are the underlying conditions that
contributed to peace and violence between the states and Muslim minority groups
in the selected cases. It uses a comparative method with limited first-hand
findings supported by secondary data and resources. After critically reviewing
the contending explanations, this thesis introduces the variations of the civil-military
relations as the underlying condition that shaped different paths of the
state-Muslim minority relations in the four cases. While military control
empowers the persistence of state violence against Muslim minority groups in
Myanmar, Thailand, and the Philippines, civilian control not only constrains
the state’s use of violence against Muslim minorities but also reinforces
peaceful relations between the state and Muslims in Singapore. As this overall
pattern implies, the origin of state violence against Muslim minorities stems
from the persistence of military control in those countries.