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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my thesis advisor, Ast. Pr<strong>of</strong>.<br />

Dr. Filiz Özbaş, for her underst<strong>and</strong>ing, encouragement <strong>and</strong> guidance throughout this<br />

thesis.<br />

I wish to thank Instructor Müge Işıklar Koçak who always gave me scholarly<br />

counsel <strong>and</strong> ideas both in writing this thesis <strong>and</strong> in my postgraduate courses.<br />

My grateful thanks go to my parents Yaşar <strong>and</strong> Seval for their love <strong>and</strong><br />

encouragement, also to my colleague Neslihan Orancı <strong>and</strong> my boss Ali Şimşek for<br />

their patience <strong>and</strong> support.<br />

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my friends, Mike Buckley,<br />

Betsy Cruz, Chana Garrett, Louise Macha, Terri Ingram <strong>and</strong> Diana Barrett, who<br />

inspired <strong>and</strong> motivated me as well as contributed with their active assistance being<br />

ready <strong>and</strong> willing whenever I needed their answers to my never-ending questions.<br />

This dissertation would not have been possible without the provision <strong>of</strong> the<br />

One who enabled me to start <strong>and</strong> finish this whole degree, showing His love <strong>and</strong><br />

mercy constantly upon me.<br />

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