Didar Akar
Biographic Data
| ID | 5762295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Didar Akar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Didar |
| FAMILY NAME | Akar |
| SIGNATURE | AKAR D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bogaziçi University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Words in Time
This study proposes a diachronic approach to dissecting media representations of displaced peoples in Türkiye, revealing the dynamic interplay between media discourse, public sentiment, and policies over time. Focusing on four different migration episodes—the Bulgarian Turks and Romani (1950–1951), Iraqi Kurds and Turkmens (1991), and Syrians (2014–2017; 2022–2023)—and presenting findings from a corpus of news texts from two mainstream Turkish ne…
The influence of language and socioeconomic status on children's understanding of false belief
Study 1 investigated whether differences in the lexical explicitness with which languages express false belief influence children's performance on standard false belief tasks. Preschoolers speaking languages with explicit terms (Turkish and Puerto Rican Spanish) were compared with preschoolers speaking languages without explicit terms (Brazilian Portuguese and English) on questions assessing false belief understanding either specifically (the thi…
The influence of language and socioeconomic status on children's understanding of false belief
Study 1 investigated whether differences in the lexical explicitness with which languages express false belief influence children's performance on standard false belief tasks. Preschoolers speaking languages with explicit terms (Turkish and Puerto Rican Spanish) were compared with preschoolers speaking languages without explicit terms (Brazilian Portuguese and English) on questions assessing false belief understanding either specifically (the thi…
The influence of language and socioeconomic status on children's understanding of false belief
Study 1 investigated whether differences in the lexical explicitness with which languages express false belief influence children's performance on standard false belief tasks. Preschoolers speaking languages with explicit terms (Turkish and Puerto Rican Spanish) were compared with preschoolers speaking languages without explicit terms (Brazilian Portuguese and English) on questions assessing false belief understanding either specifically (the thi…
Words in Time
This study proposes a diachronic approach to dissecting media representations of displaced peoples in Türkiye, revealing the dynamic interplay between media discourse, public sentiment, and policies over time. Focusing on four different migration episodes—the Bulgarian Turks and Romani (1950–1951), Iraqi Kurds and Turkmens (1991), and Syrians (2014–2017; 2022–2023)—and presenting findings from a corpus of news texts from two mainstream Turkish ne…
Linguistics (2 works) · Turkish (2 works) · Bulgarian (1 work) · Child and Animal Learning Development (1 work) · Cognition (1 work) · Developmental psychology (1 work) · False belief (1 work) · Framing (construction (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work)