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Acknowledgements

I owe a debt of gratitude to many people and organizations since I was able to study and live thanks to them:

  • Gurzat Kislak (Headmaster of my primary school in Bagliagac Village, Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey),

  • Ugur Cacaron and the whole Cacaron Family (Fethiye),

  • Ozan Ozel and Belda Ozel (Fethiye),

  • Higher Education Student Loan and Housing Board of Turkey (Yüksek Öğrenim Kredi ve Yurtlar Kurumu),

  • Turkcell Academia Scholarships,

  • Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey.