A Study on Social Capital, Cultural Capital and Social Innovativeness in Turkish World: A Sample of Turkey-Azerbaijan University Students


Culture is all the values that create a society. Therefore; data on the development of a society can be obtained by examining the culture of that society. In this study; It is aimed to determine the levels of social capital, cultural capital and social innovation that reflect the Turkish culture and which can reveal the richness of the Turkish world. University students, which are elements of Turkish culture, have been the subject of examination. In this respect, Turkey and Turkish nationals studying, Azeri students studying in Azerbaijan is the main mass of the research. The sample of the study consisted of 196 students. The study was conducted between April and June 2019. The research method is quantitative; data collection tool is survey. Social innovation, social capital strategic trust, cultural capital scales were used in the survey. Five demographic variables such as nationality, age, gender, department, income are also included in the questionnaire form. The research was conducted in two public universities. Importance of research; Studying in Azerbaijan and Azeri students studying at Turkish nationals in Turkey in social capital, cultural capital, it is based on the shortage of studies investigating along with the concept of social innovation. As a result of the research, it is seen that there is a difference between the strategic trust of the cultural capital and the cultural participation between the Azerbaijani students and the Turkish students. It was determined that social capital and cultural capital positively increased social innovation. In addition to this information, it was determined that the related concepts were affected by some demographic variables.


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Azerbaijan, Turkish culture, social capital, cultural capital, social innovativeness.

Author : Burcu ÜZÜM -Leyla ŞENOL - Rehyan DADASHOVA
Number of pages: 1625-1642
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.40298
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Turkish Studies-Social Sciences
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