Journal of Ibn Haldun Studies

The Legal Dimension of Global Satellite Communications: An Examination of the Intelsat Example

Makbule Ezgi Erten — 2025-08-25

Satellite communication technologies have created fundamental transformations in both technical and legal fields by eliminating the boundaries of international communication networks. Established in 1964 as an intergovernmental cooperation model, Intelsat has become an important example that has expanded the scope of space law by opening up to private sector dynamics while offering a system based on the principles of accessibility, equality, and security in global communication. An analysis of Intelsat's historical development, institutional structure, and privatization process examines multi-layered legal issues such as the role of states and private actors in space, orbit and frequency allocation, public service obligations, and commercial competition. Turkey's role in global satellite communications within the framework of its Intelsat membership is also evaluated, with a particular focus on how developing countries have integrated into this system. In light of current issues such as the widespread use of mobile access via satellite, cyber security risks, and sustainable space utilization, the Intelsat example provides both a normative and practical framework for the future of international space law.

Self-Regulation: Student’s Compass in Distance Education

Muhammet Furkan Alpat — 2025-08-25

This study presents a systematic literature review conducted on “characteristics of self-regulated learners in open and distance education” based on research published between 2022 and 2025. The review included 62 peer-reviewed articles identified through database searches in Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, ULAKBİM, and the YÖK Thesis Center using the keywords “self-regulated learning,” “open education,” and “distance learning.” Extracted findings were thematically coded under dimensions such as cognitive strategies, time management, motivational beliefs, procrastination behavior, and social interaction by two independent researchers. Results indicate that self-regulated learners excel at setting learning goals, planning their own learning environments, maintaining intrinsic motivation, and engaging in online collaborative activities. Additionally, teacher presence, process-oriented assessment, and technology-supported feedback mechanisms have been found to enhance these learners’ self-regulation capacities. The study underscores the importance of adopting learner-centered designs and integrating strategies that explicitly support self-regulation in open and distance education contexts.

Muslim Youth and Modern Technology: A Comparative Study

Halilibrahim Alegöz — 2025-08-25

This study represents an attempt at a comparative study of Turkish Muslim Youth and Muslim Youth across the world in terms of their engagement with the digital space. It forms part of a broader inquiry to delineate a global Muslim Youth profile as an associational encounter with modernization: understanding the perception and place of modernity in the lives of Muslim youth. The study employed a survey technique involving 15,832 Muslim youths aged 18-28 sampled across 22 majority Muslim countries. Out of this figure, 2000 youth constituted the sample pulled from Türkiye. Significantly, comparing the youth in Türkiye to those in other Muslim countries sampled, we observed that the average time spent by Turkish Muslim youths online is 1-2 hours less than the global average of Muslim youths sampled, which stood at 5 hours. Crucially, our findings do agree with the probability of a relationship between the time rate of utilization of the digital space and in behavioral and perceptional changes in the youth relative to their engagement with their offline space. We, however, concede that a lot more research is needed in this area to unearth the extent of this probability.

The Effects of Death Contemplation Practices on Mental Health and Life Awareness

Zehra Atak — 2025-08-25

In this study, which investigates the effects of contemplation of death on mental health, the initial aim was to develop a unique and applicable model of contemplation of death. This model, which is the first of its kind in the literature, was applied to the designated intervention group to investigate the effects of contemplating death on mental health. The study, conducted using a mixed research method, began with the assessment of participants' mental health status based on the symptoms measured by the SCL-90 test. A sample consisting of a ten-person intervention group and an eight-person control group, selected on a voluntary basis from Erciyes University students, participated in an eight-session death contemplation group study. The SCL-90 test was administered to all participants before the study, after the study, six mounth later and the data were analyzed using SPSS. At the end of the study, the findings of the intervention and control groups were compared, and significant differences were observed in favor of the intervention group at the P<0.05 significance level for mental health symptoms such as anxiety, depression, paranoid, and phobic symptoms, as well as additional symptoms; and at the P<0.01 significance level for somatization, interpersonal sensitivity, and general symptom indices. In conclusion, it was determined that the applied death contemplation model had positive effects not only on mental health but also on life awareness.