ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to express sincere gratitude to my thesis advisor Prof. Dr. Ata ATUN for his invaluable advices and for the generosity he exhibited with his time and efforts over this thesis.
I also would like to express sincere gratitude to Prof. Dr. Tahir CELIK for his invaluable advices and for the generosity he exhibited with his time and efforts over this thesis.
I would like to publicly thank all the individuals and contractors who contributed to this thesis, including my friend translator Mr. Jamal Abdulkarim Ghuzzi. Certainly, the successful completion of this document would not have been possible without the valuable offers for the tender, input and feedback from all N.E.U staff.
Thanks you all for your special efforts.
I hope this thesis proves worthy of your trust and hope that it can be useful for other students to get the information they may need from it.
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