Applications of network segregation measures

In this thesis, the main purpose is to measure the political segregation level of main four party voter groups in Turkey. Political segregation is the degree to which politicalgroups live apart. The segregation indexis a kind of probability which shows this apartness level. It is crucial to understandthe general situationof the countiesin terms of the segregation of different party voters who reside in the country, because segregation might havedifferent effects on socioeconomic variables such as crime level, education level andreal estate prices. In order to conduct this analysis, main networks for two big cities of Turkey (Istanbul and Ankara)are constructed. Thesegregation levels of the voters are measured in the neighborhood base analysis. In addition, correlation between the segregation values are measured for the last three elections of Turkey. Finally I checkwhether the segregation indices are meaningfulmeasures in terms of predicting the real estate prices in Istanbul.