This course aims to provide students with the conceptual frameworks and case studies to understand, have an insight, skills for analysis and evolution the landmarks and critical components of the Turkish political and social life. These perspectives will help students approach the events, dynamics, and actors in Turkish politics critically This course focuses on contemporary issues in Turkey. Starting the analysis with the 1980s coup detat, and accepting it as one of the prominent turning points, this course will cover its impact on political and social life in Turkey. Afterwards, it will bring the date closer to today by digging the Turkey’s journey in the 2000s.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Nur Sinem Kourou
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Thurdays 14:00-17:00 Z03
Office Hour(s)
Tuesdays 13:00-14:00 or by email.
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Lecture and Discussion
Principle Sources
-Readings:
Essential Books: Yeşim Arat and Şevket Pamuk (2019). Turkey between Democracy and Authoritarianism. Cambridge Univeristy Press.
Alpaslan Özerdem, Matthew Whiting (2019). The Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics. Routledge
-Weekly Assigned Articles
Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Course introduction
Introduction
2. Week
Conceptual Framework and ongoing Debates in Turkey
Lecture and Student Presentation
3. Week
Population/Demography in Turkey: Urban-Rural Dichotomy
Lecture and Student Presentation
4. Week
Coups in Turkey: Military-Civilian Dichotomy
Lecture and Student Presentation
5. Week
Parties, Elections and Electorates in Turkey
Lecture and Student Presentation
6. Week
Political Islam in Power
Lecture and Student Presentation
7. Week
Midterm
exam
8. Week
Midterm
exam
9. Week
AKP’s 20 Years
Lecture and Student Presentation
10. Week
A new Society Emerging
Lecture and Student Presentation
11. Week
Minorities in Turkey
Lecture and Student Presentation
12. Week
Women’s Right and Gender in Turkey’s Political and Social Life
Lecture and Student Presentation
13. Week
Wrap up
Wrap up
14. Week
Wrap up
Wrap up
15. Week
Final
Final
16. Week
Final
Final
17. Week
Final
Final
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
30
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To identify and use theoretical and practical knowledge in International Relations.
PO-2
To express ideas and assessments about contemporary debates in International Relations.
PO-3
To acknowledge ethical and scientific responsibilities of data collection, evaluation and publication.
PO-4
To monitor and interpret published studies in International Relations.
PO-5
To use a second language at an intermediate level.
PO-6
To analyze, compare and relate different local, regional and global developments in International Relations.
PO-7
To analyze, compare and relate International Relations with theories and practices of different associate departments and their sub-fields and to offer suggestions by combining these fields.
PO-8
To present substantial knowledge for various public, private and academic career positions.
PO-9
To analyze the emergence and functions of prominent regional and local actors and to make future projections about their actions.
PO-10
To theoretically and practically examine different events and facts in International Relations and Foreign Policy and to interpret their past, present, and future through a scientific perspective.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To explain the political transformation of Turkey.
LO-2
To explain the social transformation of Turkey.
LO-3
To analyze the link between political and social issues.
LO-4
To discuss contemporary Turkey from different angles from a comprehensive perspective.
LO-5
To discuss contemporary problems by utilizing sociological analyses.
