The aim of the course is to enable students to learn the characteristics and differences of the Middle East region, to look at the basis of its problems and to have knowledge about the region's political, cultural structure and history.
Prerequisite(s)
-English
Corequisite(s)
-
Special Requisite(s)
-
Instructor(s)
Assoc. Prof. Bora Bayraktar
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Friday 14-17:00
Office Hour(s)
Friday
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Presentation and discussion. Students are expected to make all the readings and join discussions.
Principle Sources
Cleveland, W. L., A history of the modern Middle East. Boulder: Westview Press, 1994.
GELVIN, J. L., The modern Middle East: a history. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Halliday Fred, The Middle East in International Relations, Cambridge University Press, 2006(Third edition), Cambridge, 374
Hourani A., Arap Halkları Tarihi, İletişim Yayınları, 2005(5.Baskı), İstanbul, 608
Mardin Ş., Ortadoğu’da Kültürel Geçişler, DoğuBatı Y., 2007, Ankara, 308
Bates D- Rassam A, Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East, Prentice Hall, New Jersey 1983, 288
Hinnebusch R., The International Politics of the Middle East, Manchester University Press, 2003, Glasgow, 262
Other Sources
Hale William, “Turkey, Iraq and the US”, SAQI, 2007, London, 200
Hinnebusch Raymond and Ehteshami Anoushiravan, “The Foreign Policies of Middle East States”, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002, Boulder London, (Chapt 6 The Foreign Policy of
Israel- Chapt 7 The Foreign Policy of Syria, 115-167), 380
Miller John-Kenedi Aaron, “Inside Islam”, Marlowe Company, 2002, New York, 262
Kepel Gilles, “Jihad”, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 45
Jaber Hala, “Hezbollah”, Columbia, 1997, New York, 240
Norton Augustus Richard, “Hezbollah”, Princeton University Press, 2007, Princeton and Oxford, 188
Gunning Jeroen, “Hamas in Politics”, Hurst Company, London, 2007, 310
Tamimi Azzam, “Hamas”, Hurst Company, London, 2007, 344
Moin Baqer, “Khomeini Life of Ayatollah”, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, US edition 2000, New York, 355
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction
Oral presentation
2. Week
Syrian Civil War
Oral presentation
3. Week
Syrian Civil War
Oral presentation
4. Week
Syrian Civil War
Oral presentation
5. Week
Gulf Security
Oral presentation
6. Week
Gulf Security
Oral presentation
7. Week
Gulf Security
Oral presentation
8. Week
Midterm
Exam
9. Week
Midterm
Exam
10. Week
Presentations
No class
11. Week
Presentations
Oral presentation
12. Week
Presentations
Oral presentation
13. Week
Presentations
No class
14. Week
Presentations
Oral presentation
15. Week
Final
Exam
16. Week
Final
Exam
17. Week
Final
Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
20
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
30
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
Recognizes the different identities of the region.
LO-2
Contemplates about the chronic problems of the region.
LO-3
Discusses the history of the region.
LO-4
Comprehenses the different perspectives in the region.
LO-5
Follows the current developments about the matter.
