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Turkey's Foreign Policy in Historical Perspectives

Course CodeSemester Course Name LE/RC/LA Course Type Language of Instruction ECTS
IRY2002*2 2 Turkey's Foreign Policy in Historical Perspectives 3/0/0 CC English 6
Course Goals

The purpose of this course is to explain the foreign policy of the Republic of Turkey since its founding, its relations with the international organizations in which it is registered, its relations with regional/global powers and neighbors.

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Instructor(s) Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Emin Erendor
Course Assistant(s) Research Assitant: Seyyide Sena Türkdoğan
Schedule Wednesday 18:00, Online
Office Hour(s) Every day by mail
Teaching Methods and Techniques Online class, Discussion, Presentation
Principle Sources

-Baskın Oran (ed) “ Türk Dış Politikası ; Kurtuluş Savaşından Bugüne Olgular, Belgeler, Yorumlar “,  İstanbul, İletişim Yayınları,2006 

-Baskın Oran (ed) “ Turkish Foreign Policy 1919-2006, Facts and Analyses with Documents”, University of Utah,2010.

-William Hale, “Turkish Foreign Policy,1774-2000” Frank Case,2000.

-Fahir Armaoğlu, “ 20.Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi “, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları,1992.

- Ali Balcı(2021). Türkiye Dış Politikası, İstanbul: Alfa Yayınları.

Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week Contents Learning Methods
1. Week Introduction to the Course Lecture
2. Week Change in foreign policy from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey Lecture
3. Week World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire Lecture
4. Week Turkish Foreign Policy and its Western orientation Lecture
5. Week National struggle and Turkish foreign policy in the Atatürk era Lecture
6. Week İnönü period and World War II Lecture
7. Week Regional and global alliances Lecture
8. Week Midterm Midterm
9. Week Turkish foreign policy in the era of Menderes Midterm
10. Week Turkish foreign policy during the coalition period Lecture
11. Week Military administration and foreign policy Lecture
12. Week Turkish foreign policy in the Özal era Lecture
13. Week Turkish foreign policy in the 90s Lecture
14. Week Turkish foreign policy in the AK Party Term I Lecture
15. Week Turkish foreign policy in the AK Party Term II Final
16. Week Final Final
17. Week Final Final
Assessments
Evaluation tools Quantity Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations 4 60
Project(s) 1 40


Program Outcomes
PO-11.To identify and use advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in International Relations and Diplomacy.
PO-22.To express ideas and assessments about contemporary debates in International Relations.
PO-33.To monitor and interpret published studies in International Relations.
PO-44.To analyze, compare and relate different local, regional and global developments in International Relations.
PO-55.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-66.To present substantial knowledge for various public, private and academic career positions. To reach the necessary academic level in order to pursue doctoral research.
PO-77.To analyze the emergence and functions of prominent regional and local actors and to make future projections about their actions.
PO-88.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.
PO-99.To employ advanced level knowledge in International Relations and Foreing Policy to develop the society educationally and culturally.
PO-1010.To lead the organizations that necessitate the resolution of the problems related to International Relations and Foreing Policy and to organize personal, institutional and team studies in advanced level.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1Able to explore the foreign policy perceptions of the actors who played a role in the creation of the Republic of Turkey.
LO-2Able to research international agreements made during the founding years of the Republic and their long-term consequences.
LO-3May try to explain the geopolitical position of Turkey.
LO-4Able to explore the evolution of Turkish foreign policy from the Ottoman period to the present day.
LO-5Can consider Turkey's relations with its neighbors.
LO-6Capable of researching Turkey's role in the Middle East and its impact on the region.
LO-7Able to consider Turkey's relations with world and regional powers.
LO-8Able to consider the reflection of Turkey's internal dynamics in foreign policy.
LO-9Able to explore Turkey's relations with the Turkic world and present the prospects for the development of relations.
LO-10Capable of analyzing Turkish foreign policy as a whole.
Course Assessment Matrix:
Program Outcomes - Learning Outcomes Matrix
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