The course purposes to express followings by evaluating within the critical approaches:
- When, where, how and why the State was formed by following the changing process of the State;
- The quality, root, legality and limit of the State Power;
- The concept of political thought and political power, occurrence of the political thought, the evaluation of the political thought through historical process and its present reflection.
Prerequisite(s)
-
Corequisite(s)
-
Special Requisite(s)
Attending the course
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Ömer Korkmaz
Course Assistant(s)
Res.Asst. Ali ERDOĞAN
Schedule
Monday,15:00-16:45, Lecture Hall VI
Office Hour(s)
Asst.Prof. Ömer KORKMAZ, Friday, 14:00-16:00, o.korkmaz@iku.edu.tr
Teaching Methods and Techniques
- Lecture,
-Discussion,
- Demonstariton,
- Question and Answer
Principle Sources
-Oktay UYGUN, Devlet Teorisi, XII Levha Yayınları, İstanbul 2019.
Other Sources
- Ayferi GÖZE, Siyasal Düşünceler ve Yönetimler, Beta, İstanbul, 2020.
- Cemal Bali AKAL, İktidarın Üç Yüzü, Dost Kitabevi, 8. Baskı, İstanbul, 2016
- İlhan AKIN, Devlet Doktrinleri, Beta Yay., 13. Baskı, İstanbul, 2017.
- Mehmet AKAD, Bihterin VURAL DİNÇKOL, Nihat Bulut, Genel Kamu Hukuku, Der Yay, 13. Baskı, İstanbul, 2017.
- Oktay UYGUN, Demokrasinin Tarihsel, Felsefi ve Ahlaki Boyutları, İnkılâp, İstanbul, 2003.
- Oktay UYGUN, İbni Haldun’un Toplum ve Devlet Kuramı, XII Levha, İstanbul, 2008.
- Oktay UYGUN, “Ulusüstü Siyasal Birlikler ve Küreselleşme”, Küreselleşme ve Ulus Devlet, YTÜ Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001.
- Mehmet Ali AĞAOĞULLARI, Cemal Bali AKAL, Levent KÖKER; Kral Devlet ya da Ölümlü Tanrı, İmge, Ankara 2009.
- Münci KAPANİ, Politika Bilimine Giriş, 39. Baskı, İstanbul 2015.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
The Origin of the State: Pre-State Societies, Quality of Political Power in the Primitive Society, Protection of equality in the Primitive Society.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
2. Week
The Origin of the State: Transition from Primitive Society into Society under State Ruling, Internal and External Factors on the Formation of the Sate.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
3. Week
City-State: Transition from Sheriffdom to City-State, First City-States, Ancient Greek City States and Direct Democracy.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
4. Week
City-State: Opposite Opinion in Athens Democracy and Athens City-State, Socrates, Plato, Aristoteles.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
5. Week
Political Thought after Collapse of Greek City-State: Epicurism, Stoicism.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
6. Week
Political Though in Rome, Polybios, Cicero.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
7. Week
Feudal Society and Feudal State, Thoughts of St. Agustinus and Thomas Aquinas on Society and State.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
8. Week
Thoughts of Marsilius of Padua, Dante Alighieri and Ibn Khaldun on Society and State.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
9. Week
General Review
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
10. Week
Nation State: Formation of Sovereign Power, Opinions of Machiavelli, Bodin and Hobbes on Law and State.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
11. Week
Restriction of Sovereign Power, Opinions of Locke and Montesquieu on Law and State.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
12. Week
Democratization of Sovereign Power: Social Contract of Rousseau and his Opinion on Law and State.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
13. Week
Separation of Sovereign Power: Federal State, Abandoning of Classical Sovereignty Idea.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
14. Week
Separation of Sovereign Power: Regional State, Comparison of Federal State to Regional State and Confederation.
Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer
15. Week
Final Exams
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Final Exam
1
100
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Have the ability to reach and evaluate information sources;
PO-2
Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data;
PO-3
Have historical knowledge enabling to interpret modern law achievements;
PO-4
Have the ability to use Turkish efficiently verbally and in written;
PO-5
Have the ability to follow up professional literature at least in a foreign language;
PO-6
Have acquired professional and ethical sense of responsibility;
PO-7
Have the ability to use vocational information technologies efficiently for solution of legal problems;
PO-8
Have the ability to apply information acquired to solution of a concrete case;
PO-9
Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship among natural legal persons and have the ability to interpret such rules;
PO-10
Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship between individual and state and have the ability to interpret such rules;
PO-11
Have the ability to practice the profession as a lawyer who adopts universal principles of law;
PO-12
Have full knowledge of basic concepts and rules regarding structure and relationship manners of international community; have the ability to interpret and discuss about the foregoing;
PO-13
Have basic knowledge enabling to evaluate international community’s common issues and their possible solutions;
PO-14
Have knowledge enabling to apply to human rights bodies having a supranational judicial quality and to follow up the process;
PO-15
Have knowledge on European Union Acquis Communautaire and operation of its institutions;
PO-16
Have a world view enabling to question, criticize and develop law in direction with needs of humanity;
PO-17
Have knowledge on historical development process of jurisprudence and judicial systems;
PO-18
Have the ability to solve actual legal problems within the frame of contemporary legal approaches;
PO-19
Be at the level of understanding and knowledge which reflects all qualities in the best way required by the profession on national and international scale;
PO-20
Have full knowledge of legal arrangements and practices regarding economic and financial mechanisms;
PO-21
Have knowledge on historical development of rights of individuals and societies and on basic texts adopted during the process;
PO-22
Have the ability to express himself individually and before a group;
PO-23
Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data;
PO-24
Have the ability to follow up regulations and legal quests in order to meet new needs appeared within the frame of relationships between individuals;
PO-25
Have the ability to cooperate by implementing activities during courses, hypothetical law suits and judicial studies and other vocational and academic visits;
PO-26
Have the ability to understand and handle national and international dimensions of law, jurisprudence and practices by means of follow up;
PO-27
Have knowledge of international judicial bodies and their ways of operation.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Having a general understanding of the historical process of state formation by examining political thought concept and emergence of political thoughts
LO-2
Having a general understanding of former political movements before present day by examining historical progress of political thoughts
LO-3
Having a good perspective on the relation between state, political power and community movements by examining the concept of political power
LO-4
Having a good perspective on the relations between state, political power and society by examining the political power concept
LO-5
Having a general understanding of the aspects about the state by examining the emergence process of the state
