| Course Name | Seminar in Turkish Politics |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| PSIR 551 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course aims to discuss the Turkish political institutions like bureaucracy, military, political parties, governments, and parliaments. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Topics to be covered include political culture, civil society, political leaders, and tribulations of democracy in Turkey. |
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| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction and review of syllabus | |
| 2 | Introduction to Turkish Politics | Ergun Özbudun, “Development of Democratic Government in Turkey,” in Ergun Özbudun (ed.), Perspectives on Democracy in Turkey, (Ankara: Turkish Political Science Association Publication, 1988): 1-58. |
| 3 | Military and Politics | George Harris, "The Role of the Military in Turkey in the 1980s: Guardians or Decision-Makers?" in M. Heper and A. Evin (eds.) State, Democracy and the Military in Turkey in the 1980s, (Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1988): 177 - 200. Zeki Sarigil, Public Opinion and Attitude toward the Military and Democratic Consolidation in Turkey, Armed Forces & Society 2015, Vol. 41(2) 282-306, 2013. |
| 4 | Political Culture | Şerif Mardin, “Opposition and Control in Turkey,” Government and Opposition, May 1966, Vol. 1, No. 3 (May 1966). İlter Turan, "The Evolution of Political Culture in Turkey," in Ahmet Evin, Modern Turkey: Continuity and Change, pp. 84-112. |
| 5 | Political Parties and Party System | Güneş Murat Tezcür, “Trends and Characteristics of the Turkish Party System in Light of the 2011 Elections,” Turkish Studies, 13:2, 117-134, 2012. Pelin Ayan Musil, “Emergence of a Dominant Party System After Multipartyism: Theoretical Implications from the Case of the AKP in Turkey,” South European Society and Politics, 20:1, 71-92, 2015. |
| 6 | Elections and Voting Behavior | Ersin Kalaycioglu, “Turkish party system: leaders, vote and institutionalization,” Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 13:4, 483-502, 2013. |
| 7 | Midterm Exam | |
| 8 | Secularism | Andrew Davison, “Turkey, a "Secular" State?: The Challenge of Description,” The South Atlantic Quarterly, Vol. 102, No. 2/3, Spring/Summer 2003, pp. 333-350 |
| 9 | Religion and Politics | Ziya Öniş, “Conservative Globalism at the Crossroads: The Justice and Development Party and the Thorny Path to Democratic Consolidation in Turkey,” Mediterranean Politics, Vol.14, No.1 (2009), p.32. |
| 10 | Civil Society | Metin Heper & Senem Yıldırım (2011) Revisiting civil society in Turkey, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 11:1, 1-18. |
| 11 | Media | M. Akser & Baybars-Hawks, B. (2012). Media and Democracy in Turkey: Toward a Model of Neoliberal Media Autocracy. Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 5(3), 302–321. |
| 12 | Student presentations | |
| 13 | Student presentations | |
| 14 | Student presentations | |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final Examination |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | • Bernard Lewis, The Emergence of Modern Turkey (London: Oxford University Press, 1961). • Stanford J. and Ezel Kural Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey, Volume 2: Reform, Revolution and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey, 1908–1975 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977). • Feroz Ahmad, The Making of Modern Turkey (London and New York: Routledge, 1993). • Geoffrey Lewis, Modern Turkey (London and Tonbridge: Ernest Benn, 1974). • Roderic Davison, Turkey: A Short History, 2nd edn (Huntingdon: Eothen, 1988). Niyazi Berkes, The Development of Secularism in Turkey (Montreal: McGill University Press, 1964). • Çağlar Keyder, State and Class in Turkey: A Study in Capitalist Development (London: Verso, 1987). • Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, 6 volumes (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1986). • Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, 10 volumes (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1983). • Sina Akşin, editor, Türkiye Tarihi, Volumes 4–5: Çağdaş Türkiye, 1908–1980, and Bugünkü Türkiye, 1980–2003 (İstanbul: Cem Yayınevi, 1989–2003). • Ergun Özbudun, Contemporary Turkish Politics: Challenges to Democratic Consolidation (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000). • Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, Turkish Dynamics: Bridge Across Troubled Lands (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005). • Sina Akşin, Turkey from Empire to Revolutionary Republic: The Emergence of the Turkish Nation from 1789 to the Present (New York: New York University Press, 2007). • Modern Türkiye'de Siyasî Düşünce, 8 volumes (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2001–2007) |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 20 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 70 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 38 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 33 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 36 | |
| Total | 225 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and use them competently. | |||||
| 2 | To be able to evaluate critically the relationships between various factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to determine and question the theoretical and empirical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to identify the political and cultural conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnicity, gender and religion at national and international levels. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to gather and analyze data by using scientific research methods. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to analyze and evaluate the historical continuity and changes observed in the relations between the actors and institutions of national and international politics. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to present individual research and contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations in written, oral, and visual forms. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to take responsibility in generating solutions to the problems that arise in relation to the politics in daily life. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to determine the institutional and political instruments for conflict resolution in domestic and international politics. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to prepare a thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations based on scientific criteria. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to follow new research and developments in Political Science and International Relations and participate the debates in academic meetings through a foreign language. | X | ||||
| 12 | To be able to have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of gathering, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
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