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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Fall/Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • will be able to scrutinize recent foreign policy choices of Turkey.
  • will be able to discuss the most important factors in determining the content of contemporary Turkish foreign policy.
  • will be able to analyze the content of contemporary Turkish foreign policy towards regions such as Europe and Middle East.
  • will be able to compare past and current Turkish foregin policy.
  • will be able to scrutinize the future of Turkish foregin policy.
Course Description

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Turkish Greek Relations and the Cyprus Problem in the Period of 1945, 1960 Oran, Vol. 1, pp. 576, 614; Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy, chs. 5, 6
2 Turkey’s Relations with the Middle East between 1945, 1960 Oran, Vol. 1, pp. 615,652; Yücel Bozdağlıoğlu, Turkish Foreign Policy and Turkish Identity, ch. 6.
3 Turkish Foreign Policy, 1960, 1980 Oran, Vol. 1, pp. 657, 807; Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy, chs. 5.
4 Turkish Foreign Policy, 1960, 1980 continued. Oran, Vol. 1, pp. 657, 807; Ferenc Vali, Bridge Across Bosporus, ch. 6
5 Turkish Foreign Policy, 1960, 1980 continued. Oran, Vol. 2, pp. 71, 88; Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy, ch. 5.
6 Turkish Foreign Policy, 1980, 1990 Oran, Vol. II, pp. 71, 88; Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy, ch. 6.
7 Midterm I
8 Turkish Foreign Policy, 1980, 1990 continued. Oran, Vol. II, pp. 7, 188; Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy, ch. 6.
9 Turkish Foreign Policy, 1990, 2001 Oran, Vol.2, pp. 201, 587; Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy, ch. 7; Insight Turkey, vol. 13, No. 1, 2011 (the whole issue).
10 Turkish Foreign Policy, 19902001 continued. Oran, Vol.2, pp. 201, 587; Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy, ch. 7; Insight Turkey, vol. 13, No. 1, 2011 (the whole issue).
11 Turkish Foreign Policy, 2001, Present Nicholas Danforth, Ideology and Pragmatism in Turkish Foreign Policy from Atatürk to the AKP (RESERVE); Güney, Nurşin Ateşoğlu, Contentious Issues of Security and the Future of Turkey; Insight Turkey, vol. 13, No. 1, 2011 (the whole issue).
12 Turkish Foreign Policy, 2001, Present Güney, Nurşin Ateşoğlu, Contentious Issues of Security and the Future of Turkey; Mehmet Babacan, Whither Axis Shift: A Perspective from Turkey’s Foreign Trade; Insight Turkey, vol. 13, No. 1, 2011 (the whole issue)
13 Midterm II
14 Final Evaluations
15 Review of the Semester  
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks Books and journals mentioned above.
Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
2
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
10
Presentation / Jury
1
15
Project
1
15
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
2
50
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
7
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

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
12
3
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
20
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
1
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
10
Final Exams
    Total
134

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1 To be able to use the advanced theoretical and practical knowledge that the graduates have acquired in the areas of international relations X
2 To be able to examine, interpret data and assess concepts and ideas with the scientific methods in the area of international relations/political science X
3 To take the responsibility as a group team member and as an individual to solve unforeseen and multidimensional problems that are unforeseen in practice
4 To be able to recognize regional and global issues/problems, and to be able to develop solutions based on research and scientific evidence X
5 To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the area of international relations/political science critically and to detect learning requirements and to guide learning. X
6 To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of international relations; to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems verbally and in writing to experts and nonexperts. X
7 To be able to interpret theoretical debates regarding relations among factors in global politics such as structures, institutions and culture, to be able to pinpoint the continuities and changes of main dynamics of international relations, X
8 To be able to distinguish the differences between the classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship, X
9 To be able to make use of other disciplines that international relations are based upon (political science, law, economics, sociology, psychology, etc.) and to have the basic knowledge of these disciplines. X
10 To be able to keep abreast of current news on international relations, learn a foreign language and to communicate with one’s peers (European language portfolio global scale, level B1)
11 To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently
12 To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to international relations.
13 To be able to improve the acquired knowledge, skills and qualifications for personal and social reasons

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 

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