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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 explain the notion of modernity and the centrality of modernization in the founding of the Turkish Republic.
  • Will be able to discuss Islam and secularism as one of the central axis points of Turkish politics.
  • Will be able to evaluate the debate over Kurdish question and ethnic violence.
  • Will be able to explain ideologies and strategies of political actors of post-1980 period as AKP, MHP, and CHP.
  • Will be able to examine the reflections of political developments in cultural fields as music and cinema.
  • Will be able to develop critical reading skills by closely reading, analyzing and discussing texts.
  • Will be able to make independent and creative scholarly research.
  • Will be able to develop academic writing skills.
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 Introduction to Contemporary Turkish Politics • Çağlar Keyder, “Whither the Project of Modernity”, in S. Bozdoğan and R. Kasaba, eds., Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey, (University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1997), pp. 3751.
2 Military Metin Heper and Aylin Güney, “The Military and the Consolidation of Democracy: The Recent Turkish Experience”, Armed Forces and Society, vol. 26, no. 4, 2000, pp. 639-645. Tanel Demirel, “Lessons of Military Regimes and Democracy: The Turkish Case in a Comparative Perspective”, Armed Forces and Society, vol. 31, no. 2, 2005, pp. 245-271. Documentary: 12 Eylül Belgeseli, episode 9. Suggested Reading: • Nil Şatana, “Transformation of the Turkish Military and the Path to Democracy”, Armed Forces and Society, vol. 34, no. 3, 2008, pp. 357-388.
3 Political and Economic Liberalization Required Reading: • Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, “The Motherland Party: The Challenge of Institutionalization in a Charismatic Leader Party”, B. Rubin and M. Heper, eds., Political Parties in Turkey, (Frank Cass: London and Portland, OR, 2002), pp. 4161. • Ziya Öniş, “Turgut Özal and his Economic Legacy: Turkish NeoLiberalism in Critical Perspective,” Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 40, no. 4, 2004, pp. 113134. Suggested Reading: • Üstün Ergüder, “The Motherland Party,” in Heper and Landau eds., Political Parties and Democracy in Turkey (I.B. Tauris&co: London, 1991).
4 The Rise of Political Islam I Required Reading: • Ayşe Kadıoğlu, “The Pathologies of Turkish Republican Laicism”, Philosophy and Social Criticism, vol.36, no.3/4, 2010, pp. 489-504. • Ziya Öniş, “The political economy of Islamic resurgence in Turkey”, Third World Quarterly, vol.18, n.4, pp.743-766. • Documentary: 28 Şubat Belgeseli Suggested Reading: • Haldun Gülalp, “Globalization and Political Islam: the Social Bases of Turkey’s Welfare Party”, International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol.33, n. 3, 2001. pp.433-448. • Andrew Davison, “Laiklik and Turkey’s ‘Cultural’ Modernity: Releasing Turkey into Conceptual Space Occupied by ‘Europe’”, E. Fuat Keyman, ed., Remaking Turkey: Globalization, Alternative Modernities, and Democracy. (Oxford: Lexington Books, 2007), pp. 35-46.
5 The Rise of Political Islam II-AKP Required Reading: • Sultan Tepe, “Turkey’s AKP: A Model ‘Muslim Democratic’ Party?,” Journal of Democracy, vol.16, n.3, 2005, pp.69-82. • Gamze Çavdar, “Islamist New Thinking in Turkey:A Model for Political Learning?” Political Science Quarterly vol.121, n.3, 2006, 477-497. Suggested Reading: • Umit Cizre & Menderes Çınar, “Turkey 2003: Kemalism, Islamism and Politics in the Light of the February 28 Process,” South Atlantic Quarterly, vol.102, n.2/3, 2003, pp. 309-332. • Murat Somer, “Moderate Islam and Secularist Opposition in Turkey: Implications for the World, Muslims and Secular Democracy”, Third World Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 7, 2007, pp. 1271-1289.
6 The Kurdish Question and Ethnic Violence Required Reading: • Hakan Yavuz, “Five stages of the construction of Kurdish nationalism in Turkey,” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, vol.7, no.3, 2001. Suggested Reading: • E. Fuat Keyman, “Articulating citizenship and identity: the ‘Kurdish Question’ in Turkey”, in F. Keyman& A. İçduygu, eds., Citizenship in a Global World: European Questions and Turkish Experiences. (Routledge: London, Global Governance Series, 2005), pp. 267-288. • Murat Somer, “Defensive and Liberal Nationalisms: The Kurdish Question and Modernization/Democratization”, E. Fuat Keyman, ed., Remaking Turkey: Globalization, Alternative Modernities, and Democracy. (Oxford: Lexington Books, 2007), pp. 103-135
7 Midterm Exam
8 Political Actors: MHP Required Reading: • Filiz Başkan, “Globalization and Nationalism: The Nationalist Action Party of Turkey,” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Vol.12, No.1, Spring 2006. • Alev Çınar And Burak Arıkan, “The Nationalist Action Party: Representing the State, the Nation or the Nationalists?” B. Rubin and M. Heper, eds., Political Parties in Turkey, (Frank Cass: London and Portland, OR, 2002), pp. 25-40.
9 Political Actors: CHP Required Reading: • Ilter Turan, “Old Soldiers Never Die: The Republican People’s Party of Turkey,” South European Society and Politics, vol. 11, no. 3/4, 2006, pp. 559-578. Suggested Reading: • Ayşe Güneş Ayata, “Republican People’s Party”, B. Rubin and M. Heper, eds., Political Parties in Turkey, (Frank Cass: London and Portland, OR, 2002) pp. 102-121.
10 Civil Society • E. Fuat Keyman and Ahmet İçduygu, “Globalization, Civil Society and Citizenship in Turkey: Actors, Boundaries and Discourses”, Citizenship Studies, vol. 7, n.2, 2003. • B. Toprak, “Civil Society in Turkey”, in A.R. Norton ed., Civil Society in the Middle East, Brill, Leiden, 1996. • E. Özbudun and E.F. Keyman, “Cultural Globalization in Turkey: Actors, Discourses, Strategies” in P.L. Berger and S.P. Huntington eds., Many Globalizations, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
11 Media and Politics .• Raşit Kaya and Barış Çakmur, “Politics and the Mass Media in Turkey,” Turkish Studies, vol.11, no.4, 2011.
12 Modernity and Music Required Reading: • Meral Özbek, “Arabesk Culture: A Case of Modernization and Popular Identity”, Sibel Bozdoğan & Reşat Kasaba eds., Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey, 211-232. Suggested Reading: • Meral Özbek, Popüler Kültür ve Orhan Gencebay Arabeski, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1991. • Martin Stokes, Türkiye’de Arabesk Olayı, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1992. • Documentary: Aynalar-İbrahim Tatlıses
13 New political films Required Reading: • Asuman Suner (2009) New Turkish Cinema: Belonging, Identity and Memory, p. 51-75. • Film Screening: Yazı Tura (Uğur Yücel, 2005) Suggested Reading: • Kevin Robins and Asu Aksoy (2000) “Deep Nation: The National Question and Turkish Cinema Culture,” in Mette Hjort and Scott MacKenzie (ed.), Cinema and Nation. London: Routledge
14 Gezi Park Protests • Coşkun Taştan, “The Gezi Park Protests in Turkey: A Qualitative Field Research,” Insight Turkey, vol. 15, no.3, 2013. • Cihan Tugal, “”Resistance Everywhere”: The Gezi Revolt in Global Perspective.” New Perspectives on Turkey, no.49, 2013.
15 Summation of the semester
16 Final exam .
Course Notes/Textbooks There is no single textbook. The course material includes selected articles which will be available at the Trio Copy Centre.
Suggested Readings/Materials The following list consists of books on the general history of modern Turkey, some of which are available at the University Library. • 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)

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
15
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
30
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
25
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

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
16
2
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
25
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
15
Final Exams
1
16
    Total
136

 

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 X
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) X
11 To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently X
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. X
13 To be able to improve the acquired knowledge, skills and qualifications for personal and social reasons X

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

 

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