COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL TRENDS IN MODERN TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 5135 POLITICAL TRENDS IN MODERN TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR LEVENT YILMAZ

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

Examine the positions of dominating political perspectives in the 20th century Turkish political life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to explain the political movements which emerged in the 20th century in Turkey.
2   Being able to analyse political environment of the transition from Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey.
3   Being able to comment the emergence of political thought in Turkey.
4   Being able to tell the political developments in Turkey chronologically.
5   Being able to tell origins of current political movements.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Advertisement of course and distribution of research issues
2 The assessment of fundamental lines in 19th century Turkish thought life. Origins of Ottomanism.
3 Two opposed groups in Ottoman Modernization Movements: Westerns and Islamists.
4 Emergence of Turkish Nationalism as a belated ideology and Turkism
5 Refresh of Political Life in Turkey: Political Developments of 1908-1918 Era.
6 The Kemalist Revolution and fundamental ideological refractions: 1923-1945
7 midterm
8 Wigglings of ideologies in the multi-party system: 1945-1960
9 Increase the effectiveness of Left politics in Turkey: Left of Centre, TIP, Yön Movement
10 Map of socialist and revolutionist movements after 1970
11 Reactional positioning of right politics: AP and its movements after 1960
12 Efficiency of Radical Right after 1970
13 Cooling of politics after 1980 and come to life again in 1990s: ANAP, SHP, DYP, new CHP, DSP and radical wigglings
14 Mess in Political spectrum after 2000 and redistribution of cards: AKP - CHP and new seekings

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
Modern Türkiye de Siyasî Düşünce, Iletişim Yayınları, (9 Cilt).
Irvin C. Schick ve Ahmet E. Tonak (Der.), Geçiş Sürecinde Türkiye, Belge Yayınları.
Helping Sources:
Niyazi Berkes, Batıcılık, Ulusçuluk ve Toplumsal Devrimler, Kaynak Yayınları.
Tarık Zafer Tunaya, Islamcılık Akımı, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Elected productions of related thinkers

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The reading list will be given to students at the beginning of the course. The productions that are in the reading list will be discussed and tried to explain in the course. Students will prepare homework (this homework will involve an archival research) about one of these issues and will present it when the time comes. A documentary film about Turkish political history will be watched and discussed at the end of each course.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Two exams will be examined about course knowledges and analysis of them. The events of Turkish political life which are in the documentary film will be included in the scope of course. Students homeworks will be assessed in term of academic rules and presentation quality

Assessment Criteria

The knowledges about political thought and political thinkers and analysis of them will be inspected with examinations.
It will be evaluated general information learned by presentation and homework whether it is used or not for examining chosen facts.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance of course ,readings and attendance of course processing is important.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

levent.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 18 18
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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