COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH AMERICAN RELATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STR 5056 TURKISH AMERICAN RELATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Strategic Research

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ISMAIL YAVUZ BÜLENT UĞRASIZ

Offered to

Strategic Research

Course Objective

To learn existing Turkish American relations through looking at the history from beginning the time of Ottoman Empire

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Turkish-American relations in time of Ottomans
2   American commercial interests in the region of Levant
3   American missionary activities in Ottoman Empire
4   Turkish American relations inter war period
5   Turkish American relations after the Second World War
6   1964 Johnson Letter
7   Turkish American relations in unipolar world system

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 U.S. commercial interests in the region of Levant
2 Formation of diplomatic relations between Ottomans and the U.S.
3 Fundamental disputes between Ottomans and the U.S.
4 Minority riots in Ottoman Empire and the U.S.
5 Influence of Zionism and the U.S.
6 Beginning of Armenian question and the U.S.
7 The relations between Republic of Turkey and the U.S.
8 Turkish American relations in inter war period
9 1964 Johnson Letter
10 Cyprus Question and the U.S.
11 U.S. embargo and Turkey
12 Turkish American relations in the unipolar worl system
13 Iraq question and Turkish American relations
14 Syrian question and Turkish American relations

Recomended or Required Reading

Çağrı Erhan, Türk-Amerikan Ilişkilerinin Tarihsel Kökenleri, Istanbul, Imge Yayınları, 2001.
Oral Sander, Türk Amerikan Ilişkileri 1947-1964, Ankara, SBF Yayınları, 1979.
Stephan Larrebee, Troubled Partnership, Santa Monica, RAND Publication, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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Assessment Criteria

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assis.Prof.Dr. Bülent Uğrasız, Faculty of Letters, Department of American Culture and Literature, Room no. A-111, Phone: Ext. 18652

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1344
LO.2344
LO.3344
LO.4344
LO.5344
LO.6344
LO.7344

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