COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FARUK SAPANCALI

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

To research and discuss basic elements and properties of economic and social structure in Turkey in the process of historical development and in the context of the political and cultural developments.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To tell the concepts and theories of social structure and social change (1)
2   To discuss the factors that determine the economic and social structure of Turkey (1)
3   To examine comparatively Turkey's economic and social structure features in the historical process (1,2)
4   To analyze economic and political developments in Turkey in terms of the effects of social structure (1, 12)
5   To evaluate and discuss of the social, economic and political structure issues with the basic features in today's Turkey (1,12)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Main Concepts of Social Structure
2 Foundations of Social Structure in Turkey: Ottoman Accumulation
3 Economic and Social Changes in the Ottoman Empire After Tanzimat
4 Impact and Consequences of World War I. and the Turkish War of Independence
5 New Turkish State and the Reform Process
6 Liberal Economic Policies and Their Results in the Establishment Years
7 Statism Practices in the Economy and the First Industrialization Period
8 Midterm exam
9 Effects of World War II and the Post-War Transition to Liberal Democracy
10 Transformation in Socio-Economic Structure and Urbanization Process during the Democratic Party Era
11 Planned Development Period between 1960-1980 and Import Substitution Industrialization
12 Developments in Labor Relations Between 1960-1980
13 Economic Crisis and New Liberal Transformation After 1980
14 Economic, Social and Political Developments in the 1990s
15 Transformations in the Economic and Social Structure After the 2001 Crisis

Recomended or Required Reading

Emre KONGAR: 21. Yüzyılda Türkiye. Remzi Kitapevi, Istanbul, 2006.

Memet ZENCIRKIRAN (ed): Dünden Bugüne Türkiye nin Toplumsal Yapısı. Nova yayınları, Ankara, 2006.

Yakup KEPENEK-Nurhan YENTÜRK: Türkiye Ekonomisi. Remzi Kitapevi, Istanbul, 2000.

Birsen GÖKÇE: Türkiye nin Toplumsal Yapısı ve Toplumsal Kurumlar. Savaş Yayınevi, Ankara, 1996.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

First of all explanation of the subject and issues by the teacher and at the end of course made an overall assessment and discussed with students.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel: 4120355
faruk.sapancali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday, Wednesday , Tuesday 16:00/17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11
LO.21
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511

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