COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOPOLITICS OF TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FSH 0014 GEOPOLITICS OF TURKEY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Faculty Of Science

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUHITTIN AYGÜN

Offered to

Physics(Evening)
Chemistry
Biology
Statistics(Evening)
Computer Science
Mathematics (Evening)
Statistics
Chemistry (Evening)
Physics
Mathematics
Faculty Of Science

Course Objective

The primary purpose of the course is to teach students Turkey s geopolitics by giving detailed information about the development process of Turkish foreign policy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about the foundations and the development process of Turkish foreign policy.
2   To have knowledge about the methods of Turkish foreign policy
3   To have the ability to witness ongoing changes in the world conjuncture
4   To have the ability to understand Turkey s position in the post cold war period
5   To have the ability to understand Turkey s foreign policy towards certain regions, international institutions and actors

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Strategy, geostrategy, geopolitical and political strategy
2 Foundations of Turkish foreign policy
3 Cold War Period I
4 Cold War Period II
5 Globalization and Turkey
6 USA, NATO and Turkey
7 Middle-East and Turkey
8 Mid-term
9 Caucasus, Central Asia and Turkey
10 Balkans and Turkey
11 EU and Turkey I
12 EU and Turkey II
13 Conjuncture of the world, identity, security and Turkey s policies today
14 Conjuncture of the world, change and Turkey s policies today

Recomended or Required Reading

Cemil Koçak, Türk Alman Ilişkileri (1913-1939), Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara 1991.
Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul 1983.
Çağdaş Türk Diplomasisi: 200 Yıllık Süreç, Sempozyumda Sunulan Bildiriler Kitabı, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara 1999.
Fahir Armaoğlu, 20. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi (1914-1980), Ankara 1983.
Faruk Sönmezoğlu (derleyen), Türk Dış Politikasının Analizi, Istanbul 1994.
Feridun Cemal Erkin, Dışişlerinde 34 Yıl, Anılar-Yorumlar, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara 1980.
Ismail Soysal, Türk Dış Politikası Incelemeleri Için Kılavuz 1919-1993, Eren yay., Istanbul, 1993.
Ismail Soysal, Türkiye nin Siyasal Andlaşmaları I. Cilt (1920-1945), TTK yay., Ankara, 1989.
Ismail Soysal, Türkiye nin Uluslararası Siyasal Bağıtları Cilt II (1945-1990), TTK yay., Ankara, 1991.
Kamuran Gürün, Türk-Sovyet Ilişkileri (1920-1953), Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara 1991.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture format.

Assessment Methods

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Class attendance and participation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Student responsibilities:
Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU Faculty of Letters, History Department
e-mail: turkmen.toreli@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0232 301 87 40

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials/Resitation 0
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for Quiz etc 0
Preparing Individual Assignments 0
Preparing Group Assignments 0
Preparing Presentations 0
Other (please indicate) 0
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 5 5
Preparation for Final Exam 1 5 5
Ouiz etc. 0
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 53

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.122
LO.222
LO.322
LO.422
LO.522

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