COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF TURKISH DEMOCRACY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAE 5010 HISTORY OF TURKISH DEMOCRACY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ERKAN SERCE

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide history teacher candidates to learn Turkish democracy history from Ottoman time to Turkish Rebuplic and developments in this period.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Discuss the concept of democracy
2   Explain the basic transformation stages of Ottomanism thought
3   Compare the basic features of constitutions in Turkish history
4   Analyze the effects of military coups to democracy in history of Turkish Republic
5   Comment on the developments for democracy in present-day Turkey and in the World.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the History of Democracy and Resources
2 Evolution of the Idea of Ottomanism: Authoritarian Centralist Politics and the New Ottoman Opposition
3 Evolution of the Idea of Ottomanism: Young Turk Opposition and The Commitee of Union and Progress; II. Constitutional Era
4 "Üç Tarz-ı" Politics
5 Bab-ı Ali Raid ve ITC(The Commitee of Union and Progress) Power
6 1921 Constitution and Legal Base of Independence War
7 1924 Constitution and Single Party Period / 1945-1950 The Period of Transition to Multi-party System
8 General Revision, Course Assessment, Midterm Exam
9 1950-1960 DP Power
10 27 Mayıs Revolution
11 1961 Constitution and New Institutions
12 12th March Period
13 12th September Period
14 1982 Constitution-Developments in Turkey and in the World From 1990 to present
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1 Tanör, Bülent (2011). Osmanlı-Türk Anayasal Gelişmeleri (1789-1980). Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları
2 Çavdar, Tevfik (2008). Türkiye'nin Demokrasi Tarihi, 1839-1950. Ankara: Imge Kitabevi Yayınları.
3 Çavdar, Tevfik (2008). Türkiye'nin Demokrasi Tarihi, 1950'den Günümüze. Ankara: Imge Kitabevi Yayınları
4 Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce (9 Cilt). Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları
5 Ahmad, Feroz (2010). Bir Kimlik Peşinde Türkiye. Istanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları
6 Karpat, Kemal H. -Der. (2004). Osmanlı Geçmişi ve Bugünün Türkiye'si. Istanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları
7 Ortaylı, Ilber (2008). Osmanlı'da Değişim ve Anayasal Rejim Sorunu. Istanbul: Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE Midterm Exam
2 DTK Other Activity
3 FN Semester final exam
4 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.30 + Student examDTK * 0.10 + FN * 0.60
5 BUT Make- up note
6 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.30 +Student examDTK * 0.10 + BUT * 0.60


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

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)

erkan.serce@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 91

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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