COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOPOLITICS OF TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 3006 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOPOLITICS OF TURKEY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI EKBER GÜLERSOY

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

To give information to preservice teachers on political geography and the main perspectives on political geography; to get the students to comprehend political, military and economical organizations which are present on the world due to physical, human and economical reasons in political geography, in a systematic way, by examining on the scale of the World and Turkey; to transfer the effects of these factors on development of countries comparatively, and to interpret national and international policies which Turkey should take.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to analyze the emergence and power resources of states
2   To be able to classify states according to their political structures
3   Make evaluations on the politically problematic regions in the world
4   To be able to analyze the position of Turkey in the Balkans-Caucasus-Middle East triangle, between Central Asia-Caspian Sea Basin countries, European countries and African countries and the advantages-disadvantages, caused by this
5   To be able to evaluations on operational objectives of regional and global political organizations
6   To be able to make interpretations political activities in the country and the consequences of these
7   To be able to comprehend how the attainment of 'patriotism' can be transferred to students within the scope of Turkey's geopolitical-geoeconomic-geosociocultural and geostrategic position and importance

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A) INTRODUCTION (position of political geography in geography science, use of tools and materials facilitating spatial analysis and the learning; positioning through latitude relations by benefitting from maps, and determining land forms and natural sources together with climate zones).
2 B) STATIC FACTORS in POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY B.1. Area
3 B.2. Form
4 B.3. Boundaries
5 B.3. Boundaries
6 B.3. Boundaries
7 B.4. Location
8 GENERAL REPEAT, COURSE EVALUATION, MIDTERM EXAM
9 B.4. Location (Theories of political geography)
10 C) GEOPOLITICS of TURKEY: New World Order in Globalizing World (New Geopolitical /Geostrategical Scenarios, Projects) and New Geopolitics of Turkey.
11 C) GEOPOLITICS of TURKEY (Regional, Continental and International Political-Economical-Military Organizations and positions of Turkey within these Political regions of geography (European Union, Middle East, the Balkans, Cyprus, Caucasians/Caucasus and Middle Asia).
12 D) POLITICAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING WORLD and TURKEY 1-Border/Boundary (Land, Sea, Air) Conflicts on Global Scale and Problem of Sharing Water Resources, 2-Energy Resources and Policies in World and Turkey
13 3-Problems of Aegean Sea Continental Shelf, Territorial Waters and FIR (Flight Information Region) Line throughout History within the Scope of Turkish-Greek Relations, 4- Geopolitical/Geostrategical Importance of Cyprus from Past to Present
14 5-Importance and Futue of Turkish Straits in A Changing World, 6-Underdevelopment Problem in Terms of Political Geography, E) GENERAL OUTLOOK ON COUNTRIES in TERMS of POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY (Political geography, key elements in learning continent and countries).
15 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

1. GÜNEL, Kâmil (2002) Coğrafyanın Siyasal Gücü, Çantay Kitabevi, Istanbul.
2. GÖNEY, Süha (1979) Siyasi Coğrafya, I.Ü. Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayın No: 103, Istanbul.
3. ÖZEY, R., (2002) Dünya ve Türkiye Ölçeğinde Siyasi Coğrafya, Aktif Yayınevi, Istanbul.
4. ARIBAŞ, K., (2007) Küresel Çağda Siyasi Coğrafya, Çizgi Kitabevi Yayınları, Konya.
5. AKENGIN, H., (2010) Siyasi Coğrafya, Pegem Akademi Yayınevi, Ankara.
6. LACOSTE, Y., (2008) Büyük Oyunu Anlamak, Jeopolitik: Bugünün Uzun Tarihi, NTV Yayınları, Istanbul.
7. TARAKÇI, N., (2003) Devlet Adamlığı Bilimi: Jeopolitik ve Jeostrateji, Çantay Kitabevi, Istanbul.
8. SEVGI, C. (1988) 'Jeopolitik ve Jeostratejinin Tarihsel Gelişimi Açısından Türkiye'nin Stratejik Konumu', Ege Coğrafya Dergisi, Sayı: 4, Izmir, s. 214-249.
9. TARAKÇI, N., (2003) Türkiye ve Dünya Üzerine Jeopolitik Analizler, Çantay Kitabevi, Istanbul.
10. KARABAĞ, S., (2002) Mekânın Siyasallaşması, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture via presentation method (power point), discussion, question&answer, brain-storming, interpretation visuals.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Multiple choose tests, written examinations (with long and short answers).

Assessment Criteria

will be announced later.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

will be announced later.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ali.gulersoy@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Reading 1 1 1
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 54

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15553
LO.25553
LO.3555
LO.45
LO.555
LO.6454
LO.7555

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