COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY TURKISH WORLD

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4107 ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY TURKISH WORLD ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GENÇ

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To deeply understand the contemporary Turkish world; to comprehend the political, historical, social and cultural structure of it and identify the problems in this context, and to discuss the solutions

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehends the geographical, political, social and cultural aspects of the concept of Turkish world.
2   Gets knowledge about the regions where Turks live in the world. Gets also knowledge about the free Turkish states and their historical, political, administrative, economic, cultural and religious conditions.
3   Comprehends the turning points of Turkish world in the history.
4   Understands and interprets the relations of Turkish world with other nations and states.
5   Determines the political, historical, religious, social and cultural hardships Turkish world faced and gain ability to put forward ideas on the causes and solutions of the hardships.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concept of Turkish world; Introduction to Contemporary Turkish World
2 Common Problems of Turkish world: Political, administrative, social, economic, religious, cultural, environmental, etc. problems
3 Goopolitical position of Turkish world and its importance; Central Asia; Dissolution of Soviet Union
4 Language problem; Is Common Alphabet possible
5 Problems based on ecenomics; Turkish labour; Importation and Exportation within Turkish World
6 Turkish world in the face of Scientific Development; Loss of Turkish world: Brain migration; Prominent Turkish Scientists in the world
7 Turkish world in the face of colonialism
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Identity Problem in Turkish world
10 Religious and Cultural Problems of Turkish world
11 Minority Turkish Communities and their problems; The situation of Turks in the West
12 Cyprus dispute
13 Political and Asministrative Problems of Turkish world and the issue of Turkic Union
14 What should be the attitude and role of Turkey in Turkish world
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Mehmet Saray, Yeni Türk Cumhuriyetleri Tarihi, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara 1996
2. Nadir Devlet, Doğuştan Günümüze Büyük Islam Tarihi: Çağdaş Türkiler, Appendix Vol., Istanbul 1993
3. Prof. Dr. Necdet Öztürk -Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ali Satan, Türk Dünyasının Problemleri Ve Çözüm Önerileri, Kültür ve Sanat Publ.
4. Erhan Arıklı, Günümüzdeki Türk Halkları ve Tarihleri, Nüans Publ.
5. The Journal of Avrasya Dosyası, Avrasya Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi (ASAM)
6. Dış Işleri Bakanlığı Türk Işbirliği ve Kalkınma Ajansı (TIKA) Publications
Secondary Sources:
News articles and academic essays in newspapers and journals
References:
Other Materials: Articles in the journals, maps, atlas, pictures, chronologies, family trees, documentaries, movies, coins, etc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Reading, research, question-answer, lecture, presentation, interpreting, discussing, homework and practice.

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 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.genc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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