COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

International Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MÜGE AKNUR

Offered to

International Relations

Course Objective

To gain an understanding of Turkish politics with the help of documentaries including Demirkırat Documentaries (Turkish Politics from early 1930s until the end of 1960s with an emphasis on transition to multi-party period and its end with the 1960 coup), 12 Mart Documentaries (The increase in the leftist and rightist movements in Turkish politics during the 1960s and 12th of March Coup by memorandum), 12 Eylül Documentaries (Chaotic years of 1970s and 12th of September Coup) and 28 Şubat Documentaries (rise of new internal threats in Turkish politics and February 1997 indirect coup).

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Erik Zürcher, Turkey a Modern History, New York: I.B. Tauris, 2007, pp. 206-218.
2. Meliha Benli Altunışık & Özlem Tür, Turkey, Challenges of Continuity and Change, New York: Routledge Curzon, 2005
3. Ahmet Evin (ed.), Modern Turkey: Continuity and Change, Opladen: Leske und Budrich, 1984.
4. Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, Turkish Dynamics: Bridge across Troubled Lands, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
5. Ergun Özbudun, Contemporary Turkish Politics: Challenges to Democratic Consolidation, Boulder, London: Lynne Reinner, 2000
6. Çiğdem Balım et. al. (eds.) Turkey: Political, Social and Economic Challenges in the 1990s, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, 1995.
7. M. Heper and A. Evin (eds.) State, Democracy and the Military in Turkey in the 1980s, Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1988

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturer will hold a discussion session with the students in every class meeting concerning the documentaries. Presentations made by the students and papers written by the students.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

70 percent of attendance is compulsory.
Plagiarism of any kind will result with the failure of the student from the course.
Participation in class is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Muge Aknur
muge.aknur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes