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
TAR 1026 HISTORY OF TURKISH DEMOCRACY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKKI UYAR

Offered to

History
History (Evening)

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the democratization process in Turkey and the historical milestones of this process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The scope and basis of the history of Turkish Democracy
2   The political and democratic heritage from the Ottoman Empire
3   The struggle for modernism and democracy in the first years of the Republican Era
4   4. The comparisons of the democratization processes in Europe and Turkey
5   5. The historical breakpoints in the democratization processes in the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic
6   6. The reasons of the difficulties faced during the democratization process in the Republican Era
7   7. The comparison of the history of Turkish democracy and European democracy

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 democracy and its historical origins
2 Struggle for Democracy in the Ottoman Empire: The 1st and 2nd Constitutions
3 The First Parliament, , elections in the single party period, independent senatorship, the group of
4 Democracy in the world in the period between the First and Second World Wars
5 The transition to multi-party system
6 The period of Democratic Party
7 The political oppositions in Turkey
8 The term examination
9 The military coups in Turkey
10 The constitutions in Turkey
11 The elections and election systems in Turkey
12 The political and social developments in Turkey between 1960 and 1980; The political and social developments in Turkey after 1980 I
13 The political and social developments in Turkey after 1980 II
14 The political and social developments in Turkey after 2000

Recomended or Required Reading

Hakkı Uyar, Tek Parti Dönemi ve Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Boyut Kitapları, Istanbul, 1999.
Hakkı Uyar, Türk Siyasal Yaşamında Cepheleşmelere Bir Örnek: Vatan Cephesi, Büke yay., Istanbul, 2001.
Feroz Ahmad, Demokrasi Sürecinde Türkiye (1945-1980), Hil yay., Istanbul, 1996.
Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, Iletişim yay., c. 1-15.
Ali Birinci, Hürriyet ve Itilaf Fırkası, Dergah yay., Istanbul, 1990.
Tevfik Çavdar, Türkiye nin Demokrasi Tarihi, 1839-1950, Imge yay., Ankara, 1995.
Tevfik Çavdar, Türkiye nin Demokrasi Tarihi, 1950-1995, Imge yay., Ankara, 1996.
Kemal Karpat, Türk Demokrasi Tarihi, Afa yay., Istanbul, 1996.
Modern Türkiye de Siyasi Düşüncenin Oluşumu, Iletişim yay., Istanbul.
Tarık Zafer Tunaya, Türkiye de Siyasi Partiler 1859-1950, Istanbul, 1952.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. 1. Lecture
2. 2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. 1. LO 1-3: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term and final examinations.
2. 2. LO 4-6: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakki.uyar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wed. 15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.244
LO.34
LO.4455
LO.545
LO.645
LO.745

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