COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ATA 7025 TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET EMIN ELMACI

Offered to

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

To analyze the development phase of the Turkish Foreign Policy within the conceptual
and historical framework, and to describe the actual status of the policy within the
context of current issues

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the notions of the Turkish Foreign Policy.
2   To be able to explain the theories and practices of the Turkish Foreign Policy.
3   To be able to describe the fundamental goals and principles of the Turkish policy
4   To be able to explain the Turkish Foreign Policy during the War of Independence
5   To be able to quote the Turkish Foreign Policy during the term of Atatürk

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 Foreign Policy and Related Definitions
2 The Theories and Practices of the Turkish Foreign Policy
3 Fundamental Goals and Principles of the Turkish Foreign Policy
4 Fundamental Goals and Principles of the Turkish Foreign Policy
5 Thematical Examination of Turkish Foreign Policy during National Struggle Era
6 Treaty of Lausanne
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Turkey-Europe Relations between 1923 and 1939
9 Turkey-Middle East Relations between 1923 and 1939
10 Turkey-Soviet Union Relations between 1923 and 1939
11 Montreux Convention
12 The Elements that Influence the Turkish Foreign Policy between 1939 and 1945-
13 The World War II and Turkey
14 After - The World War II Turkey

Recomended or Required Reading

Akşin, Aptülahat, Atatürk ün Dış Politika Ilkeleri ve Diplomasisi, Ankara, 1991
Gönlübol, Mehmet, Olaylarla Türk Dış Politikası, Ankara, 1982
Oran (ed.), Baskın, Türk Dış Politikası Cilt 1-2, 12. Baskı, Iletişim, Istanbul, 2006
Sönmezoğlu, Faruk, Türk-Dış Politikasının Analizi, 2. baskı, Istanbul, 2001

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To review the weekly subjects together with the students after the subjects are reoutlined
by the lecturer, based on the pre-course reading process done by the students,
and also to encourage the students to make a short presentation on a subject they
prefer during the semester (if possible).

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 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

40% midterm, %60 final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons. The instructor has right to
make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam
scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fevzi Çakmak
fevzi.cakmak@deu.edu.tr
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Atatürk Ilkeleri ve Inkılap Tarihi Enstitüsü
Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi Buca Izmir
0 232 301 79 36

Office Hours

Evey wednesday between 13:30-16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Preparing assignments 1 11 11
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.145
LO.25
LO.35
LO.445
LO.55