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
ATA 6035 HISTORY OF TURKISH DEMOCRACY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FEVZI ÇAKMAK

Offered to

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

Course Objective

It is aimed in this course to learn concept of democracy and its historical process; and developments about democracy in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand the part of democratic regimes in the history of mankind
2   To be able to scope and basis of the history of Turkish Democracy
3   To be able to explain the historical origins of some political arguements which belong to Turkey at the present day
4   To be able to explain the reasons of the difficulties faced during the democratization process in the Republican Era
5   To be able to analyse the democratic process in Turkey

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 Democratic process in the Ottoman Empire
3 Democratic heritage in Turkey
4 I.Parliament and The 1921 Constitutional Charter, The Announcement of Republic and Formation of Political Parties
5 The New Politics and Organizations In Turkey
6 Democracy in the period of Atatürk
7 Transition to multi-party system in Turkey
8 Midterm exam
9 The period of Democratic Party
10 The military coups in Turkey
11 The elections and election systems in Turkey
12 The constitutions in Turkey
13 The political and social developments in Turkey (1960-1980)
14 The political and social developments in Turkey (1980-2000)

Recomended or Required Reading

Emre Kongar, 21.Yüzyılda Türkiye
Suna Kili, Atatürk Devrimi: Bir Çağdaşlaşma Modeli
Taner Timur, Türk Devrimi ve Sonrası
Kemal Karpat, Türk Demokrasi Tarihi
Tevfik Çavdar, Türkiye'nin Demokrasi Tarihi 1950'den Günümüze
Erik Jan Zürcher, Modernleşen Türkiye'nin Tarihi
Feroz Ahmad, Demokrasi Sürecinde Türkiye (1945-1980)
Feroz Ahmad, Bir Kimlik Peşinde Türkiye
Taner Timur, Türk Devrimi ve Sonrası
Şerif Mardin, Türk Modernleşmesi
Kemal Arı, Atatürk ve Aydınlanma

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To review the weekly subjects together with the students after the subjects are re-outlined 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. Fevzi ÇAKMAK
fevzi.cakmak@deu.edu.tr
0 232 3017936
Dokuz Eylul University
Principals of Ataturk and Revalution History Institute
Tınaztepe Campus, 35390
Buca/IZMIR

Office Hours

Evey wednesday between 13:30-16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
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.6
LO.14
LO.243
LO.35
LO.4
LO.5

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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