COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ILKIM ÖZDIKMENLI ÇELIKOĞLU

Offered to

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (UOLP-SUNY ALBANY)

Course Objective

This course aims to introduce the students selected topics of Turkish politics that would include modernization, democratization and problems with democratic consolidation. Depending on the interests of the students the themes will most probably include transition to multi-party period and chaotic years of the 1970s, military interventions, rise of political Islam and rise of Kurdish nationalism, Turkish nationalism and conservativeness, current attempts to write a new constitution amendments and current court trials.

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

Textbooks and articles will change according to the topics the students would like to study. Some of the main books will include:
1. Erik Jan Zürcher, Turkey: A Modern History, New York: I.B. Tauris, 1993.
2. William Hale, Turkish Politics and the Military, London: Routledge, 1994.
3. Umit Cizre eds., Islamic and Secular Politics in , The Making of the Justice and Development Party, New York and London: Routledge, 2008.
3. Muge Aknur eds., Democratic Consolidation in Turkey, Boca Raton, Florida: Universal Publishers, 2012.
4. Many more books and articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture and watching documentaries on Turkish politics (in Turkish)
2. First Presentation
3. Paper and a second presentation
4. Participation to class discussions and group presentations
5. Exams

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Before the midterm exams the students wıll make one presentation and between the mıidterm and final exams they will write a long paper and present it.
Students are supposed to come to class well-prepared by doing their weekly readings. Particiaption is 20 percent of the grade. In the exams the students are responsible from other students' presentations.

Assessment Criteria

1. Demonstrate understanding of the democratization and democratic consolidation processes in Turkey.
2. Analyze selected topics of their choice in Turkish politics.
3. Work individually or as a group in analyzing a selected topic in Turkish politics.
4. Demonstrate communication skills in making presentations.
5. Demonstrate analytical skills in writing a paper.
6. Acquire skills to use library and internet sources.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70 percent of attendance is manadatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. Students should come to class well-prepared.
4. Participation to class discussion and group presentation is compulsory. (20 percent of the grade)

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

muge.aknur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced later.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes