COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DISCUSSION ON MODERN TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOC 6057 DISCUSSION ON MODERN TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to provide students with comprehensive information about Turkish political life. Ottoman history is included with reference to certain cornerstones in Ottoman-Turkish history in order to examine the break and continuity discussions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the social foundation of the political structure of Turkey
2   To be able to analyze the relationship between historical socio-economic changes and political structure
3   To be able to explain the dynamics of the political structure
4   To analyze the causes of political changes
5   To analyze continuity and integrity of the political changes that took place in Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ottoman Political Heritage
2 Ottoman Modernization Movements
3 Young Turks and Union and Progress
4 Sevres and the National Struggle Period
5 Establishment Process and Revolutions
6 Social, Economic and Political Developments in the Single Party Period
7 Multiparty Political Regime Trials as a Political Modernization Project
8 Republic as a Modernization Project
9 Establishment of Multi-Party Political Life and DP Powers
10 Army, State, Political Relations and May 27
11 Classification Process and Class Movements
12 September 12 and Reshaping Politics
13 Polarization, Stability, Neoliberal Transformations
14 New Era and Political Developments

Recomended or Required Reading

Feroz Ahmad, Modern Türkiye'nin Doğuşu, Sarmal Yayınları, Istanbul, 2007
Sina Akşin (Yayın Yönetmeni) Türkiye Tarihi 4 Çağdaş Türkiye (1908-1980),
Cem Yayınevi, Istanbul.
Tanör, Bülent; Boratav, Korkut, Türkiye Tarihi 5/Bugünkü Türkiye 1980-2003, Cem Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2000.

Yardımcı kaynaklar:
Cengiz Aktar, Türkiye nin Batılılaştırılması, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Istanbul, 1993.
Ibrahim Kaya, Sosyal Teori ve Geç Modernlikler: Türk Deneyimi, Imge Yayınları, Ankara, 2006.
Feroz Ahmad, Demokrasi Sürecinde Türkiye 1945-1980, (Çev. A. F. Yıldırım), 5. Baskı, Hil Yayın, Istanbul, 2015.
Kahraman, Hasan Bülent, Türkiye Siyasetinin Yapısal Analizi I-II, Agora Kitaplığı, Istanbul, 2010.
Özbudun, Ergün, Türk Siyasal Hayatı, (Edt. Levent Kılıç), Anadolu Üniversitesi Açıköğretim Fakültesi Yayınları, Eskişehir, 2010.
Tunçay, Mete, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti nde Tek Parti Yönetiminin Kurulması 1923-1931, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 2015.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Reading 10 5 50
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 252

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
LO.1
LO.2
LO.3
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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