COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF TURKISH REPUBLIC I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 4005 HISTORY OF TURKISH REPUBLIC I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NEDIM YALANSIZ

Offered to

History
History (Evening)

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the process of the foundation of the republic and the revolution; the period of single party; the transition to the multi-party system

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   define the political and judicial processes in the foundation of the Republic of Turkey
2   compare the struggle for the multi-party system
3   correlate with the main external political problems and their effect on the internal politics
4   analyze the characteristics of the period of single party
5   explain the transition to the multi-party system

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The formation of the administration: From the National Struggle to the Republic
2 The Treaty of Lausanne
3 The Party of Terakkiperver
4 The Mosul problem
5 The period of Takrir-i Sükun
6 The laicism periods in Turkey
7 The model of Kemalist modernization
8 Term examination
9 The economic, cultural, and educational changes
10 The authoritarian tendencies in 1930s
11 The People's Houses and the rural institutions
12 The problems in the external politics before and after the Second World War
13 The characteristics of the single party period after Ataturk
14 The Internal and external dynamics of the transition to multi-party life

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Şerafettin Turan, Türk Devrim Tarihi, 5 Cilt, Bilgi yay., Ankara,
2. Ergün Aybars, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi I, Ankara, 1995.
3. Toktamış Ateş, Türk Devrim Tarihi, Der Yayınları, 1993.
4. Sina Akşin, Kısa Türkiye Tarihi, Iş Bankası yay., Istanbul, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 +FCG * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-3: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term examination and term project.
2. LO 1-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final examination and term project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Student are not allowed to bring any course material (books, lecture notes, etc) to the examinations.
3. Cheating in any examination is considered an extremely serious offence.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nedimyalansiz@hotmail.com

0-232-3018744

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 12 12
Preparation for Final Exam 1 14 14
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 15 15
Preparing Group Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Presentations 1 6 6
Other (please indicate) 13 1 13
Final 1 1,5 2
Mid-term 1 1,5 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555