COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH POLITICAL LIFE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 3007 TURKISH POLITICAL LIFE COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MERVE KAYADUVAR

Offered to

Public Administration (Evening)
Public Administration

Course Objective

It is aimed to analyze social, political and economic processes and evaluate significant politic-economic events and actors during the historical period from 19th century Ottoman Empire when the modernization process started towards 1980s.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to determine basic historical progress in Turkish political life.
2   Being able to create a perspective for current problems of Turkish political life.
3   Being able to explain social and political developments in Türkiye and world.
4   Being able to observe serious actors in Turkish political life.
5   Being able to analyse ideological differences in Türkiye.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Political Modernization in Ottoman Empire
3 Late Ottoman Period and War of Independence
4 Early Republican Period
5 Single Party Period (Atatürk Era)
6 Single Party Period (National Chief Era)
7 Transition to Multi-Party Politics
8 Democratic Party Period
9 Military Intervention of 27 May 1960
10 Transition to Democracy after 27 May 1960 Military Intervention
11 Political Movements and Political Parties in 1960s
12 12 March 1971 Military Memorandum
13 Process towards the 12 September 1980 Military Intervention
14 Neoliberal transformation and neoliberal policies (health,education)

Recomended or Required Reading

References:
Gökhan Atılgan vd., Osmanlı'dan Günümüze Türkiye'de Siyasal Hayat, Yordam Kitap
Çağlar KEYDER, Türkiye de Devlet ve Sınıflar, Iletişim Yayınları.
Demirkırat Belgeseli, https://www.youtube.com/watch v=WFMoNxZtKr0&t=1s
12 Mart Belgeseli, https://www.youtube.com/watch v=UcCKCx5G0dM
12 Eylül Belgeseli, https://www.youtube.com/watch v=93U11o4cEIY


Subsidiary Books:
Erik Jan ZÜRCHER, Modernleşen Türkiye'nin Tarihi, Iletişim Yayınları.
Kemal H. KARPAT, Türk Siyasi Tarihi: Siyasal Sistemin Evrimi, Timaş Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical Explanation.
In class presentations by the students and discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Address:Dokuz Eylul University Dokuzçeşmeler Campus Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Public Administration Department Office No: 115 Buca Izmir

e-mail: merve.kayaduvar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 16.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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