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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
AVB 5034	TüRKIYE-EU RELATIONS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7

Offered By

European Union

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZÜHAL ÜNALP ÇEPEL

Offered to

European Union

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to understand and interpret the historical process of EU-Türkiye relations in the context of the Ankara Agreement, the Customs Union Agreement and the candidacy process. In addition, it is aimed to evaluate the changes in the political, cultural, social and economic fields of relations since the 1950s.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to interpret EU-Türkiye relations from past to today
2	To be able to understand the stages and importance of association process which started with Ankara Aggrement
3	To be able to analyze the historical background and its impact on Türkiye's EU candidacy process
4	To be able to understand the place and importance of customs union in Türkiye-EU relations
5	To be able to analyze Türkiye's negotiation process and the latest point in the negotiation process

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction
2	Ankara Agreement, Additional Protocol
3	Customs Union
4	EU Enlargement Policy and Türkiye
5	Class Discussion: Evaluation of Türkiye Reports
6	EU and Civil Society and Türkiye
7	Debates on Modernization of Customs Union Agreement
8	Midterm
9	EU Migration Policies and Türkiye
10	The Place of Türkiye in CFSP
11	Class discussions - recent developments
12	Class discussions - recent developments
13	Class discussions - recent developments
14	Class discussions - recent developments

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Karluk, Rıdvan, Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye, Beta Basım ve Yayım, 2005.
2. Günuğur, Haluk, Türkiye-Avrupa Birliği Ilişkileri, 2003.
3. Aybey, Ali, Türkiye and the European Union Relations: A Historical Assessment, 2004.
4. Lippert, Barbara, Türkiye as a Special and (Almost) Dead Case of EU Enlargement Policy, 2021.
5. Avrupa Komisyonu Türkiye Raporları
6. Zihnioğlu, Özge, EU-Türkiye Relations: Civil Society and Depoliticization, 2019.
7. Arısan Eralp, Nilgün ve diğerleri, Modernisation of Türkiye-EU Customs Union, 2021.
8. Ünalp Çepel, Zühal, Critical Argument about Readmission Practices and Policies Between EU and Türkiye, 2020.
9. Ünalp Çepel, Zühal, European Union Global Strategy and Türkiye: An Analysis of the Term 2016-2021, 2023.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, class discussions, students' studies, Midterm and Final exams

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
2. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zuhal.unalp@deu.edu.tr

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	5	70
Preparation for midterm exam	1	30	30
Preparation for final exam	1	30	30
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			176

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.7
LO.1	3	3
LO.2			3	4	3
LO.3
LO.4	3	3	3			3
LO.5						3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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