COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKEY-EU RELATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

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, Turkey and the European Union Relations: A Historical Assessment, 2004.
4. Lippert, Barbara, Turkey as a Special and (Almost) Dead Case of EU Enlargement Policy, 2021.
5. Avrupa Komisyonu Türkiye Raporları
6. Zihnioğlu, Özge, EU-Turkey Relations: Civil Society and Depoliticization, 2019.
7. Arısan Eralp, Nilgün ve diğerleri, Modernisation of Turkey-EU Customs Union, 2021.
8. Ünalp Çepel, Zühal, Critical Argument about Readmission Practices and Policies Between EU and Turkey, 2020.
9. Ünalp Çepel, Zühal, European Union Global Strategy and Turkey: 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/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.133
LO.2343
LO.3
LO.43333
LO.53

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