COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TüRKIYE AND THE BALKANS FROM PAST TO THE PRESENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 5056 TüRKIYE AND THE BALKANS FROM PAST TO THE PRESENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜRHAN YELLICE

Offered to

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to examine, evaluate and interpret the impact of the nationalist movements emerging in the Balkans on the Ottoman Empire, the role of this effect on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Türkiye's relations with the Balkan States in the Republican period and the effects of these relations to the present day within the framework of the dynamics in the Balkans and Anatolia.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have general knowledge about Balkan Identities, political and ethnic situations of the Balkans
2   Understanding the effects of the developments in the Balkans on the Ottoman Empire
3   To know the changes in foreign policy from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic and the policies implemented
4   Learning the general policy of the Republic of Türkiye towards the Balkans
5   Since the end of the 19th century, migrations from the Balkans to Anatolia, understanding the effects of these migrations
6   Learning Türkiye's alliance relations with the Balkan States, mutually signed agreements and the effects of these agreements on the present day

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 Introduction: Geostrategic-geopolitical-geoeconomic importance of Balkan geography
2 2 Balkan Identities and the Ottoman Empire
3 3 The Nationalism Movement that emerged in the Balkans after the French Revolution and its effects on the Ottoman Empire
4 4 The Balkans and the Ottoman Empire from the Treaty of Berlin to the First Balkan War
5 5 Balkan Alliance, Ottoman Empire and Balkan Wars
6 6 Ottoman-Greek, Ottoman-Bulgarian Relations after the Balkan Wars
7 7 Balkan States and Great Powers from the Balkan Wars to the First World War
8 8 Balkans and the Ottoman Empire during the First World War
9 9. Turkish Foreign Policy and the Balkans in Atatürk's Era, 1923-1938
10 10. Balkans and Türkiye in the Second World War, 1939-1945
11 11. Turkish Foreign Policy and the Balkans during the Cold War, 1945-1989
12 12. General situation in the Balkans after the Cold War, 1989-2023
13 13. Turkish-Greek Relations and the Western Thrace Issue, 1923-2023
14 14 General evaluation of Türkiye's Balkan Policy in the Republican Era

Recomended or Required Reading

Forbes, Nevill, The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Rumania, Türkiye, Clarendon Press, 1915.
Jelavich, Barbara, History of the Balkans: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1983
Jelavich, Barbara, History of the Balkans: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1983.
Mazower, Mark, The Balkans: A Short History. Modern Library Chronicles, Random House, New York, 2000.
Stavrianos, L. S, The Balkans since 1453, NYU Press, New York, 2000.
Zürcher, Erik Jan, Türkiye: A Modern History, I. B. Tauris, London, 2004
Stone, Norman, Türkiye: A Short History, Thames Hudson, 2017
Hanioglu, M. Sukru, Atatürk: An intellectual biography, Princeton University Press, 2011.
Mango, Andrew, Ataturk: The Biography of the founder of Modern Türkiye, The Overlook, 2002
Hale, William, Turkish foreign policy since 1774, Routledge, 2012.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Nutuk (Speech), Ataturk Research Center, Ankara, 2020.
Georges Castellan, Balkanların Tarihi, Milliyet Yayınları, Istanbul 1995
Benedict Anderson, Hayali Cemaatler, Milliyetçiliğin Kökenleri ve Yayılması, Metis yayınları, Istanbul 1995.
E. H. Carr, Milliyetçilik ve Sonrası, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul 1999.
Richard C. Hall, Balkan Savaşları 1912-1913, Homer Kitabevi, Istanbul 2003.
Maria Todorova, Balkanları Tahayyül Etmek, Iletişim, Istanbul.
Hale, William, Türk Dış Politikası, 1774-2000, çev. Petek Demir, Istanbul, 2003.
Stavrianis, L, The Balkans since 1453, New York, 1958
Barbara Jelavich, Balkan Tarihi 20. Yüzyıl, Cilt II, Küre Yayınları, Istanbul 2006

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Question and answer
Discussion
Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

It will be evaluated with the questions asked in the midterm and final exams.
It will be evaluated with a term paper or presentation report.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1 Active participation in 70% of the lectures is compulsory.
2 Students are expected to come to class by reading the recommended sources related to the course subject.
3 The student's active participation in discussions during the course is taken into account in the final evaluation

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gurhan.yellice@deu.edu.tr
0 232 301 79 22

Office Hours

Mondays; 13:00-17:00.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Preparation for midterm exam 1 9 9
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11
LO.22
LO.33
LO.45
LO.54
LO.61

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