COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL THOUGHTS IN MODERN TüRKIYE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TCT 5038 EVOLUTION OF POLITICAL THOUGHTS IN MODERN TüRKIYE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History of The Turkish Republic

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FEVZI ÇAKMAK

Offered to

History of The Turkish Republic

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to redescribe actual situation of modern Türkiye, to teach persons and political currents which played role in the Turkish Enlightment, to understand and to analyze history, economic situation and political world of Republic of Türkiye.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to know about the Ottoman modernization
2   to know about thought currents occured during the Ottoman modernization
3   to become aware of dinamics of the republican thought
4   to learn about political traditions of Left and Right and describe their role on democracy of Türkiye
5   to analyze effects of Coup d état to constitution in Türkiye
6   to assess changing dinamics of political thought in Türkiye

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Ottoman Modernization and Currents during Modernization
2 Comparison of Committee of Union and Progress with Freedom and Accord Party
3 Republican Thought
4 Single-Party Period
5 Passage to Multi Party Period and Currents
6 Right Party Tradition in Türkiye
7 Left Party Tradition in Türkiye
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Comparison of Right and Left Party Traditions in Türkiye
10 Coup d état in Türkiye and its effects to policy
11 Constitutions in Türkiye and their effects to political thought
12 Social Classes in Türkiye and their effects to political thought
13 EU and its effects to political thoughts
14 Homework presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Modern Türkiye de Siyasi Düşüncenin Oluşumu,8 cilt, Iletişim yayınları
Istanbul.Feroz Ahmad, Demokrasi Sürecinde Türkiye (1945-1980), Hil yay.,Istanbul, 1996.
Niyazi Berkes, Siyasi Partiler, Yurt ve Dünya yay., Istanbul, 1946.
Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, Iletişim yay., c. 1-15.
Tarık Zafer Tunaya, Türkiye de Siyasi Partiler 1859-1950, Istanbul, 1952.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Seminar Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-3 will be asked in mid-term exam
2. LO 1-6 will be asked in final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70 % of attendance in a subject for appearing in the examination is compulsory
2. Failure to attend a class will not be excused for overdue delivery of homework
3. Attendance, mid-term exam, homeworks and final exam will be taken into account in scoring

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone: 3017903 bayram.bayrakdar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.12223
LO.22223
LO.32223
LO.42223
LO.52223
LO.62223