COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY TURKISH POLITICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 6092 CONTEMPORARY TURKISH POLITICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MERVE KAYADUVAR

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

This course aims to analyse in depth the political and economic developments in Türkiye, especially in the last 30 years, and the relations between different classes in a historical and comparative framework.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn different methodological approaches in the field of political economy
2   To analyse Türkiye's development process from the perspective of political economy
3   To learn the historical developments in Turkish political life chronologically
4   To analyse the main events and class relations in the field of politics and economy in the last 30 years in Türkiye

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is political economy
2 Late Ottoman Period
3 Early Republican Period
4 Etatism and the Single Party Regime
5 The Transition to Multi-party Politics
6 The Democratic Party
7 1960 Military Intervention and Import Substituting Industrialization
8 1970s and the Structural Crisis of the capitalism
9 1980 Military Intervention and the Neoliberal Transformation in Türkiye
10 Economy and Society in the 1990s
11 The Justice and Development Party I
12 The Justice and Development Party II
13 Integration process with the EU
14 General discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

AYDIN, S. ve TAŞKIN, Y. 2014. 1960 tan Günümüze Türkiye Tarihi.
ATILGAN, G. vd., Osmanlı dan Günümüze Türkiye de Siyasal Hayat, Yordam Yay.
KEYDER, Ç. Türkiye de Devlet ve Sınıflar, Iletişim Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and discussion

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

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

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 8 112
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 196

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555
LO.25
LO.355
LO.45