COURSE UNIT TITLE

: KEMALIST THOUGHT SYSTEM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ATA 7018 KEMALIST THOUGHT SYSTEM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KEMAL ARI

Offered to

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

At the end of this course the students can understand and explain that modernization
period from Ottoman state to republic, Kemalist thinking system and its concepts,
social and cultural changes in republic period, the factors which affected the Kemalist
thinking system, the comparison of modern characteristics of Kemalist system to
dogmatic ideologies, the current problems and Kemalist thinking system.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To able to explain the concepts of modernization and ideology
2   To able to explain Kemalist thinking system
3   To able to compare Kemalist system to other ideological systems
4   To able to understand basic elements in Kemalist thinking system
5   To able to explain the importance of Kemalist thinking system in Turkish modernization

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of resource books about the course
2 The events, people and books which affected Ataturk's thinking system
3 Is Kemalism an ideology
4 Social change in the framework of Turkish revolution
5 Social change in the framework of Turkish revolution
6 Works describing the Kemalist thought system
7 The basic principles of Kemalism: secularism
8 The basic principles of Kemalism: republicanism
9 The basic principles of Kemalism: nationalism
10 The basic principles of Kemalism: statism
11 The basic principles of Kemalism: revolutionism
12 The basic principles of Kemalism: populism
13 The evaluation of different definitions about Kemalism
14 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Atatürk'ün Söylev ve Demeçleri, III cilt, A.A.M., Ankara, 1971.
-Akarsu, Bedia, Atatürk Devrimi ve Yorumu, Ankara, 1969.
-Ergin, M. Saffet, Kemalizm Inkılabının Prensipleri, III cilt, Istanbul,
1937.
Karal, Enver, Ziya, Atatürk'ten Düşünceler, Ankara, 1969.
-Kocatürk, Utkan, Atatürk'ün Fikir ve Düşünceleri, Istanbul, 1974.
-Timur, Taner, Türk Devrimi, Tarihi, Anlamı ve Felsefi Temeli, Ankara
,1967.
-Tunaya, Tarık, Zafer, Devrim Hareketleri Içinde Atatürk ve
Atatürkçülük, Ankara, 1971.
-Turan, Şerafettin, Atatürk'ün Düşünce Yapısını Etkileyen Olaylar,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical course, assignment and group discussions

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

40% midterm, %60 final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons. The instructor has right to
make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam
scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Kemal ARI
kemal.ari@deu.edu.tr
Dokuz Eylul University
Principals of Ataturk and Revalution History Institute
Tınaztepe Campus, 35390
Buca/IZMIR
0 232 301 79 21

Office Hours

Every Thursday between 09:00-11:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 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.14
LO.24
LO.34
LO.44
LO.54

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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