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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS SOS 4078 TURKISH MODERNIZATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

It is to examine historical and social dimensions of Turkish modernity in relation to problems of contemporary Turkish society.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   apprehend the starting-points of Turkish modernization 2   establish relations between historical background of Turkish modernity and contemporary Türkiye 3   explain the similarities and differences between Turkish modernity and Western modernity 4   be able to consider the present-day social problems in the context of modernization 5   compare the different perspectives on Turkish modernization 6   be able to provide the ideas in terms of solving the present-day problems of Turkish society

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 General Introduction Reference 1 2 Historical Background: the Ottoman Empire references 2, 4 3 The Turkish Liberation War reference 1 4 Revolution and Republic references 1, 2, 3 5 One-Party Rule and Modernization references 1, 4 6 Transition to democracy and Modernization references 4, 1 7 Military Coups and Modernization reference 1 8 Historical Consequences reference 1 9 Midterm exam 10 Kadro Movement s perspective on Turkish modernization reference 3 11 Niyazi Berkes s theory of Turkish modernity reference 2 12 Şerif Mardin s Turkish Modernization reference 4

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Ibrahim Kaya, Social theory and Later Modernization: the Turkish experience, Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 2004. 2) Niyazi Berkes, The Development of Secularism in Türkiye (reissue edition), Routledge, London, 1999. 3) Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, Inkılap ve Kadro, Remzi Kitabevi, Ankara, 1990 (1932). 4) Şerif Mardin, Türk Modernleşmesi, Iletişim yayınları, Istanbul, 1991. 5) Nilüfer Göle, The Forbidden Modern: Civilization and veiling, University of Michigan Pres, Ann Arbor, 1996

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

To be announced!

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

exams

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 16 2 32 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 16 3 48 Midterm 1 6 6 Final 1 12 12 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 4 4 LO.2 4 4 LO.3 4 LO.4 4 LO.5 4 4 LO.6 4 4