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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS TAR 6124 MODERN MIDDLE EAST HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 11

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

History

Course Objective

This course aims to study political, social, economic, historical, religious and cultural sides of modern Middle East

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   explain what middle east is 2   evaluate Turkish-Arab relations 3   comment results from Palestine-Israel conflict 4   analyze ideological currents in Middle East 5   explain Emparialism-Middle East relations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Middle East: geography and particularities 2 Place of Middle East in world policy 3 historical development of Turkish-Arab relations 4 Political structure of important countries in ME 5 Religion, law, culture and social classification in ME 6 Palestine question 7 Türkiye s approach to the Palestine question 8 Mid-term exam 9 Arab-Israeli wars 10 Great Powers and the Middle East 11 Ideological currents in ME I (Arab nationalism, Baasism, Neo-baasism, Nasirism, Esadism) 12 Ideological currents in ME II (Sionism, Semitism, anti-Semitism) 13 Ideological currents in ME III (ideology of iranian revolution) 14 Terror organizations in ME

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Albert Hourani, Arap Halkları Tarihi, Iletişim yay., Istanbul, 1997. 2. Fahir Armaoğlu, Filistin Meselesi ve Arap Israil Savaşları, Iş Bankası yay., Ankara. 3. Ömer Kürkçüoğlu, Türkiye nin Arap Ortadoğu suna Karşı Politikası, AÜSBF yay., Ankara, 1972. 4. Tayyar Arı, Basra Körfezi ve Ortadoğu da Güç Dengesi, Alfa yay., Istanbul, 1996. 5. Tayyar Arı, Geçmişten Günümüze ORTA DOĞU Siyaset, Savaş ve Diplomasi, MKM yay., Bursa, 2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures Homeworks /Presentations

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

Assessment Criteria 1. LO 1-3 will be asked in mid-term exam 2. LO 4 will be assessed with term report 3. LO 1-5 will be asked in final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

TBA

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0-232-3018744 nedimyalansiz@hotmail.com

Office Hours

TBA

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Final 1 30 30 Mid-term 1 30 30 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 10 140 Reading 14 2 28 Final 1 3 3 Mid-term 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 276

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 LO.1 5 LO.2 4 LO.3 3 4 LO.4 5 LO.5 3