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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
STR 5058	FOUNDATION OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Strategic Research

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SEYHUN ŞAHIN

Offered to

Strategic Research

Course Objective

To learn the Middle East region how it evolved in its past.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To learn the history of Middle East region beginning from the old civilizations
2	To be able to form correlations between the different civilizations of the region
3	To investigate the region beginning from pre-Christian period, Islamic period, nationalism in modern Middle East region, and competitive period of the region among two super powers
4	To evaluate the region from perspective of Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic
5	To learn the period of Arab Spring
6	To learn the last existing position of the region which the war is still going on, from the beginning of Arab Spring .

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Pre-Christian, Christian, Islamic periods in the region and arrival of the nomads to the region
2	Periods of Abbasids, Mongols and Ottomans
3	How nationalism appeared in the region
4	The period of the First World War
5	Promises and Expectations of Arabs
6	Arabs and Zionists
7	San Remo and Sevr: Defects in the Peace
8	From war to war
9	The heritage which was left after the war
10	Approaches of the two super powers to the region
11	The Middle East region in the period of unipolar system and Arab Spring: Crisis of Iraq and Syria
12	The intervention of U.S. to the region
13	The approach of Türkiye to the region
14	The problems of ISID and Kurds

Recomended or Required Reading

Bernard Lewis, Orta Doğu: Iki Bin Yıllık Orta Doğu Tarihi, Istanbul, Arkadaş Kitabevi, 1970.
T.G. Fraser, A. Mango, Modern Orta Doğu nun Kuruluşu, Istanbul, Remzi Kitabevi, 2011.
Gürkan Zengin, Kavga: Arap baharında Türk Dış Politikası 2010-2013, Istanbul, Inkilap Kitabevi, 2013.
Taner Timur, Türkiye, Orta Doğu ve Mezhep Savaşı, Istanbul, 2016.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Recall of the topics of the last session.
Framing of the topics of the week
Presentation and teaching
Empirical case studies

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 * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

If needed, other assessment methods can be added to the table given below.

Assessment Criteria

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assis.Prof.Dr. Bülent Uğrasız, faculty of Letters, Department of American Culture and Literature, Room No: A-111, Phone, extension: 18652.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	3	42
Tutorials	0	0	0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	6	84
Preparation for midterm exam	1	6	6
Preparation for final exam	1	6	6
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.3	PO.4	PO.7
LO.1	3	4	4
LO.2	3	4	4
LO.3	3	4	4
LO.4	3	4	4
LO.5	3	4	4
LO.6	3	4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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