Department of International Relations

Turkish Political Life(RI207)

Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
RI207 Turkish Political Life 3 3 0 0 3 4
Prerequisites
Admission Requirements
Language of Instruction
Course Type Compulsory
Course Level Bachelor Degree
Course Instructor(s) Ali Faik DEMİR fdemir@gsu.edu.tr (Email)
Assistant
Objective The objective of this course is to study Turkish politics since the founding of the Republic until today, around the events and important actors. The structural change in the political sphere in Turkey is also analyzed in a chronological order of the turning points in the country.
Content (Subject Headings)
Course Learning Outcomes - The student will know important actors of Turkish political life.
- The student will know the important events and turning points of Turkish political life.
- The student will be able to evaluate the events and the political issues in their context.
- The student will sensitize itself to understand the current political events.
Teaching and Learning Methods Theoretical course
References -Erik Jan Zürcher, Modernleşen Türkiye’nin Tarihi, Çev. Yasemin Saner Gönen, 21. Baskı, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2007.
-Feroz Ahmad, Modern Türkiye’nin Oluşumu, Çev. Yavuz Alagon, İstanbul: Sarmal Yayınları, 1995.
- Bernard Lewis, Modern Türkiye’nin Doğuşu, 5. Baskı, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu, 1993.
- Feroz Ahmad, Demokrasi Sürecinde Türkiye (1945-1980), Çev. Ahmet Fethi, İstanbul: Hil Yayın, 1994.
- Tevfik Çavdar, Türkiye’nin Demokrasi Tarihi (1950’den Günümüze), 3. Baskı. Ankara: İmge, 2004.
- Emre Kongar, 21. Yüzyılda Türkiye, 8. Baskı, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi, 1998.
- Ali Bayramoğlu, “Asker ve Siyaset,” Bir Zümre Bir Parti: Türkiye’de Ordu, der. Ahmet İnsel ve Ali Bayramoğlu, İstanbul, Birikim, 2004, ss. 59-118.
- Kemal Kirişçi ve Gareth M. Winrow, Kürt Sorunu: Kökeni ve Gelişimi, İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt yayınları, 1997, ss. 92-211.

Documentaries
- Demirkırat Belgeseli, Haz. Bülent Çaplı ve Can Dündar, 10 Bölüm, 1991.
- 12 Mart. İhtilalin Pençesinde Demokrasi Belgeseli, Haz. Bülent Çaplı ve Can Dündar, 10 Bölüm, 1994.
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Theory Topics
Week Weekly Contents
1 Knowledge and presentation of the course and program
2 Government of the Union and Progress, the collapse of the Empire and the birth of the Republic
3 Unique party government
4 Transition to the multiparty system and the government of the Democratic Party
5 “Coup d’état” of May 27 1960
6 The years after 1960 and 1971
7 Political events between 1971 and 1980
8 MIDTERM
9 “Coup d’état” of September 12 1980
10 Political life of the years 90
11 The events of February 28
12 Intervention of a speaker
13 Democracy in Turkey
14 Turkish political life in the early 21st century
Practice Topics
Week Weekly Contents
Contribution to Overall Grade
  Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 1 50
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 1 50
Toplam 2 100
In-Term Studies
  Number Contribution
Assignments 1 100
Presentation 0 0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 0 0
Project 0 0
Laboratory 0 0
Other Applications 0 0
Quiz 0 0
Term Paper/ Project 0 0
Portfolio Study 0 0
Reports 0 0
Learning Diary 0 0
Thesis/ Project 0 0
Seminar 0 0
Other 0 0
Toplam 1 100
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 To have a detailed knowledge on the principal concepts, actors and components of the international system X
2 To master the fundamentals such as history, law, economics, sociology and political science required by the multidisciplinary nature of International Relations X
3 Pouvoir analyser la pratique à partir d’une infrastructure théorique assimilée X
4 To have acquired the capability of specializing on a particular theme and/or region X
5 In the light of Galatasaray University’s traditional and institutional links with Europe, to have developed the ability to contribute to Turkey’s accession process to the EU in a concrete manner X
6 To interpret and explain Turkish foreign policy through its domestic components as well as from the perspective of the international system
7 To have reached the necessary level of competence to be able to undertake a career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as other state institutions and/or the private sector
8 Possess the required skills to work at various international organizations and NGOs X
9 To be in perfect command of French, teaching language of Galatasaray University, and of English, its mandatory language, at the academic -with a view to write a thesis/project/book in the field of International Relations- as well as the professional level X
10 To have the capacity to utilize the methodological instruments acquired throughout the studies at any conceptual and/or academic work X
Activities Number Period Total Workload
Class Hours 14 2 28
Working Hours out of Class 14 1 14
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 16 16
Final Examinations (including preparation) 1 24 24
Total Workload 82
Total Workload / 25 3,28
Credits ECTS 3
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