Atatürk’s Principles and Turkish Revolution II
rakin@gsu.edu.tr
fgkaragoz@gsu.edu.tr
Content
Objective
The aim of this course is to analyze the modern Republic of Turkey from 1938 till 2000.
Course Content
Week 1. Presidency of İsmet İnönü
Week 2. Political dynamics of Second World War
Week 3. The transformation to multipartism
Week 4. The beginning of Democratic Party government (1950)
Week 5 Democratic Party after 1957
Week 6. The military coup and the revolution of 27 May
Week 7. The purge: The Supreme Court of Yassıada
Week 8. Midterm
Week 9. Period of 1961 democracy
Week 10. Political problems of Justice Party Period
Week 11 Authoritarian regime of March 12, 1970 (interregnum)
Week 12. The end of March 12 interregnum period
Week 13. Military junta, 12 September Regime of 1980
Week 14. Turkish political development after 1982 constitution and democracy under ANAP
Course Learning Outcomes
The student understands the dynamics of the transformation to multipartite system in Turkey.
The student defines the constitution of democracy in modern Turkey.
Teaching and Learning Methods
The course is lectured with the presentation historical visual materials. The students are expected to be able to complete the course content with the references.
References
Rıdvan Akın, Türk Siyasal Tarihi, 1908-2000, İstanbul, On ki Levha Yayınları, 2010
Sina Akşin, Kısa Türkiye Tarihi, İstanbul, İş kültür yayınları, 2008.
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Presidency of İsmet İnönü |
| 2 | Political dynamics of Second World War |
| 3 | The transformation to multipartism |
| 4 | The beginning of Democratic Party government (1950) |
| 5 | Democratic Party after 1957 |
| 6 | The military coup and the revolution of 27 May |
| 7 | Midterm |
| 8 | The purge: The Supreme Court of Yassıada |
| 9 | Period of 1961 Democracy |
| 10 | Political problems of Justice Party Period |
| 11 | Authoritarian regime of March 12, 1970 (interregnum) |
| 12 | The end of March 12 interregnum period |
| 13 | Military junta, 12 September Regime of 1980 |
| 14 | Turkish political development after 1982 constitution and democracy under ANAP |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 40 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 2 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 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 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
Relation of Proficiency
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Recognizing fundamental legal concepts, defining, interpreting and using them. | X | ||||
| 2 | Recognizing fundamental disciplines of law and their content, including legislation, case-law and the doctrine in the relevant discipline. | X | ||||
| 3 | Recognizing positive norms in the legislation and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology. | X | ||||
| 4 | Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems. | X | ||||
| 5 | Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyse and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy. | X | ||||
| 6 | Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions. | X | ||||
| 7 | Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems. | X | ||||
| 8 | Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system. | X | ||||
| 9 | Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner. | X | ||||
| 10 | Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals. | X | ||||
| 11 | Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems. | X | ||||
| 12 | Respecting human rights and universal principals and notions of law. | X | ||||
| 13 | Respecting the ethical standarts, good faith, fairness and equity principals. | X | ||||
| 14 | Being sensitive to social problems, democracy, laicism and rule of law principal. | X | ||||
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Total Workload | 55 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 2.20 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 2 | ||