TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Fifth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Erdem Damar
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) develop skills to understand and analyze Turkish political history from a "political science" perspective 2) gain a conceptual framework to approach Turkish political history from the perspectives of modernization, political development and democratization. 3) relate the modernizing policies and their successes and failures with power relations. 4) gain skills to evaluate the changing meaning of politics in the course of modernization, parties to democracy debate and its main axes and deficits by using the political science concepts. 5) gain knowledge about the concept of political instability and its causes.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No recommended optional programme components.
COURSE DEFINITION	This course introduces students to the Turkish political structure, dynamics, and mainstream ideas from the Ottoman period to the first years of the Republic. In this way, it allows students to analyze today's Turkey better.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction 2nd Week Ottoman Political Structure I 3rd Week Ottoman Political Structure II 4th Week Reform Attempts 5th Week Tanzimat 6th Week Constitutional Monarchy 7th Week Chamber of Deputies 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Alternative Perspectives to Millet System and Nationalism 10th Week Russo-Turkish War and Congress of Berlin 11th Week Union and Progress Movement 12th Week Ottoman State and Balkan and First World Wars 13th Week Mondros and Sevres 14th Week General Evaluation
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Books Dietrich Jung and Wolfango Piccoli, Turkey at the Crossroads (Zed Books: London & New York: 2001). Bernard Lewis, The Emergence of Modern Turkey (Oxford University Press: London, 1961). Erik J.Zürcher, Turkey: A Modern History (I.B.Tauris: London, 1993, reprint 1997). Feroz Ahmad, The Making of Modern Turkey (Routledge: London, 1993). Feroz Ahmad, Turkey: A Quest for Identity. One World, London: 2004 Sina Akşin, Jön Türkler ve İttihat ve Terakki (Remzi Kitabevi: İstanbul, 1987). Mete Tunçay, Türkiye Cumhuriyet'inde Tek Parti Yönetimi'nin Kurulması-(1923-1931) (Yurt Yayınları: Ankara, 1981). Papers Kemal Karpat, "The Establishment and Development of the Republic", in Kemal Karpat, ed., Turkey's Politics: the Transition to Multiparty System (Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey, 1959), pp., 32-76. Şerif Mardin, "Religion and Secularism in Turkey", in Ali Kazancıgil and Ergun Özbudun, eds., Atatürk: Founder of a Modern State (C.Hurst and Co.: London, 1981, reprint 1997), pp., 191-219. Şerif Mardin, "Ideology and Religion in the Turkish Revolution", International Journal of Middle East Studies, 2 (1971): 197-211.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1,5 1,5 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 40 40 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 30 30 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1,5 1,5 Homework Total Workload 157 Total Workload / 30 5,23 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No