TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Sixth Term (Spring)
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) gain extensive knowledge about fundamental issues and developments in contemporary Turkish political history; 2) develop sophisticated, non-reductionist, analytical vision about Turkish political development with a special emphasis on prospects and challenges in the history of Turkish experience with democracy; 3) identify, relate and critically main influential actors of Turkish politics (i.e. state elites, political elites, pressure groups, etc.), their political and ideological positions as well as socio-political conditions that pave the way to the emergence of these political actors; 4) develop their own thoughts and ideas through analytically and critically engaging with the main scholarly trends on Turkish politics as well as developing empirically supported opinions and ideas about complex issues that have been influential in shaping the Turkish political history; and 5) identify, relate and write about major achievements of Turkey in structuring democratic politics as well as the major pitfalls that democracy has suffered from in the country.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to cover the main political developments and major political events in Turkish political history since the foundation of the so-called the `2nd Republic? following the 1960 military intervention. The course is designed to introduce the complex interrelations between political institutions and influential actors in the light of turbulent developments that Turkish democracy and politics in general have experienced from the 1960s onwards. In so doing, we will elaborate repeated institutionalisation and re-institutionalisation of the Turkish state as well as major outcomes of these processes with a special emphasis on the Turkish experience with democracy. We will focus on reasons, characteristics, processes and outcomes of political confrontations as well as alliances within and between bureaucratic state elites and political parties while taking Turkey?s endeavours to democracy (or democratisation) to the centre.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Establishment and consolidation of the Republic (1919-1938) 2nd Week Kemalism: Politics and Ideology in the Early Republican Era 3rd Week Transition to Multi-Party System and DP Period (1938-1960) 4th Week Reasons of the Coup and Characteristics of the 1961 Constitution 5th Week Political Pluralism, Main Political Parties and the 'New Politics' of the 1960s 6th Week Politics and Society During and After the 1971 Memorandum 7th Week 1980 Coup and Military Government 8th Week MIDTERM EXAM 9th Week The 1982 Constitution and the Reshaping of the State and Politics 10th Week Political Parties - 1: 'Center Right' 11th Week Elections and Political Parties - 2: 'Center Left', 'Nationalist' Movements and 'Islamic' Movements 12th Week Turkey in the 1990s: The Kurdish Question, the February 28th Process and the Crisis of Kemalist Hegemony 13th Week AK Party and the 'Promise' of Democracy 14th Week From 'Democratization' to 'Authoritarianism': AK Party's Current Politics
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Books: Ahmad, F. (1993) The Making of Modern Turkey (London and New York: Routledge). Heper, M. (1985) The State Tradition in Turkey (London: Eothen Press). Mardin, Ş. (2004) Türkiye?de Toplum ve Siyaset 12th Edition (M. Türköne, and T. Önder eds.) (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları). Mardin, Ş. (2007) Türkiye?de Din ve Siyaset 13th Edition (M. Türköne, and T. Önder eds.) (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları). Zürcher, E. J. (2005) Turkey: a Modern History 3rd Edition (London and New York: I. B. Tauris). Bozdoğan, S., and R. Kasaba (eds.) (1997) Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press). Kalaycıoğlu, E. (2005) Turkish Dynamics: Bridge across Troubled Lands (New York: Palgrave Macmillan). Dodd, C. H. (1979) Democracy and Development in Turkey (London: The Eothen Press). Periodicals: Turkish Studies - https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ftur20 Southeast European and Black Sea Studies - https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fbss20 The Middle East Journal - https://www.jstor.org/journal/middeastj Middle Eastern Studies - https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fmes20 USEFUL LINKS There is an abundance of online sources that could be easily found via quick internet search. Thus, students are welcome to engage with online sources. In the context of this rich spectrum, the course instructor encourages students to watch the following documentaries on Turkish politics: Demirkırat Belgeseli (M. A. Birand)?Turkey in the 1950s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBPfjeWbp9Q&list=PL19EshdPt3R80rux_vc-tC_8QjvI4JyCM&ab_channel=32.G%C3%BCnAr%C5%9Fivi 12 Mart: İhtilalin Pençesinde Demokrasi (M. A. Birand)?Turkey in the 1960s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Hwh7mrZU0&list=PL19EshdPt3R_okjpo0R4I_ApHg54V327Q&ab_channel=32.G%C3%BCnAr%C5%9Fivi 12 Eylül: Türkiye?nin Miladı (M. A. Birand)?Turkey in the 1970s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uk6iOJ6phk&list=PL19EshdPt3R9k0g2zuAIgGDpVNLKnzts5&ab_channel=32.G%C3%BCnAr%C5%9Fivi Özallı Yıllar (M. A. Birand)?Turkey in the 1980s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TyEGJuwZfQ 28 Şubat: Son Darbe (M. A. Birand ? R. Akar)?Turkey after the rise of Islamic counter-hegemony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WgMlVFljV4&list=PL19EshdPt3R8YxSSa_RGLGbd_WZguD5cQ&ab_channel=32.G%C3%BCnAr%C5%9Fivi
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 4 30 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 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 25 25 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1,5 1,5 Homework 4 5 20 Total Workload 152 Total Workload / 30 5,06 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No