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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY POLI405 Seventh Term (Fall) 3 + 0 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY4
SEMESTERSeventh Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Associate Professor Süleyman Sezgin Mercan
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) learn to examine Turkish foreign policy from a historical perspective.
2) learn to analyze Turkish foreign policy within the framework of international relations theories.
3) learn to explain and discuss the changes and continuities in Turkish foreign policy.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNo recommended optional programme components.
COURSE DEFINITIONThe scope of the course consists of trends, basic principles, changes and continuities in Turkish foreign policy throughout the history of the Republic. Turkey's foreign policy is analysed in the face of international developments from the Cold War to globalization.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the Course (William Hale, p.8-31.)
2nd Week Basic Principles of Turkish Diplomacy (Baskın Oran (Ed.), p.53-143.)
3rd Week The Question of East and Ottoman Diplomacy (William Hale, p.31-56.)
4th Week Independence War and Diplomacy (William Hale, p.56-78.)
5th Week The Foreign Policy of the New Republic (William Hale, p.78-104.)
6th Week Foreign Policy before the World War II (William Hale, p.104-135.)
7th Week Foreign Policy during the Cold War I (1945-1962)(William Hale, p.135-158.)
8th Week Midterm Week
9th Week Foreign Policy during the Cold War II (1962-1980)(William Hale, p.158-174.)
10th Week Foreign Policy during the Cold War III (1980-1991)(William Hale, p.174-194.)
11th Week Foreign Policy after the Cold War (William Hale, p.194-207.)
12th Week Turkish Foreign Policy after the 9/11
13th Week Regional Policies of Turkey (William Hale, p.207-226.)
14th Week Turkey's Relationships with Global Actors. General Review (William Hale, p.226-249.)
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGWilliam Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000, London, Frank Cass, 2013 (Third Edition).
Baskın Oran (Ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy 1919-2006, The University of Utah Press, 2010.
Halide Edip Adıvar, Turkey Faces West A Turkish View Of Recent Changes And Their Origin, Yale University Press, 1930.
Mustafa Aydın, ?Determinants of Turkish foreign policy: historical framework and traditional inputs?, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 35, No. 4, 1999, p.152-186.
Şaban Çalış, "The Turkish State's Identity and Foreign Policy Decision-Making Process", Mediterranean Quarterly, Spring 1995, Vol. 6, No. 2, p. 135-155.
Mustafa Aydın, ?Determinants of Turkish foreign policy: changing patterns and conjunctures during the Cold War?, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2000, p. 103-139.
Philip Robins, Suits and Uniforms, Turkish Foreign Policy Since the Cold War, Seattle, University of Washington Press, 2003, p. 11-21.
Clement H. Dodd, "A Historical Overview" ve "Cyprus in Turkish Politics and Foreign Policy", Clement H. Dodd (der.), Cyprus, The Need for New Perspectives, The Eothen Press, 1999, p. 1-15 ve 128-147.
Lenore Martin, ?Turkey?s National Security in the Middle East?, Turkish Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2000, p. 83-106.
Aybars Görgülü, ?The Litmus Test for Turkey?s New Foreign Policy: The Historical Rapproachment with Armenia?, Kerem Öktem, Ayşe Kadıoğlu, Mehmet Karlı (Eds.), Another Empire? A Decade of Turkey?s Foreign Policy Under the Justice and Development Party, İstanbul Bilgi University Press, 2012, p. 281-295.
Kemal Kirişçi, ?The End of the Cold War and Changes in Turkish Foreign Policy Behaviour?, Foreign Policy, Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 2009, p. 266-309.
Meltem Müftüler-Baç, ?Turkish Foreign Policy, its Domestic Determinants and the Role of the European Union?, South European Society and Politics, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2011, p. 279-291.
Birgül Demirtaş-Coşkun, ?Turkish Foreign Policy toward the Bosnian War (1992-1995): A Constructivist Analysis?, Karadeniz Araştırmaları, Sayı: 28, 2011, s. 1-18.
Cameron S. Brown, "Turkey in the Gulf Wars of 1991 and 2003", Turkish Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1, March 2007, p. 85-119.
Pınar Bilgin, ?Turkey?s changing security discourses: The challenge of globalisation?, European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 44, No.1, 2005, p. 175?201.
Sabri Sayarı, ?Turkish Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: The Challenges of Multi-regionalism?, Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 54, No. 1, 2000, p. 169-182.
Burak Bilgehan Özpek & Yelda Demirağ, ?Turkish foreign policy after the `Arab Spring?: from agenda-setter state to agenda-entrepreneur state?, Israel Affairs, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2014, p. 328-346.
Meliha Benli Altunışık, "Turkey's Middle East Challenges: Towards a New Beginning", İdris Bal (der.), Turkish Foreign Policy in Post-Cold War Era, ? p. 172-191.
Meliha Benli Altunışık, ?Turkey's Iraq Policy: The War and Beyond?, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2006, p. 183-196.
Siret Hürsoy, ?Turkey's Foreign Policy and Economic Interests in the Gulf?, Turkish Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2013, p. 503-519.
Ziya Öniş, "An Awkward Partnership: Turkey's Relations with the European Union in Comparative-Historical Perspective", Journal of European Integration History, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2001, p. 105-119.
Mustafa Aydın, "Foucault's Pendulum: Turkey in Central Asia and the Caucasus", Turkish Studies, Summer 2004, Vol. 5, No. 2, p. 1-22.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term130
Project120
Total(%)50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)50
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam11,51,5
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14228
Preparation for Final exam12525
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam11616
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam11,51,5
Homework
Project13838
Total Workload152
Total Workload / 305,06
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONEnglish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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