At the end of this course, the students; 1) Develop an understanding of the current issues in Turkish politics from historical, sociological, economic, political and global perspectives. 2) Analyze the political regime changes in Turkey through different theoretical perspectives 3) Grasp the changes in the relationships between the executive, legislative, judiciary in Turkey. 4) Gain the ability to analyze different political perspectives on current issues such as the characteristics of the new presidential system, transformation of the security and judiciary systems, media and women?s rights. 5) Explore how hegemony and counter-hegemony are formed in the Turkish political sphere.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No recommended optional programme components.
COURSE DEFINITION
The course covers the post-2000 developments that have left their marks in Turkish politics. Political regime debates, women's rights, state-society relations are among the topics to be tackled.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction
2nd Week
Transformation of Political Regimes: Theoretical Approaches I
3rd Week
Transformation of Political Regimes: Theoretical Approaches II
4th Week
Current Debates on the Political Regime in Turkey: Liberal Approaches
5th Week
Current Debates on the Political Regime in Turkey: Marxist Approaches
6th Week
Neoliberal Authoritarianism and the State
7th Week
Midterm Week
8th Week
Debates on the Presidential System
9th Week
Transformation of the Security System
10th Week
Transformation of the Judiciary System
11th Week
Transformation of the Media
12th Week
Gender Policies
13th Week
Neoliberal Populism and Social Policies
14th Week
Hegemony and Counter-hegemony
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Book İsmet Akca, Ahmet Bekmen and Barış Alp Özden (Eds.) Turkey Reframed: Constituting Neoliberal Hegemony, Pluto Press. Articles and Book Chapters Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan (2004) ?Modern Non-democratic Regimes?, Patrick H. O'Neil and Ronald Rogowski (Eds.) Essential Readings in Comparative Politics, W. W. Norton & Company. Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way (2010) Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War, Cambrdige University Press, Chapter 1 and 2. Martin Carnoy (1984) The State and Political Theory, Chapters 3 and 4. Berk Esen ve Şebnem Gümüşçü (2016) ?Rising competitive authoritarianism in Turkey?, Third World Quarterly, Vol.37, No.9, p.1581-1605. Murat Somer (2016) ?Understanding Turkey?s democratic breakdown: old vs. new and indigenous vs. global authoritarianism?, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Vol.16, No.4, p.481-503, Ali Rıza Güngen and Şafak Erten (2005) ?Approaches of Şerif Mardin and Metin Heper on State and Civil Society in Turkey?, Journal of Historical Studies, 3, 1-14. Ergun Ozbudun (2014) ?AKP at the Crossroads: Erdogan?s Majoritarian Drift?, South European Society and Politics, Vol. 19, No. 2, 155?167 Fatih Çağatay Cengiz (2018) ?Proliferation of neopatrimonial domination in Turkey?, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, p.1-19. İsmet Akça (2006) ?A Critical Evaluation of Analytical Approaches to the State, Classes and Military in Turkey?, Militarism, Capitalism and the State in Turkey, Lambert Academic Publishing, p.162-249. Faruk Yalvaç and Jonathan Joseph (2019) ?Understanding populist politics in Turkey: a hegemonic depth approach?, Review of International Studies, p.1-19. Nilgün Önder (1998) ?Integrating with the Global Market: The State and the Crisis of Political Representation: Turkey in the 1980s and 1990s?, International Journal of Political Economy, Vol.28, No.2. Barış Alp Özden, İsmet Akça and Ahmet Bekmen (2017) ?Antinomies of Authoritarian Neoliberalism in Turkey: The Justice and Development Party Era?, States of Discipline. Authoritarian Neoliberalism and The Contested Reproduction of Capitalist Order, Cemal Burak Tansel (ed.), Rowman&Littlefield Pub., London & New York. Şule Özsoy Boyunsuz (2016) ?The AKP'S proposal for a ?Turkish type of presidentialism? in comparative context?, Turkish Studies, Vol.17, p.68-90. Berk Esen and Sebnem Gumuscu (2018) ?The Perils of ?Turkish Presidentialism?, Review of Middle East Studies, 52(1), 43?53 Ersin Kalaycıoğlu (2014) ?The Challenge of a la Turca Presidentialism in Turkey?, Sabancı University, Istanbul Policy Center. Ergun Özbudun (2015) ?Turkey?s Judiciary and the Drift Toward Competitive Authoritarianism? The International Spectator, Vol. 50, No. 2, 42?55. Ayşegül Kars Kaynar (2017) ?Political Trials and the Second Jurisdiction of the State: Normalcy of the Exception?, M. Ersoy und E. Ozyurek (Ed.), Contemporary Turkey at a Glance II, p.25-27. Saygun Gökarıksel and Z. Umut Türem (2019) ?The Banality of Exception? Law and Politics in ?Post-Coup? Turkey?, The South Atlantic Quarterly, p.175-187. Zafer Yılmaz (2019) ?The genesis of the `Exceptional? Republic: the permanency of the political crisis and the constitution of legal emergency power in Turkey?, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, p.1-21. Bedirhanoğlu, P., Dölek Ç. and Hülagü F. (2016) `Transformation of Internal Security Structure and State in Turkey during the AKP Rule: A Class-Based Analysis?, Austrian Journal of Development Studies, July. Biriz Berksoy (2013) Military, Police and Intelligence in Turkey: Recent Transformations and Needs for Reform, TESEV. Bilge Yeşil (2018) ?Authoritarian Turn or Continuity? Governance of Media through Capture and Discipline in the AKP Era?, South European Society and Politics, 23:2,239-257, Susan Corke et al (2013) ?Democracy in Crisis: Corruption, Media, and Power in Turkey?, Freedom House Special Report.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Assignment
1
20
Attendance
1
10
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
2
28
Preparation for Final exam
1
30
30
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
25
25
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
1,5
1,5
Homework
1
25
25
Total Workload
153
Total Workload / 30
5,1
ECTS Credits of the Course
5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
