At the end of this course, the students; 1) know the beginning of Turkish-American relations in the Ottoman era and understand Turkish-American relations during the inter-war period, the minority uprisings in the Ottoman Empire and the missionary operations of the USA. 2) understand the policies followed by the parties during the Second World War. 3) understand the political conditions that prepared the Turkish-Usa Alliance during the Cold War. 4) acquire knowledge about the main events that shaped the Turkish-American relations during the Cold War. 5) understand the dynamics of the post-Cold War era through bilareral relations between Turkey and the USA. 6) acquire the abilities to research and write about the topic.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No recommended optional programme components.
COURSE DEFINITION
The scope of this course involves a survey of Turkish-American relations during the Ottoman Empire, the Republican period, the Cold War and its aftermath including theoretical, historical and fundamental issues. The purpose of this course is to develop a better understanding of key issues shaping Turkish-American relations. Another goal is to analyze how the United States' relations with Turkey developed with reference to U.S. foreign policy's general perspective and Turkish foreign policy's changing priorities, within the broader diplomatic history and set of international relations.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
The United States in Ottoman Foreign Policy: First diplomatic encounters (1799-1828); Diplomatic and consular organization in bilateral relations; U.S. mission in Istanbul; U.S. consulates and Ottoman Special Envoys to the U.S.
2nd Week
Post-Civil War U.S. Foreign Policy: U.S. support for nationalist revolts in the Ottoman Empire; U.S. missionary activities and their influence on bilateral relations.
3rd Week
Enhanced U.S. reputation in the Ottoman Empire and Recovering Relations; the Second Constitutional Period and the U.S.
4th Week
Interwar period: Turkish-American relations during the National Struggle; U.S. envoys to Turkey during the War of Independence; the Wilson Principles and their influence on Turkey; the Question of Mandate; Admiral Bristol's effect on rekindled relations; the Conference of Lausanne and U.S. position; post-1931 resumption of diplomatic relations; appointment of Joseph C. Grew, U.S. Ambassador, and Ahmet Muhtar Bey, Turkish Ambassador.
5th Week
U.S. policy of isolation during World War II and Turkey's attempts at neutrality.
6th Week
Rapprochement in Turkey-U.S. Relations and the period of one-sided foreign policy (1945-1960); Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid; NATO membership.
7th Week
Troubled Times, Relations under Scrutiny, and the period of multi-faceted foreign policy (1960-80): The U-2 Spy Aircraft Crisis, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Johnson Letter, the Opium Crisis, the Cyprus Question and the Arms Embargo.
8th Week
Softening and Rapprochement in Turkey-U.S. Relations (1980-90).
9th Week
Post-Cold War International System, Post-Cold War Turkey-U.S. Relations, the Gulf War's Effects on Bilateral Relations.
10th Week
The post-9/11 setting, the Afghanistan War and Turkish-American Relations under ISAF.
11th Week
The Iraq War and Turkish-American Relations in its Aftermath (The Parliamentary Mandate Crisis).
12th Week
A New Cooperation Model in Turkish-American Relations: the Greater Middle East Project.
13th Week
The Quest for Model Partnership (instead of Strategic Partnership) in Turkish-American Relations: President Obama's Turkey Visit, the Flotilla Attack, the U.S. Missile Shield Project.
14th Week
Turkish-American Relations after the Arab Spring.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Altunışık, Meliha B. "Turkish-American Security Relations: The Middle East Dimension", içinde Mustafa Aydın ve Çağrı Erhan (eds) Turkish-American Relations: Past,Present and Future, Routledge, 2004, ss.151-179. Aydın, Mustafa. "II. Dünya Savaşı ve Türkiye 1939-1945", Baskın Oran (ed.) Türk Dış Politikası Kurtuluş Savaşından Bugüne Olgular, Belgeler, Yorumlar, cilt I, İstanbul, İletişim Yayınları, 2001, ss. 399-477. Aydın, Mustafa. "Reconstructing Turkish-American relations: Divergences Versus Convergences", New Perspectives on Turkey, Vol.40, Spring 2009, ss.127-148. Criss, Nur B."Shades of Diplomatic Recognition: American Encounters with Turkey" içinde Nur Bilge Criss ve George S.Harris (eds) Studies in Atatürk's Turkey: The American Dimension, Brill, 2009, ss.97-144. Deringil, Selim. "Active neutrality" & "On the razor's edge", içinde Turkish Foreign Policy during the Second World War, Cambridge University Press, 1989, ss.133-166. Eligür, Banu. "Turkish-American Relations Since the 2003 Iraqi War: A Troubled Partnership", Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, May 2006, No.6. Erhan, Çağrı. "Osmanlı -Amerikan İlişkilerinin Başlangıcında Temel Faktörler (1776-1830), Çağdaş Türk Diplomasisi: 200 Yıllık Süreç , 15-18 Ekim 1997, Sempozyuma Sunulan Tebliğler, Ankara, TTK, 1997. Erhan, Çağrı. "Ottoman Official Attitudes Towards American Missionaries", Milletlerarası Münasebetler Yıllığı, (The Turkish Yearbook of International Relation), XXX, 2000, ss.191-212. Erhan, Çağrı. "ABD ve NATO'yla İlişkiler", Baskın Oran (ed.) Türk Dış Politikası Kurtuluş Savaşından Bugüne Olgular, Belgeler, Yorumlar, cilt I, İstanbul, İletişim Yayınları, 2001, ss. 522-576; 681-716. Han, Ahmet K. "From Strategic Partnership to Model Partnership: AKP, Turkish-US Relations and the prospects under Obama", UNISCI Discussion Papers, No.23, May 2010. Harris, George S. "Turkish-American Relations Since the Truman Doctrine", içinde Mustafa Aydın ve Çağrı Erhan (eds), Turkish -American relations: Past, Present and Future, Routledge, 2004, ss.66-87. Harris, George S. Troubled Alliance: Turkish-American problems in Historical Perspective, 1945-1971, AEI-Hoover policy studies, 1972, ss.125- 175. Kirişçi, Kemal. "U.S.-Turkish Relations: New Uncertainties in a Renewed Partnership," in Barry Rubin and Kemal Kirişçi (eds.), Turkey in World Politics:An Emerging Multiregional Power (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001), pp.132-37 Kocabaşoğlu, Uygur. " Doğu Sorunu Çerçevesinde Amerikan Misyoner Faaliyetleri", Tarihi Gelişmeler içinde Türkiye'nin Sorunları Sempozyumu, 2. Baskı, TTK Yayınları, Ankara, 1995, ss.65-73. Özcan, Gencer. "Doksanlı Yıllarda Türkiye'nin Değişen Güvenlik Ortamı", içinde Gencer, Özcan ve Şule Kut (der.), En Uzun On Yıl: Türkiye'nin Ulusal Güvenlik ve Dış Politika Gündeminde Doksanlı Yıllar, İstanbul, Büke Yayınları,2000, ss. Rubin, Michael. "A Comedy of Errors: Anerican-Turkish Diplomacy and the Iraq Ear", Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol.4, No.1, Spring 2005. Türkmen, Füsun. "Turkish-American Relations: A Challenging Transition, Turkish Studies, Vol.10, Issue 1, 2009, ss.109-129. Şimşir, Bilal. Ermeni Propagandasının Amerika Boyutu Üzerine, Atatürk Üniversitesi Yyaınları, Erzurum, 1984. Tanır, İlhan. "How the Arap Spring is transforming Turkish-American Relations, Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol.10, No.3, 2012.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
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
1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
14
2
28
Preparation for Final exam
1
40
40
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
40
40
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
1,15
1,15
Homework
Total Workload
152,15
Total Workload / 30
5,07
ECTS Credits of the Course
5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
