TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) know the process that the Turkish-American relations have followed in history, and appreciate the major phases of this process; 2) critically understand and analyze Turkish-American relations in a broader perspective; 3) make critical comments as regards Turkish-American relations; 4) combine his/her knowledge of the history of Turkish-American relations with his/her knowledge of American culture and literature and enhance his/her historical and literary knowledge about America.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No
COURSE DEFINITION	In this course, the main focus falls on the beginnings of Turkish-American relations in history and the major phases of the development of these relations up to the present. Although the subject may be studied primarily in a political and diplomatic context, extensive references will also be made to cultural, economic and institutional relations. For illustration, relevant texts of memoirs, historical narratives, letters, biographies and autobiographies may be used as part of the contents of the course.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: the subject and contents of the course explained in broader terms. The multiple significance of Turkish-American relations; the contribution of the course to the study of American culture and literature. 2nd Week Beginnings of Turkish-American relations in history: American foreign policies and relations in the making after the Revolution; the initial process of American relations with the Ottoman Empire; North African (Barbary) piracy activities and the American invasion (1801-1805 and 1815). 3rd Week Ottoman-American relations during the antebellum period (the 1820s to 1861); the 1830 Commerce and Navigation Treaty; the initiation and spread of American missionary activities within the Ottoman Empire; the American Civil War and the Ottoman Empire. 4th Week Ottoman-American relations in the aftermath of the Civil War and down to World War I; the political, cultural, and social impact of American missionary activities. Trade and politics. 5th Week (Continued) 6th Week Midterm I 7th Week Turkish-American relations between World War I and World War II; American policies as regards the Turkish War of Independence, the declaration of the Republic, the modernization reforms of the Republic; Atatürk's American policy; Turkish-American economic, cultural, institutional and social relations. 8th Week (Continued) 9th Week Turkish-American relations during World War II. 10th Week Midterm II 11th Week Turkish-American relations in the post-war period, The Marshall Plan, the Korean War, Turkey's entry into NATO; increasing political, economic, cultural, industrial, institutional, and social relations. The beginnings of the Cold War. 12th Week Turkish-American relations from the 1960s down to the present: The Cold War and the aftermath. 13th Week (Continued). 14th Week General revision; questions and answers.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Aydın, Mustafa. Turkish-American Relations: Past, Present, and Future. London: Routledge, 2004. Bolukbasi, Suha. The Superpowers and the Third World: Turkish-American Relations and Cyprus. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1988. Criss, Bilge. American Turkish Encounters: Politics and Culture, 1830-1989. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2011. McCarthy, Justin. The Turk in America The Creation of an Enduring Prejudice. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2010. Harris, George S. Studies in Atatürk's Turkey: The American Dimension. Boston: Brill, 2009. Pakel, Aykın Berk. Turkısh-American Relations (1945-1980): Quest for Security and Adapting to Change. Ankara: The Department of International Relations, Bilkent University, 2007. Dodd, C. H. Turkish Foreign Policy: New Prospects. Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire: Eothen Press, 1992. Sander, Oral. Türk-Amerikan ilişkileri, 1947-1964. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, 1979. Armaoğlu, Fahir, ed. Belgelerle Türk-Amerikan Münasebetleri: Açıklamalı. Ankara: Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Yayınları, 1991. Berrin Akalin. ?Ottoman-American Relations, Francis Hopkins Smith and Armenian Issue.? Journal of International Education and Leadership, Volume 5 Issue 1 Spring 2015: 1-28. Allison, Robert J. The Crescent Obscured: The United States and the Muslim World. 1776-1815. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 50 Oral Exam 1 15 Attendance 1 10 Total(%) 75 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 75 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 25 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No