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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
POLITICAL THOUGHT IN TURKEY PSIR614 - 3 + 0 10

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITDoctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Professor İsmail Aydıngün
Professor Menderes Çınar
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) understand how the historical development of political thought in Turkey is related with the modernization-Westernization efforts since the late Ottoman period.
2) Know the major streams of political thought in Turkey, the prominent representatives of these streams of political thought and the continuities and discontinuities between these different streams.
3) contributes to the current debates in Turkish politics with a critical approach based upon a theoretical background.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNo
COURSE DEFINITIONThis course, by analysing main approaches and their significant proponents, aims to display both the historical development of political thought in Turkey, and to draw a map of it. In this manner, both the continuities of concepts and approaches which recur themselves in different forms, and breaking points is made visible. Since the origins and development of political thought could be considered within the efforts on westernization and modernization starting with the final years of Ottoman Empire, the course covers the period between the 19th century and modern day. The course focuses on liberalism, Islamism, conservatism, socialism, nationalism and the symbolic proponents of these approaches.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the course, expectations from the students
2nd Week Liberalism in Turkey
3rd Week Liberalism in Turkey
4th Week Conservatism in Turkey
5th Week Kemalism
6th Week Nationalism in Turkey
7th Week Nationalism in Turkey
8th Week Mid-term exam
9th Week Islamism in Turkey
10th Week The Left in Turkey
11th Week The Left in Turkey
12th Week Presentations
13th Week Presentations
14th Week Overview
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGMurat Gültekingil ve Tanıl Bora (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 1-Tanzimat ve Meşrutiyetin Birikimi (Cumhuriyet'e Devreden Düşünce Mirası), İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık , 2014, 10. Baskı.

Murat Gültekingil ve Tanıl Bora (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 2-Kemalizm, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2015, 8. Baskı.

Tanıl Bora (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 4 ? Milliyetçilik, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2009. 4. Baskı

Ahmet Çğdem (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 5- Muhafazakarlık, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2013. 5. Baskı

Yasin Aktay (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 6- İslamcılık, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2014. 4. Baskı

Murat Yılmaz (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 7- Liberalizm, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2013. 2. Baskı.

Murat Gültekingil (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 8 ? Sol, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2014, 3. Baskı.

PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Assignment1020
Project140
Attendance110
Total(%)70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)30
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14684
Preparation for Final exam15050
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam133
Homework10440
Project18080
Total Workload299
Total Workload / 309,96
ECTS Credits of the Course10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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