TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Fifth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	3
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Menderes Çınar
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Develop skills to understand and analyze Turkish political history from a "political science" perspective 2) Gain a conceptual framework to approach Turkish political history from the perspectives of modernization, political development and democratization. 3) Relate the modernizing policies and their successes and failures with power relations. 4) Can evaluate the changing meaning of politics in the modernization process and the parties, main axes, deficiencies and distortions of the democracy debate by using the concepts of political science. 5) Gain knowledge about the concept of political instability and its causes.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION	The aim of the course is to provide students with a comprehensive knowledge of Turkish political life. The scope of the course is limited to the period between 1923-1960. However, Ottoman past is included with reference to certain milestones in Ottoman-Turkish history in order to pinpoint the arguments of rupture and/or continuity. Throughout the course, developments in Turkish political life are also examined in terms of the modernization project and/or process.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week The Ottoman Background 2nd Week Foundation of the Republic 3rd Week The Nature of Single Party Regime 4th Week The Turkish Revolution and the Ottoman Background that enables the Revolution 5th Week Transition to Multi Party Regime 6th Week The DP Administration as the Beginning of Center-Right Tradition 7th Week The Causes of 1960 Coup and the Second Republic 8th Week Midterm Week 9th Week The Justice Party 10th Week RPP to the "Left of Center" 11th Week Political Islam and Becoming a Party: National Order Party/National Salvation Party 12th Week Ultra-nationalism 13th Week Socialist/Revolutionary Left 14th Week The Causes of Instability in Democracy and the 1980 Coup
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Week 1: The Ottoman Background Kemal Karpat, "Osmanlı Tarihinin Dönemleri," Osmanlı ve Dünya içinde derl. Kemal Karpat, (Ufuk: İstanbul, 2001), pp. 119-145. Week 2: Foundation of the Republic Kemal Karpat, Türk Demokrasi Tarihi, "Cumhuriyetin Kuruluşu ve Gelişmesi," (Timaş: İstanbul, 2010), pp. 119-164 Week 3: The Nature of Single Party Regime Ergun Özbudun, "The Nature of the Kemalist Political Regime", in Ali Kazancıgil and Ergun Özbudun, eds., Atatürk: Founder of a Modern State, pp.79-102. Week 4: The Turkish Revolution and the Ottoman Background that enables the Revolution Şerif Mardin, "Religion and Secularism in Turkey", in Ali Kazancıgil and Ergun Özbudun, eds., Atatürk: Founder of a Modern State (Archon Books: Hamden, Connecticut, 1981), pp. 191-219. Week 5: Transition to Multi Party Regime Cem Erogul, "The Establishment of Multiparty Rule: 1945-71", in C. Schick & E. Ahmet Tonak eds., Turkey in Transition- New Perspectives (Oxford Univ. Press: New York, 1987), pp. 101-107. [Türkçesi: Geçiş Sürecinde Türkiye, (Belge Yayınları: İstanbul, 2014)] Week 6: The DP Administration as the Beginning of Center-Right Tradition İlkay Sunar, "Demokrat Parti ve Popülizm," Demokrasi: Türkiye Serüveni içinde derl. İlkay Sunar, (Doruk: İstanbul, 2010), pp. 43-65. Week 7: The Causes of 1960 Coup and the Second Republic Cem Erogul, "The Establishment of Multiparty Rule: 1945-71", pp. 118-139. Week 9: The Justice Party Tanel Demirel, "Adalet Partisi," Modern Türkiye?de Siyasi Düşünce, Cilt 7: Liberalizm içinde derl. Murat Yılmaz, (İletşimim: İstanbul, 2005), pp. 548-583. Week 10: RPP to the "Left of Center" Emin Alper, "Milliyetçilik-Modernleşme Geriliminde 'ortanın solu' ve Ecevit," Toplum ve Bilim, 93 (2002), pp. 110-141. Week 11: Political Islam and Becoming a Party: National Order Party/National Salvation Party Binnaz Toprak, "The Religious Right", in Irwin C. Schick and Ertuğrul Ahmet Tonak, eds., Turkey in Transition - New Perspectives (Oxford University Press: London, 1987), pp.218-235. [Türkçesi: Geçiş Sürecinde Türkiye, (Belge Yayınları: İstanbul, 2014)] Week 12: Ultra-nationalism Mehmet Ali Ağaoğulları, "The Ultranationalist Right", in Irwin C. Schick and Ertugrul Ahmet Tonak, eds., Turkey in Transition - New Perpectives (Oxford University Press: London, 1987), pp.177-217. [Türkçesi: Geçiş Sürecinde Türkiye, (Belge Yayınları: İstanbul, 2014)] Week 13: Socialist/Revolutionary Left Ahmet Samim, "The Left", in Irwin C. Schick and Ertugrul Ahmet Tonak, eds., Turkey in Transition - New Perspectives (Oxford University Press: London, 1987), pp.147-176. [Türkçesi: Geçiş Sürecinde Türkiye, (Belge Yayınları: İstanbul, 2014)] Week 14: The Causes of Instability in Democracy and the 1980 Coup Ilkay Sunar and Sabri Sayari, "Democracy in Turkey: Problems and Prospects" in Guillermo O? Donnell et. al., eds. Transitions from Authoritarian Rule - Prospects for Democracy (The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore and London, 1986), pp. 165-186.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Attendance 1 10 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 exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 1 14 Preparation for Final exam 1 25 25 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework Total Workload 103 Total Workload / 30 3,43 ECTS Credits of the Course 3
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No