TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Seventh Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Yelda Hatice Ongun
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn to examine Turkish foreign policy from a historical perspective. 2) Learn to analyze Turkish foreign policy within the framework of international relations theories. 3) Learn to explain and discuss the changes and continuities in Turkish foreign policy.
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 scope of the course consists of the study of the trends, changes and continuities in Turkish foreign policy throughout the republican period.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to the Course 2nd Week Basic Principles of Turkish Diplomacy 3rd Week The Question of East and Ottoman Diplomacy 4th Week Independence War and Diplomacy 5th Week The Foreign Policy of the New Republic 6th Week Foreign Policy before the World War II 7th Week Midterm Week 8th Week Foreign Policy during the Cold War I (1945-1962) 9th Week Foreign Policy during the Cold War II (1962-1980) 10th Week Foreign Policy during the Cold War III (1980-1991) 11th Week Foreign Policy after the Cold War 12th Week Turkish Foreign Policy after the 9/11 13th Week Regional Policies of Turkey 14th Week Turkey's Relationships with Global Actors. General Review
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Required Reading William Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000, London, Frank Cass, 2002. Recommended Readings Şaban Çalış, "The Turkish State's Identity and Foreign Policy Decision-Making Process", Mediterranean Quarterly, Spring 1995, Vol. 6, No. 2, p. 135-155. Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000, p. 44-78; p. 79-108. Clement H. Dodd, "A Historical Overview" ve "Cyprus in Turkish Politics and Foreign Policy", Clement H. Dodd (der.), Cyprus, The Need for New Perspectives, The Eothen Press, 1999, p. 1-15 and 128-147. "The Aegean Dispute and Additional Strains in Greek-Turkish Relations", Tozun Bahcheli, Greek-Turkish Relations Since 1955, Boulder, Westview, 1990, p. 129-167. "Irritants over the Treatment of Minorities", Bahcheli, Greek-Turkish Relations, p. 169-187. Philip Robins, Suits and Uniforms, Turkish Foreign Policy Since the Cold War, Seattle, University of Washington Press, 2003, p. 11-21. Duygu Bazoğlu Sezer, "Russia: The Challenges of Reconciling Geopolitical Competition with Economic Partnership", Rubin and Kirişçi (der.), Turkey in World Politics, An Emerging Multiregional Power, p. 151-172. Mustafa Aydın, "Foucault's Pendulum: Turkey in Central Asia and the Caucasus", Turkish Studies, Summer 2004, Vol. 5, No. 2, p. 1-22. Kemal Kirişçi, "U.S.-Turkish Relations: New Uncertainties in a Renewed Partnership", Rubin and Kirişçi (der.), Turkey in World Politics, An Emerging Multiregional Power, p. 129-149. Ziya Öniş, "An Awkward Partnership: Turkey's Relations with the European Union in Comparative-Historical Perspective", Journal of European Integration History, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2001, p. 105-119. Cameron S. Brown, "Turkey in the Gulf Wars of 1991 and 2003", Turkish Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1, March 2007, p. 85-119. Robins, Suits and Uniforms, Ch. 9 ("Turkey and Northern Iraq: Learning to Live with Contradictions"), p. 312-343. Mustafa Türkeş, "Turkish Foreign Policy towards the Balkans: Quest for Enduring Stability and Security", İdris Bal (der.), Turkish Foreign Policy in Post-Cold War Era, Boca Raton, Brown Walker, 2004, p. 197-209. Ziya Öniş and Şuhnaz Yılmaz, "Greek-Turkish Rapprochement: Rhetoric or Reality?", Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 123, No. 1, 2008, p. 123-149. Meliha Benli Altunışık, "Turkey's Middle East Challenges: Towards a New Beginning", Bal (der.), Turkish Foreign Policy in Post-Cold War Era, p. 172-191. Burhaneddin Duran, "JDP and Foreign Policy as an Agent of Transformation", Hakan Yavuz (der.), The Emergence of a New Turkey, Democracy and the AK Parti, Salt Lake City, The University of Utah Press, 2006, p. 281-303. Pınar Bilgin, "Turkey's changing security discourses: The challenge of globalization", European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 44, No. 1, January 2005, p. 175-201. Philip Robins, "Turkish foreign policy since 2002: between a "post-Islamist" government and a Kemalist state", International Affairs, Vol. 83, No. 1, 2007, p. 289-304. Bülent Aras and Fatih Özbay, "Turkish-Armenian Relations: Will Football Diplomacy Work?", SETA Policy Brief, No. 24, September 2008.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Project 1 20 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 1,5 1,5 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 2 28 Preparation for Final exam 1 25 25 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 16 16 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1,5 1,5 Homework Project 1 38 38 Total Workload 152 Total Workload / 30 5,06 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No