| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Bachelor's Degree |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 5 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Assistant Professor Reyhan Ünal Çınar
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Will learn the recent discussions politics and political culture of Turkey.
2) Will be able to analyze the current political issues in Turkey
3) Will define the historical, social, cultural and structural reasons of these issues.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | The course is designed for students to evaluate local, regional and global issues using concepts and theories in political science. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Introduction | | 2nd Week | Political Culture | | 3rd Week | Political Culture | | 4th Week | Government Systems | | 5th Week | Regimes | | 6th Week | Electoral System | | 7th Week | Nationalism | | 8th Week | Midterm | | 9th Week | Civil-Military Relations | | 10th Week | State and Civil Society | | 11th Week | Violence | | 12th Week | Gender | | 13th Week | Media and Politics | | 14th Week | Turkish Foreign Policy |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Taşkın, Y. (2016) Siyaset: Kavramlar, Kurumlar, Süreçler, İstanbul: İletişim
Sabri S. ve Hasret D. (2016) Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Konular ve Yaklaşımlar, İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınlar
Tanıl, B. (2017) Türkiye'de Siyasi İdeolojiler, İstanbul: İletişim
Karpat, K. (2015) Türk Siyasi Tarihi, İstanbul: Timaş Yayınları |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Discussion,Lecture,Questions/Answers |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 40 | | Quiz | 1 | 10 | | Attendance | 1 | 10 | | Total(%) | | 60 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 60 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 40 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Preparation for Quiz | 1 | 5 | 5 | | Individual or group work | | | | | 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 | 2 | 2 | | Homework | 1 | 20 | 20 | | Total Workload | | | 151 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 5,03 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 5 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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