TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Associate Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
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) Gain skills to evaluate the changing meaning of politics in the course of modernization, parties to democracy debate and its main axes and deficits by using the political science concepts. 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	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to provide students with comprehensive information about the Turkish political life. By the developments in Turkish political life since 1923.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: Historical Backround and the main themes of the course 2nd Week The Foundation of the Republic and the Construction of the Nation: Changes and Continuities 3rd Week Single Party Period 4th Week Transition to Multiparty Regime 5th Week The Rule of "Demokrat Party" and Failure of First Experiment with Democracy 6th Week The 1960 Coup and The Role of Military 7th Week Pluralization and Polarization in the Party System: The Religious Right, The Ultranationalist Right, The Left 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Evaluation of 1970s. Causes of Democratic Breakdown(s). 10th Week The Parties and Elections in the 1980 11th Week "Anavatan" Party and Turgut Özal 12th Week Political Process and Issue in the 1990: Islamism, Kurdish Nationalism, and the Political Impact of the Earthquake 13th Week Secularism, Political Islam and the "Refah" Party. The February Process and its Impact 14th Week Towards a Regeneration? Significance of the Rise of the "AKP"
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	1. Bernard Lewis, The Emergence of Modern Turkey, (Oxford University Press: London, 1961). 2. Erik J.Zürcher, Turkey: A Modern History, (I.B.Tauris: London, 1993, reprint 1997). 3. Feroz Ahmad,Modern Türkiye'nin Oluşumu, (Routledge: London, 1993). 4. Sina Akşin, Jön Türkler ve İttihat ve Terakki (Remzi Kitabevi: İstanbul, 1987). 5. Mete Tunçay, Türkiye Cumhuriyet'inde Tek Parti Yönetimi'nin Kurulması (1923-1931)(Yurt Yayınları:Ankara, 1981). 6. Dietrich Jung and Wolfango Piccoli, Turkey at the Crossroads (Zed Books: London & New York: 2001).
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 1 6 6 Preparation for Final exam 1 50 50 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 30 30 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 1 20 20 Total Workload 150 Total Workload / 30 5 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No