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Lesson Information

Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
Course Coordinator
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course The objective of the course is to provide essential information on the state administration and the democratic conditions of the Country. The main target is the creation of enlightened students who can effectively perceive, conceive, theorize and find solutions to the problems of the basic conditions of the Turkey's state administration and democratic conditions.
Course Content Two basic problematique comprises the content of the course: How the Turkish state machinery can be transformed into more effective and operational status vis a vis the felt need of the people of Turkey? How Turkish democracy can be transformed into more sensible format vis a vis the changing conditions of the Country?

Weekly Course Subjects

1CHANGING NATURE OF THE STATE GOVERNANCE IN TURKEY
2HISTORY OF THE REFORM MOVEMENTS SINCE THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
3BOTTLENECKS IN THE DEMOCRACY AND STATE MACHINERY IN TURKEY, CONTERMPORARY STATE NORMS AND THE BASIC PRICIPLES OF STATE REFORM
4THE PRESIDENCY IN TURKEY: DISCUSSIONS OVER THE PARLIAMENTERIAN, PRESIDENTIAL AND SEMI PRESIDENTIAL REGIMES
5LEGISLATURE: FOCAL POINT OF THE NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY OR THE MECCA OF POLITICS IN TURKEY
6EXECUTIVE BODY AND ADMINSTRATION
7CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: CONDITIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND FIELD ORGANIZATION OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
8DECENTRALIZATION AND ITS PROBLEMS
9DECENTRALIZATION AND ITS PROBLEMS
10SOUTHEASTERN, TERROR AND HOMELAND SECURITY
11JUDICIARY
12HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRATIZATION, MILITARY-CIVILIAN RELATIONS AND MILITARY INTERVENTIONS
13POLITICS, POLITICIANS, POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTION SYSTEM IN TURKEY
14ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL ECONOMY

Resources

1-Türkiye'de Devletin ve Demokrasinin Yeniden Yapılanması. Firuz Demir Yaşamış. 2004.