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Course Credit	3.0
Course ECTS Credit	8.0
Teaching Language of Instruction	İngilizce
Level of Course	Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course	Compulsory
Mode of Delivery	Distance Learning
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?	Z
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course	The course aims at providing the participants with a comprehensive and systematic knowledge on the political history of Ottoman Empire and Turkey in the 19th and 20th centuries. The course is also intended to provide the students with a framework of analysis that allows them to study the main facts and concepts of political science and international relations within the context of Turkey in a historical perspective. The course thus complements the course on "TURKISH POLITICAL SYSTEM", reinforcing it with a chronological approach.
Course Content	The course is conceived to provide fundamental knowledge on historical developments in domestic politics in Ottoman Empire and Turkey from the reign of Selim III to the beginning of the 2000s. Within this framework, a special emphasis will be given to the analysis of fundamental concepts such as modernity, secularism, empire, nation-state, and national sovereignty in the context of modern history of Turkey. The course is also intended to study the economic and social foundations of the political developments.

The aim of the course

The course aims at providing the participants with a comprehensive and systematic knowledge on the political history of Ottoman Empire and Turkey in the 19th and 20th centuries. The course is also intended to provide the students with a framework of analysis that allows them to study the main facts and concepts of political science and international relations within the context of Turkey in a historical perspective. The course thus complements the course on "TURKISH POLITICAL SYSTEM", reinforcing it with a chronological approach.

Course Content

The course is conceived to provide fundamental knowledge on historical developments in domestic politics in Ottoman Empire and Turkey from the reign of Selim III to the beginning of the 2000s. Within this framework, a special emphasis will be given to the analysis of fundamental concepts such as modernity, secularism, empire, nation-state, and national sovereignty in the context of modern history of Turkey. The course is also intended to study the economic and social foundations of the political developments.

Learning Outcomes

Comprehend the political science theories and practices.
Comprehend the theories and practices of international relations.
Identify the basic principles and concepts of management science.
Use basic legal knowledge within the discipline of political science and international relations.
Use general knowledge of economics and green economics within the discipline of political science and international relations.
Comprehend the political history of Turkey and of the world.
Relate the discipline of political science and international relations with sociology.
Analyze the structure and functioning of international organizations.
Analyze global and international issues.
Analyze the State structure of Turkey.
Prepare reports according to academic and professional expectations.
Relate the concepts of political science and international relations with the concepts of other disciplines.
Prepare a proper report within the discipline.
Prepare structured plans within the discipline.
Develop strategical solutions within the discipline.
Respond with an environmental conscience to the issues relating to the discipline.
Make time management in the issues relating to the discipline.
Take initiative in the problem solving.
Use the potential and competence of leadership.
Establish a causality between events and facts.
Follow the new theoretical approaches in the discipline.
Access to sources on the discipline.
Support the knowledge on the discipline with a lifelong learning competence.
Communicate in mother tongue and at least one foreign language.
Engage in teamwork and division of labor.
Apply scientific and social ethical values.
Use scientific research methods in an efficient manner and with respect to academic norms.
Apply statistical knowledge within software packages.
Use the methods of diplomatic correspondence.
Analyze the global and international environmental problems.

Weekly Course Subjects

1	Introduction: Conceptual, Methodological and Chronological Framework
2	Ottoman Modernization: Selim III and Mahmud II
3	Ottoman Modernization: The Reform Era
4	Ottoman Modernization: The Reign of Abdulhamid II
5	Ottoman Modernization: The Revolution of 1908 and the Second Constitutional Monarchy
6	The Birth of the Turkish Republic
7	Turkish Political Life in the Interwar Period
8	Transition from the "National Chef" Era to the Multiparty Politics
9	Turkey under the Government of the Democrat Party
10	The Coup of May 27, 1960 and Turkish Political Life
11	Politics in Turkey in the 1970s
12	The Coup of 1980s and its Consequences
13	Özal Era: the 1980s
14	Turkey in the 1990s Turkey in the 2000s

Resources

Ahmad, Feroz (2002) The Making of Modern Turkey, London Routledge.

Findley, Carter Vaughn (2010) Turkey, Islam, Nationalism, and Modernity: A History, 1789-2007, New Haven: Yale University Press.

Kasaba, Reşat (ed.) (2006) The Cambridge History of Turkey Volume 4 Turkey in the Modern World, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Zürcher, Erik Jan (2004) Turkey: A Modern History, London: I. B. Tauris.

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