Lesson plan / GEOGRAPHY OF TURKEY AND GEOPOLITICS

Lesson Information

Course Credit 3.0
Course ECTS Credit 3.0
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 Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. HAMİDE ERTEPINAR
Instructor (s) Assoc. Prof. (Ph.D.) ALİ YİĞİT KUTLUCA
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course To make students have information about jeological structure and geomorphological features, climate, vegetation, soils, streams, lakes and seas, such as the physical geographic characteristics of natural animal communities of Turkey's population, settlement characteristics, examine the surface and underground resources and riches, to analyze the problems and comprehend.
Course Content Turkey's location and position, Turkey's geopolitical and geo-strategic situation and its features, the mathematical properties of location, location specific characteristics, country groups,Turkey's physical characteristics, socio-economic characteristics.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Turkey geography and geopolitics input, resources, basic concepts
2Geological and geomorphological features of Turkey
3Turkey's climate and vegetation
4Hydrographic properties in Turkey
5Soils of Turkey, Turkey, environmental problems and natural disasters
6Population and settlement in Turkey
7Agriculture, breeding and forestry in Turkey
8Midterm exam-Agriculture, breeding and forestry in Turkey
9Mineral deposits and mining in Turkey
10Turkey's energy sources
11Industry, trade, transport in Turkey
12Geopolitics of Turkey
13Socio-economic characteristics of the countries surrounding Turkey and relations
14General assessment

Resources

1-ATALAY, İ., K. MORTAN (2008). Türkiye Bölgesel Coğrafyası. 4. baskı. İstanbul: İnkılap Kitabevi.
2-ATALAY, İ. (2004). Türkiye Coğrafyası ve Jeopolitiği. İzmir: META Basım Matbaacılık Hizmetleri.
3-ŞAHİN, C., H. DOĞANAY, N. A. ÖZCAN. (2005). Türkiye Coğrafyası (Fiziki-Beşeri-Ekonomik-Jeopolitik). Ankara: Gündüz Eğitim ve Yayıncılık.