POL6017 Turkish Foreign PolicyBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code: POL6017
Ders İsmi: Turkish Foreign Policy
Ders Yarıyılı: Spring
Fall
Ders Kredileri:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 12
Language of instruction: English
Ders Koşulu:
Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: No
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Assoc. Prof. ESRA ALBAYRAKOĞLU
Course Lecturer(s):
Course Assistants:

Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği

Course Objectives: The main objective of the course is to provide students with a better understanding of the domestic and international factors that shape Turkey’s approach to its relations with the world. Doing this, Turkish foreign policy will be analyzed through its historical course, factors shaping it and its current situation.
Course Content: This course will examine the major themes, issues, and developments in contemporary Turkish foreign policy. Although we will discuss some of the historical legacies and foundations of Turkish foreign policy, our main focus will be on the more recent trends in Turkey’s regional and global policies. In particular we will be concerned with the developments affecting the relations between Turkey and the West (the United States and the European Union), and Turkey’s policies towards its neighbors in the Middle East, the Caucasus, and the Balkans

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Ders Akış Planı

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the Course Academic Articles ann related books
2) Foreign Policy Analysis: Approaches and Concepts J. David Singer, “The Level of Analysis Problem in International Relations,” in G. John Ikenberry (ed.), American Foreign Policy: Theoretical Essays (Glenview, IL, 2008), 67-80. Charles F. Hermann, “Changing Course: When Governments Choose to Redirect Foreign Policy,” International Studies Quarterly (1990), Vol. 34, 3-21. Laura Neack, The New Foreign Policy: U.S. and Comparative Foreign Policy in the 21st Century (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003). Valerie M. Hudson, Foreign Policy Analysis: Classic and Contemporary Theory (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007).
3) The Historical Context Roderic Davison, “Ottoman Diplomacy and Its Legacy,” in Carl Brown (ed.), Imperial Legacy (New York: Columbia University Press, 1996), 174-199. Selim Deringil, Turkish Foreign Policy During Second World War: An ‘Active Neutrality’, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), 133-188. William Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy, 1774-2000 (London: Frank Cass, 2000). Andrew Mango, Atatürk (London: John Murray, 1999).
4) Turkey and the Cold War Bruce Kuniholm, “Turkey and the West Since World War II,” in Vojtech Mastny and R. Craig Nation (eds.), Turkey Between the East and West (Boulder, CO: Westview, 1996), 45-70. Paul Kubicek, “Turkey’s Inclusion in the Atlantic Community: Looking Back, Looking Forward,” Turkish Studies (March 2008), 21-36 Bruce Kuniholm, The Origins of the Cold War in the Near East: Great Power Conflict and Diplomacy in Iran, Turkey, and Greece (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980). George S. Harris, Troubled Alliance: Turkish-American Problems in Historical Perspective (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute, 1972).
5) Trends in the Post-Cold War Era Sabri Sayarı, “Turkish Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: The Challenges of Multi-Regionalism,” Journal of International Affairs (Fall 2000), 169-182. Alan Makovsky, “The New Activism in Turkish Foreign Policy,” SAIS Review (Winter-Spring 1999), 92-113. Berdal Aral, “Dispensing with Tradition?: Turkish Politics and International Society during the Özal Decade, 1983-93,” Middle Eastern Studies (January 2001), 72-88. Alan Makovsky and Sabri Sayarı (eds.), Turkey’s New World: Changing Dynamics in Turkish Foreign Policy (Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2000). F. Stephen Larrabee and Ian O. Lesser, Turkish Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty (Santa Monica: CA: RAND, 2003).
6) Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy Ahmet Davutoğlu, “Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Vision,” Insight Turkey 10, no. 1 (2008), 77-96. Tarık Oğuzlu, “Middle Easternization of Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Does Turkey Disassociate from the West?” Turkish Studies ((March 2008), 3-20. Kemal Kirişçi, “The Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy: The Rise of the Trading State,” New Perspectives on Turkey (Spring 2009), 29-56 Kemal Kirişçi and Gareth M. Winrow, The Kurdish Question and Turkey: An Example of a Trans-state Ethnic Conflict (London: Frank Cass, 1997). Yücel Bozdağlıoğlu, Turkish Foreign Policy and Turkish Identity: A Constructivist Approach (London: Routledge, 2003).
7) Key Players and Processes of Foreign Policy-Making Gencer Özcan, “Facing its Waterloo in Diplomacy: Turkey’s Military in the Foreign Policy Making Process,” New Perspectives on Turkey (Spring 2009), 83-102. M. Fatih Tayfur and Korel Göymen, “Decision-Making in Turkish Foreign Policy: The Caspian Oil Pipeline Issue,” Middle Eastern Studies (April 2002), 101-22. Baris Kesgin and Juliet Kaarbo, “When and How Parliaments Influence Foreign Policy: The Case of Turkey’s Iraq Decision,” International Studies Perspectives (February, 2010), 19-36. Malik Mufti, Daring and Caution in Turkish Strategic Culture: The Republic at Sea (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). Philip Robins, Suits and Uniforms: Turkish Foreign Policy Since the Cold War (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003).
8) Turkey and the Middle East Malik Mufti, “From Swamp to Backyard: The Middle East in Turkish Foreign Policy,” in Robert O. Friedman (ed.), The Middle East Enters the Twenty-First Century (Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press, 2002), 80-110. Meliha Benli Altunışık, “Worldviews and Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East,” New Perspectives on Turkey (Spring 2009), 169-192. Nihat Ali Özcan and Özgür Özdamar, “Uneasy Neighbors: Turkish-Iranian Relations Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution,” Middle East Policy (Fall 2010), 101-117. Hasan Kösebalan, “The Crisis in Turkish-Israeli Relations: What Is Its Strategic Significance,” Middle East Policy (Fall 2010). William Hale, Turkey, the US and Iraq (London: SOAS, 2007). Dietrich Jung with Wolfgang Piccoli, Turkey at the Crossroads: Otoman Legacies and the Greater Middle East (London: Zed Boks, 2001).
9) Turkey and the Middle East Malik Mufti, “From Swamp to Backyard: The Middle East in Turkish Foreign Policy,” in Robert O. Friedman (ed.), The Middle East Enters the Twenty-First Century (Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press, 2002), 80-110. Meliha Benli Altunışık, “Worldviews and Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East,” New Perspectives on Turkey (Spring 2009), 169-192. Nihat Ali Özcan and Özgür Özdamar, “Uneasy Neighbors: Turkish-Iranian Relations Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution,” Middle East Policy (Fall 2010), 101-117. Hasan Kösebalan, “The Crisis in Turkish-Israeli Relations: What Is Its Strategic Significance,” Middle East Policy (Fall 2010). William Hale, Turkey, the US and Iraq (London: SOAS, 2007). Dietrich Jung with Wolfgang Piccoli, Turkey at the Crossroads: Otoman Legacies and the Greater Middle East (London: Zed Boks, 2001).
10) Greek-Turkish Relations Ziya Öniş and Şuhnaz Yılmaz, “Greek-Turkish Rapprochement: Rhetoric or Reality?” Political Science Quarterly (2008), 123-149. Müge Kınacıoğlu and Emel Oktay, “The Domestic Dynamics of Turkey’s Cyprus Policy: Implications for Turkey’s Accession to the European Union,” Turkish Studies (June 2006), 261-274 Mustafa Aydın and Kostas Ifintis (eds.), Turkish-Greek Relations: The Security Dilemma in the Aegean (London: Routledge, 2002). Dimitris Kerides and Dimitrios Triantaphyllou (eds.) Greek-Turkish Relations in the Era of Globalization (London: Brassey’s 2001).
11) Turkey and Eurasia: Relations with Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia Fionna Hill and Ömer Taşpınar, “Turkey and Russia: Axis of the Excluded?” Survival (Spring 2006), 81-92. Carol R. Saivetz, “Tangled Pipelines: Turkey’s Role in Energy Export Plans,” Turkish Studies (March 2009), 95-108. Mustafa Aydın, “Foucault’s Pendulum: Turkey in Central Asia and the Caucasus,” Turkish Studies (Summer 2004), 1-22. Robert Ebel and Rejan Menon (eds.), Energy and Conflict in Central Asia and the Caucasus (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000). Idris Bal, Turkey’s Relations with the West and the Turkic Republics (Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2000).
12) Turkey and Europe: The Issue of Turkish Accession John Redmond, “Turkey and the European Union: Troubled European or European Trouble?” International Affairs, (2007), 305-317. Lauren M. McLaren, “Explaining Opposition to Turkish Membership of the EU,” European Union Politics (June 2007), 251-278. Sabri Sayarı, “Challenges of Triangular Relations: The US, the EU, and Turkish Accession,” South European Society and Politics (June 2011), 251-264. Ali Çarkoğlu and Barry Rubin (eds.), Turkey and the European Union (London: Frank Cass, 2005). S.J. Joseph, Turkey and the European Union: Internal Dynamics and External Challenges (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
13) Turkey and the United States Sabri Sayarı, “Turkish-American Relations in the Post-Cold War Era: Issues of Convergence and Divergence,” in Mustafa Aydın and Çağrı Erhan (eds.), Turkish-American Relations: Past, Present, and Future (London: Routledge, 2004), 91-106. Morton Abramowitz, “The Complexities of American Policymaking on Turkey,” in Abramowitz (ed.), Turkey’s Transformation and American Policy (New York: The Century Foundation Press, 2000), 153-184. James E. Kapsis, “From Desert Storm to Metal Storm: How Iraq Has Spoiled US-Turkish Relations,” Current History (November 2005), 380-388. Philip Gordon and Ömer Taşpınar, Winning Turkey: How America, Europe, and Turkey Can Revive a Fading Relationship (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institute, 2008). Council on Foreign Relations, U.S.-Turkey Relations: A New Partnership (New York, 2012).
14) Conclusions Academic Articles and related books

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: William Hale (Author). 2012. Turkish Foreign Policy since 1774. Routledge

Baskin Oran (Editor). 2011. Turkish Foreign Policy: 1919-2006 (Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud) University of Utah
References: Hasan Kösebalaban (Author). 2011. Turkish Foreign Policy: Islam, Nationalism, and Globalization (Middle East Today) Palgrave

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları
Program Outcomes
1) Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice.
2) Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies.
3) Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences.
4) Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments.
5) Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy.
6) Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member.
7) Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development.
8) Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies.
9) Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives.
10) Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments.
11) Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era.
12) Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics.

Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice.
2) Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies.
3) Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences.
4) Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments.
5) Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy.
6) Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member.
7) Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development.
8) Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies.
9) Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives.
10) Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments.
11) Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era.
12) Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics.

Öğrenme Etkinliği ve Öğretme Yöntemleri

Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Yöntemleri ve Kriterleri

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 20
Presentation 3 % 20
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Application 14 4 56
Study Hours Out of Class 14 5 70
Presentations / Seminar 7 1 7
Total Workload 175