| POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | SOC2005 | ||||||||
| Ders İsmi: | Changes in Contemporary Turkish Society I | ||||||||
| Ders Yarıyılı: |
Spring Fall |
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||||||
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| Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: | No | ||||||||
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective | ||||||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
| Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. AYŞE NİLÜFER NARLI | ||||||||
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| Course Objectives: | This course attempts to present a sociological understanding of Turkish society in relation to the legacy of the late Ottoman state and society. It provides a detailed analysis of selected aspects of Ottoman-Turkish modernization and discusses relevant topics within the framework of Ottoman/Turkish context. We will scrutinize late Ottoman and early republican periods by looking at politics, state-capital, and state-society-military relations. |
| Course Content: | This course aims to analyze the formation of modern Turkey in relation to the legacy of the late Ottoman state and society. It examines the political and economic transformation, and the ethnic relations that shaped the late Ottoman Period. It also describes the early republican and late Ottoman periods by looking at the political conflict, state-capital, and state-society-military relations. In addition, the course evaluates prolonged controversial issues of the modern Turkey. Teaching methods of the course are lecture, reading and discussion. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction to the Course: Going over the Syllabus | Discussion “Understanding Ottoman-Turkish Modernity” |
| 2) | Ottoman Modernization and The Middle East | William Cleveland’s and Martin Bunton’s A History of Modern Middle East. |
| 3) | Ottoman Modernization and Tanzimat Era | Erik J. Zürcher's Turkey: A Modern History's Introduction and Part I to understand the logic of periodization and early attempts of modernization. |
| 4) | Ottoman Modernization and Abdulhamid Era - I | Erik J. Zürcher's Turkey: A Modern History's Part II. |
| 5) | Ottoman Modernization and Abdulhamid Era - II | Erik J. Zürcher's Turkey: A Modern History's Part II. |
| 6) | Approaches to Ottoman Modernization Process | Chapter 2, 3, 4 and Conclusion of Bernard Lewis’ The Emergence of Modern Turkey. Chapter 4, 5 and 6 of Niyazi Berkes’The Development of Secularism in Turkey. Çağlar Keyder's Introduction, 1st and 2nd chapters of State and Classes in Turkey |
| 7) | Ottoman Economy | Part IV of Halil İnalcık's An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1914. Introduction and Part I (excluding the article of Peter Gran) of Huricihan İnan's (ed) The Ottoman Empire and The World Economy to conceive how the Immanuel Wallerstein's world-system approach. |
| 8) | Midterm | |
| 9) | 1908 Revolution and The CUP | “The Second Constitutional Period” in Erik J. Zürcher's , Turkey: A Modern History and the excerpts chosen from Aykut Kansu's 1908 Revolution. |
| 10) | Ittihadist in Power | The excerpts from Fuat Dündar's CUP's Policy of Muslim Settlement. |
| 11) | Ittihadist Logic and “Minorities" | 5th and 6th chapters of The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing of Michael Mann. |
| 12) | Economy After 1908 Revolution | Zafer Toprak's Türkiye’de Milli İktisat 1908-1918 and 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th chapters of Korkut Boratav's Türkiye İktisat Tarihi 1908-2002. |
| 13) | Independence and the One-Party Era - I | Erik J.Zürcher's “The Struggle for Independence” and “The Emergence of the One Party State” in Turkey: A Modern History |
| 14) | Independence and the One-Party Era - II | Erik J.Zürcher's “The Struggle for Independence” and “The Emergence of the One Party State” in Turkey: A Modern History |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Erik J. Zürcher. Turkey: A Modern History, I.B. Tauris, 2015. |
| References: | Erik J. Zürcher. Turkey: A Modern History, I.B. Tauris, 2015. |
| Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları | |||||||||||
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| 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. | |||||||||||
| 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 |
| 2) | Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. | 2 |
| 3) | Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. | 3 |
| 4) | Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. | 3 |
| 5) | Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. | 3 |
| 6) | Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. | 2 |
| 7) | Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. | 3 |
| 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. | 5 |
| 9) | Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. | 2 |
| 10) | Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. | 2 |
| 11) | Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. | 2 |
| 12) | Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. | 2 |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 30 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Midterms | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Final | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Workload | 119 | ||