| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction to the course & Ottoman Legacy in Turkish Foreign Policy |
• Roderic H. Davison, “Ottoman Diplomacy and Its Legacy”, 1996.
• Roderic H. Davison, “Turkish Diplomacy from Mudros to Lausanne”, 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZT-Vx-O3r4 (The first residential Ottoman envoy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoffgY0brTk (Turkish independence and the Treaty of Sevres)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sryz1T7M0h4 (Incredible Turk: 1958 Documentary on Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and Turkish independence)
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| 2) |
Cumhuriyetin İlk Yılları ve İki Savaş Arası Dönemde Türk Dış Politikası |
• Nur Bilge Criss, “Turkey’s Foreign Policies during the Interwar Period", 2017.
• Dilek Barlas, “Friends or Foes? Diplomatic Relations between Italy and Turkey”, 2004.
• Dilek Barlas and Şuhnaz Yılmaz, “Managing the Transition from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana", 2016.
• Seçkin Barış Gülmez, “Turkish Foreign Policy as an Anomaly", 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlz-B85M08w (Atatürk addresses the American nation, 1925)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgEe0M8PEvs (Lausanne Treaty and population exchange)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BbGAnuyvOE (Leon Trotsky's exile in Istanbul, 1929-1933)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_11aNPRXU8g (Signing ceremony of the Balkan Pact)
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| 3) |
TFP during the Second World War: Active Neutrality
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• William Hale, “Turkey and the Second World War”, 2012.
• Ayşegül Avcı, “Winning the War of Perception", 2015.
• Kıvanç Coş and Pınar Bilgin, “Stalin’s Demands", 2010.
• Gül İnanç, “The Politics of ‘Active Neutrality’ on the Eve of a New World Order", 2006.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRPgx6c4njE (Turkish military exercises in Thrace, 1937)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=598xp9n5r2c (Anglo-French-Turkish Friendship Treaty, 1939)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz6P_q6qNrQ&t=14s
(The German–Turkish Non-Aggression Pact, 1941)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QietPs3fG40 (Turkey's celebration of the Republic Day in 1941)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-RM10biRoE&t=23s (İnönü and Churchill in Adana Talks, 1943)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvuyilO8zxA (Turkey breaks with Germany, 1944)
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| 4) |
TFP and the Cold War (I): Choosing Sides |
• William Hale, “Turkey and the Cold War, 1945-1963”, 2012.
• Melvyn Leffler, “Strategy, Diplomacy, and the Cold War", 1985.
• John M. Vander Lippe, “Forgotten Brigade of the Forgotten War", 2000.
• Cameron S. Brown, “The One Coalition They Craved to Join", 2008.
• Nur Bilge Criss, “The USA-Turkey-Middle East", 2013.
(Turkey and the Korean War)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pxfIZRkUxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8iusiLVV4g
(Baghdad Pact)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_zmqXbuuuA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6gKtdW-QTA
(Turkey and Cyprus)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlPRPl-wRXc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EemVDCzj2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0xQ9WTNRWs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc46f-aExSM (arrival of Turkish troops to guarantee order and stability on the Island; they were to be accompanied by their Greek counterparts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymcoGI8NWtE
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| 5) |
TFP and the Cold War (II) |
William Hale, “Turkey and the Cold War, 1964-1990”, 2012.
• Nur Bilge Criss, “Strategic Nuclear Missiles in Turkey", 1997.
• Esra Pakin-Albayrakoğlu, “Turkish Parliamentary Debates on the American War in Vietnam”, 2017.
• Şule Anlar-Güneş, “Aegean Sea Territorial Waters Issue”, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAi7RyR0qac (brief history of the Cuban Missile Crisis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZVdDnOHuEI (Jupiters and Çiğli Base)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-SyIwgiBw (a case of reconciliation in divided Cyprus)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cQLMMUKkXs (America's drive against heroin and Turkey's role)
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| 6) |
WRAP UP AND Q&A |
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| 7) |
Early Post-Cold War TFP: In Search of New Identity |
• Sabri Sayarı; “Turkish Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: The Challenges of Multi-Regionalism”, Journal of International Affairs, 54: 1 (2000).
• Ziya Öniş, “Turkey in the Post-Cold War Era: In Search of Identity”, Middle East Journal, 49:1 (1995).
• Lerna K. Yanık, “Constructing Turkish “Exceptionalism”: Discourses of Liminality and Hybridity in Post-Cold War Turkish Foreign Policy”, Political Geography, 30 (2011).
• Şener Aktürk, “The Fourth Style of Politics: Eurasianism as a Pro-Russian Rethinking of Turkey’s Geopolitical Identity”, Turkish Studies, 16:1 (2015).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y1b-asR3yI&list=PLOqqjXTKXvwamU6gQC1TyEB2TbEPA3L0W&index=8 (Bulgarian Turks' forced journey to Turkey)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNEBaAfPRC4 (Turkey in the 1990s with respect to identity and economy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P-VlRQBp2o&list=PLOqqjXTKXvwamU6gQC1TyEB2TbEPA3L0W&index=36 (First Gulf War and Turkey)
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| 8) |
TFP during 1990s: Relations with the West |
• Sabri Sayarı, “Challenges of Triangular Relations: The US, the EU, and Turkish Accession”, South European Society and Politics, 16:2 (2011).
• Meltem Müftüler Baç, “The Never-Ending Story: Turkey and the European Union”, Middle Eastern Studies, 34:4 (1998).
• Gülnur Aybet, “The Evolution of NATO's Three Phases and Turkey's Transatlantic Relationship”, Perceptions, 17:1 (2002).
• Birgül Demirtaş, “Reconsidering Turkey’s Balkan Ties: Opportunities and Limitations”, in Pınar Gözen Ercan (ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy, Palgrave MacMillan, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UasiL01ne2s (Interview with Foreign Minister İsmail Cem)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JatHB_jCoo ("Postmodern" coup of February 28, 1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Il44UcAHds (Turkey on the path to Customs Union)
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| 9) |
TFP during 1990s: Relations with the Rest |
• Sabri Sayarı, “Turkey and the Middle East in the 1990s”, Journal of Palestine Studies, 26:3 (1997).
• Meliha Benli Altunışık, “The Turkish‐Israeli Rapprochement in the Post‐Cold War Era”, Middle Eastern Studies, 36:2, 172-191 (2000).
• Didem Ekinci, “Russia-Turkey Relations (1991-2016): Diverging Interests and Compelling Realities”, in Pınar Gözen Ercan (ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy, Palgrave MacMillan, 2017.
• Shireen Hunter, “Turkey, Central Asia, and the Caucasus: Ten Years after Independence”, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 1:2 (2001).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x16cokvMNDY (Operation Provide Comfort)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmkbx4R-yxk (İsmail Cem and Turkey's diplomatic efforts to end the Iraqi crisis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULu-d155X8U (Turkey's P.M. Ciller on Israel visit)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTGie9KvJpc (Welfare Party and the path to the postmodern coup of 1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFI6fg8NITg&t=30s (Who is Alexander Dugin?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfslGw9bWzo (Oil deal bw. Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan_only the US President Bill Clinton speaks English, but his message is the gist of this video :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkXd3LUuLq4 (Chechen refugees living in limbo)
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| 10) |
TFP during 2000s: Relations with the West |
• Ayşe Ömür Atmaca, “Turkey-US Relations (2009-2016): A Troubled Partnership in a Troubled World?” in Pınar Gözen Ercan (ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy, Palgrave MacMillan, 2017.
• Funda Keskin Ata, “EU-Turkey Relations (1999-2016): Conditionality at Work?” in Pınar Gözen Ercan (ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy, Palgrave MacMillan, 2017.
• Aslı Ilgıt and Binnur Özkeçeci-Taner, “Turkey at the United Nations Security Council: ‘Rhythmic Diplomacy’ and a Quest for Global Influence”, Mediterranean Politics, 19:2 (2014).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PDlPZK3d8 (Turkish-Brazil nuclear deal with Iran)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiJ_kD5x7Fk&feature=youtu.be (Obama Turkey Model Partnership)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR0P2zKYrlg (The EU and Turkish foreign policy ambitions - at odds?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH-PyQX0u-A&feature=youtu.be (EU-Turkey refugee deal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3EJ98vfnrI (The Current State of Turkish-Greek Relations)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKD1dl0Hluw (Turkish foreign policy in the Western Balkans)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MUXxLerFsY&feature=youtu.be (Turkey urges UN to punish Israel for raid on Gaza Flotilla)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uitVssoPXII&feature=youtu.be (Turkey expels Israeli diplomats over Gaza flotilla report)
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| 11) |
TFP during 2000s: Relations with the Rest (II) |
• Evren Balta, “From Geopolitical Competition to Strategic Partnership", 2019.
• Bahadır Pehlivantürk, “East Asia in Turkish Foreign Policy", 2017.
• Nilgün Eliküçük-Yıldırım, “Rigid Boundaries between Turkey and China", 2020.
• Volkan İpek, “Turkey’s Foreign Policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa”, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaCsnopcpy0 (Is Turkey undergoing a shift in foreign policy?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxwtLo0Tpj8 (Turkey-Africa relations)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpQWYElV2jM (Turkey-China relations)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PPNelIwano (Turkey-S. Korea relations)
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| 12) |
TFP during 2000s: Current Issues |
Evren Balta, “From Geopolitical Competition to Strategic Partnership", 2019.
• Bahadır Pehlivantürk, “East Asia in Turkish Foreign Policy", 2017.
• Nilgün Eliküçük-Yıldırım, “Rigid Boundaries between Turkey and China", 2020.
• Volkan İpek, “Turkey’s Foreign Policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa”, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaCsnopcpy0 (Is Turkey undergoing a shift in foreign policy?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxwtLo0Tpj8 (Turkey-Africa relations)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpQWYElV2jM (Turkey-China relations)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PPNelIwano (Turkey-S. Korea relations)
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| 13) |
2000’lerde Türk Dış Politikası: Güncel Meseleler |
• Hakan Mehmetcik and Arda Can Çelik, “Militarization of Turkish Foreign Policy", 2022.
• Mehmet Bardakçı, “Turkey's New Middle East Policy", 2022.
• Mustafa Kutlay and Ziya Öniş, “Understanding oscillations in Turkish Foreign Policy", 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhYodbplxP4 (Turkish foreign policy in the Levant)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQa-EP2SLo (Why are Gulf Nations uniting against Turkey?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ_ii9hSnX0 (Turkish-Iranian rivalry grows over Turkish Caucasus ambitions)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKmhixSJ2dM (Turkey-Russia ties at risk? Ankara dubs Ukraine invasion 'war' in shift of rhetoric)
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| 14) |
Wrap Up and Q&A |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. |
5 |
| 2) |
Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. |
5 |
| 3) |
Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. |
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| 4) |
Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. |
5 |
| 5) |
Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. |
5 |
| 6) |
Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. |
3 |
| 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. |
3 |
| 10) |
Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. |
5 |
| 11) |
Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. |
5 |
| 12) |
Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |
3 |
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