BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| PERFORMING ARTS | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| POL6013 | Turkish Politics | Spring Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. ŞAHİN ALPAY |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
| Course Objectives: | 1. Enabling the students to understand and analyze the complexities and developments of political life, institutions and processes, as well as the socio-economic factors that influence the political system in Turkey. 2. Providing the students with the theoretical background and analytical tools to render their own political analyses of the Turkish political system, in the context of the field of comparative politics and of the political science discipline. 3. Analyzing the basic institutions of Turkish politics, political behaviors, level of political participation in Turkey, military and politics, the basic institutions and tenets of the Republic,development of democracy, and state and society in Turkey. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; are introduced to Turkish politics through examining its cultural foundations, regime characteristics, political institutions, socio-economic processes, as well as movements and developments that affect the shape of its state-civil society relations, and the political economy of change that has been occurring in the Turkish political system. |
Course Content
| 1. This course emphasizes substantial reading, intensive writing, careful analysis, systematic evaluation, rigorous training in conceptual ability, research ability, critical thinking, and writing, speaking and leadership skills. 2. Critically discussing and analyzing series of key issues in Turkish politics is the main content of the course |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Historical Background | |
| 2) | Historical Background II | |
| 3) | Turkish Military and Politics | |
| 4) | Secularism, Religion, State, Society | |
| 5) | Religion and Politics | |
| 6) | Turkish Political Economy, Culture, Globalization | |
| 7) | Media and Politics | |
| 8) | Elections | |
| 9) | Nationalism, Ultra-Nationalism and Politics | |
| 10) | Kurdish Question | |
| 11) | Law and Politics | |
| 12) | The European Union | |
| 13) | The European Union II | |
| 14) | Review of the course |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Ayşe Gül Altınay. 2004. Intro & Chapter 1, The myth of the military-nation: militarism, gender, and education in Turkey, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1-32 Umit Cizre Sakallioglu. 1996. Parameters and Strategies of Islam-State Interaction inRepublican Turkey. International Journal of Middle East Studies. 28(2). 231-251. Umit Cizre, The Justice and Development Party and the military: Recreating the past after reforming it?, , in Umit Cizre (ed)Secular and Islamic politics in Turkey The making of the Justiceand Development Party, London: Routledge 132 E. Fuat Keyman. 2010. Modernization, Globalization and Democratization in Turkey: TheAKP Experience and its Limits. F. Michael Wuthrich. 2010. 'Commercial Media, the Military, and Society in Turkey duringFailed and Successful Interventions',Turkish Studies, Vol. 11, No. 2, 217-234. Sabri Sayari and Hasanov, Alim. 2008. 'The 2007 Elections and Parliamentary Elites inTurkey: The Emergence of a New Political Class?',Turkish Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, 345-361. Mesut Yeğen. 2007. Turkish nationalism and the Kurdish Question, Ethnic and Racial Studies Vol. 30 No. 1 January 2007 pp. 119-151 |
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Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Homework Assignments | 10 | % 30 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
| Application | 14 | 54 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 79 |
| Total Workload | 175 | |
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | They acquire theoretical, historical and aesthetic knowledge specific to their field by using methods and techniques related to performing arts (acting, dance, music, etc.). | 2 |
| 2) | They have knowledge about art culture and aesthetics and they provide the unity of theory and practice in their field. | 2 |
| 3) | They are aware of national and international values in performing arts. | 2 |
| 4) | Abstract and concrete concepts of performing arts; can transform it into creative thinking, innovative and original works. | 1 |
| 5) | They have the sensitivity to run a business successfully in their field. | 3 |
| 6) | Develops the ability to perceive, think, design and implement multidimensional from local to universal. | 3 |
| 7) | They have knowledge about the disciplines that the performing arts field is related to and can evaluate the interaction of the sub-disciplines within their field. | 2 |
| 8) | They develop the ability to perceive, design, and apply multidimensionality by having knowledge about artistic criticism methods. | 3 |
| 9) | They can share original works related to their field with the society and evaluate their results and question their own work by using critical methods. | 1 |
| 10) | They follow English language resources related to their field and can communicate with foreign colleagues in their field. | 1 |
| 11) | By becoming aware of national and international values in the field of performing arts, they can transform abstract and concrete concepts into creative thinking, innovative and original works. | 3 |
| 12) | They can produce original works within the framework of an interdisciplinary understanding of art. | 2 |
| 13) | Within the framework of the Performing Arts Program and the units within it, they become individuals who are equipped to take part in the universal platform in their field. | 3 |
| 14) | Within the Performing Arts Program, according to the field of study; have competent technical knowledge in the field of acting and musical theater. | 2 |
| 15) | They use information and communication technologies together with computer software that is at least at the Advanced Level of the European Computer Use License as required by the field. | 3 |