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PSYCHOLOGY
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
POL6017 Turkish Foreign Policy 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 : Assoc. Prof. ESRA ALBAYRAKOĞLU
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr. EBRU ŞULE CANAN SOKULLU
Recommended Optional Program Components: none
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.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
will be able to:
.analyze recent foreign policy developments in Turkey,
.discuss the most important factors in determining the content of contemporary Turkish foreign policy.
.analyze the content of contemporary Turkish foreign policy towards regions such as Europe and Middle East.
.compare past and current Turkish foreign policy.
.scrutinize the future of Turkish foreign policy.

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

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

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

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

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

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) To develop an interest in the human mind and behavior, to be able to evaluate theories using empirical findings, to understand that psychology is an evidence-based science by acquiring critical thinking skills.
2) To gain a biopsychosocial perspective on human behavior. To understand the biological, psychological, and social variables of behavior.
3) To learn the basic concepts in psychology and the theoretical and practical approaches used to study them (e.g. basic observation and interview techniques).
4) To acquire the methods and skills to access and write information using English as the dominant language in the psychological literature, to recognize and apply scientific research and data evaluation techniques (e.g. correlational, experimental, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, case studies).
5) To be against discrimination and prejudice; to have ethical concerns while working in research and practice areas.
6) To recognize the main subfields of psychology (experimental, developmental, clinical, cognitive, social and industrial/organizational psychology) and their related fields of study and specialization.
7) To acquire the skills necessary for analyzing, interpreting and presenting the findings as well as problem posing, hypothesizing and data collection, which are the basic elements of scientific studies.
8) To gain the basic knowledge and skills necessary for psychological assessment and evaluation.
9) To acquire basic knowledge of other disciplines (medicine, genetics, biology, economics, sociology, political science, communication, philosophy, anthropology, literature, law, art, etc.) that will contribute to psychology and to use this knowledge in the understanding and interpretation of psychological processes.
10) To develop sensitivity towards social problems; to take responsibility in activities that benefit the field of psychology and society.
11) To have problem solving skills and to be able to develop the necessary analytical approaches for this.
12) To be able to criticize any subject in business and academic life and to be able to express their thoughts.