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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
POL3352 | Issues and Problems in Turkish Politics | Spring |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Hybrid |
Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. ESRA ALBAYRAKOĞLU |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The main objective of this course is to enable the students to better understand and analyze politics in Turkey. A major theme of the course concerns the problems that Turkey has faced in consolidating its democracy. In view of the current trend toward growing authoritarianism in Turkish political life, the issue of democracy becomes even more important than in previous years. The course will begin with an overview of Turkish politics during the past sixty years. We will then discuss several major analytical approaches that are used in explaining the problems of democracy. This will be followed by an examination of the key political institutions and processes. In the last part, we will examine a number of major issues in contemporary Turkish politics. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Overview major attempts at modernization in the Ottoman Empire beginning in late 18th century. II. Highlight the basic reasons for the decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire. III. Identify major political structures, institutions, actors, and ideologies in the Turkish Republic. IV. Identify the basic dynamics of transition from single party to multi–party politics in Republican Turkey. V. Identify continuities and ruptures between Ottoman and Republican Turkey. VI. Summarize major analytical approaches to the study of politics in Turkey. VII. Highlight major factors that contributed to the failure of democratic consolidation in Turkey. |
Democracy: definitional issues; Single and multidimensional conceptions of democracy; Types of dictatorships; Theories of democratization; Globalization, Competitive Authoritarianism, Authoritarian Populism |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to the Course | |
2) | Tanzimat and the Second Constitutional Period | |
3) | The Republic (1923-1950) | |
4) | The DP era | |
5) | Turkish politics (1960-1980) | |
6) | The 12th September Regime | |
7) | WRAP UP & Q/A | |
8) | Fragmented politics (1989-2002) | |
9) | The AKP era | |
10) | Presentations | |
11) | Presentations | |
12) | Presentations | |
13) | Presentations | |
14) | WRAP UP & Q/A |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Zürcher, Erik Jan. 2004. Turkey: A Modern History, Revised 3rd Edition, London – New York: I.B. Tauris. Ahmad, Feroz. 1977. The Turkish Experiment in Democracy, 1950-1975, Boulder: Westview Press. Ahmad, Feroz. 1993. The Making of Modern Turkey, London and New York: Routledge. Kasaba, Reşat (ed.), 2008. The Cambridge History of Turkey Volume 4: Turkey in the Modern World, New York: Cambridge University Press. Sayarı, Sabri and Esmer, Yılmaz (eds.). 2002. Politics, Parties and Elections in Turkey, Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers. Arat, Yeşim and Pamuk, Şevket. 2019. Turkey Between Democracy and Authoritarianism, New York: Cambridge University Press. Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way (2006) ‘Linkage versus Leverage: Rethinking the International Dimension of Regime Change’, Comparative Politics 38(4), pp. 379-400. Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way (2002) ‘Elections Without Democracy: The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism’, Journal of Democracy 13(2), pp. 51-65. Cas Mudde and C. R. Kaltwasser (2017) Populism: A Very Short Introduction New York: OUP Jan-Werner Müller (2016) What Is Populism? Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. |
References: | Mevcut Değil |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Presentation | 1 | % 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 | Workload |
Course Hours | 10 | 30 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 116.5 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 0.5 |
Midterms | 1 | 1.5 |
Final | 1 | 1.5 |
Total Workload | 150 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To be able to apply theoretical concepts related to mass communication, consumer behavior, psychology, persuasion,sociology, marketing, and other related fields to understand how advertising and brand communication works in a free-market economy. | 2 |
2) | To be able to critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools and ideas in the field of advertising. | 2 |
3) | To be able to research, create, design, write, and present an advertising campaign and brand strategies of their own creation and compete for an account as they would at an advertising agency. | 2 |
4) | To be able to analyze primary and secondary research data for a variety of products and services. | 2 |
5) | To be able to develop an understanding of the history of advertising as it relates to the emergence of mass media outlets and the importance of advertising in the marketplace. | 2 |
6) | To be able to follow developments, techniques, methods, as well as research in advertising field; and to be able to communicate with international colleagues in a foreign language. (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale”, Level B1) | 2 |
7) | To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity or as a team in generating solutions to unexpected problems that arise during implementation process in the Advertising field. | 3 |
8) | To be able to understand how advertising works in a global economy, taking into account cultural, societal, political, and economic differences that exist across countries and cultures. | 2 |
9) | To be able to approach the dynamics of the field with an integrated perspective, with creative and critical thinking, develop original and creative strategies. | 2 |
10) | To be able to to create strategic advertisements for print, broadcast, online and other media, as well as how to integrate a campaign idea across several media categories in a culturally diverse marketplace. | 2 |
11) | To be able to use computer software required by the discipline and to possess advanced-level computing and IT skills. (“European Computer Driving Licence”, Advanced Level) | 2 |
12) | To be able to identify and meet the demands of learning requirements. | 2 |
13) | To be able to develop an understanding and appreciation of the core ethical principles of the advertising profession. | 2 |