BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN | |||||
| 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 |
| POL3352 | Issues and Problems in Turkish Politics | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 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: | 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. |
Learning Outcomes
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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. |
Course Content
| Democracy: definitional issues; Single and multidimensional conceptions of democracy; Types of dictatorships; Theories of democratization; Globalization, Competitive Authoritarianism, Authoritarian Populism |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| 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 |
Sources
| 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 |
Evaluation System
| 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 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| 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 | |
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) | Setting up various spaces in national and international contexts, carrying out designs, planning and applications that could satisfy various user groups and respond various requirements in the field of Interior Architecture, | |
| 2) | Analyzing the information gathered from the framework of actual physical, social and economical constraints and user requirements, and synthesizing these with diverse knowledge and considerations in order to create innovative spatial solutions, | |
| 3) | Generating creative, innovative, aesthetic and unique spatial solutions by using tangible and abstract concepts, | |
| 4) | Using at least one of the illustration and presentation technologies competently, that the field of interior architecture requires, | |
| 5) | Reporting, presenting and transferring the design, practice and research studies to the specialists or laymen by using visual, textual or oral communication methods, efficiently and accurately, | |
| 6) | Embracing and prioritizing man-environment relationships, user health, safety and security, and universal design principles in the field of interior architecture, | |
| 7) | Design understanding and decision making that respects social and cultural rights of the society, cultural heritage and nature, | |
| 8) | Being aware of national and international values, following developments and being equipped about ethical and aesthetical subjects in the fields of interior architecture, design and art, | |
| 9) | Having absolute conscious about legal regulations, standards and principles; and realizing professional ethics, duties and responsibilities in the field of Interior Architecture, |