Language of instruction: |
English |
Type of course: |
Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: |
Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
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Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face
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Course Coordinator : |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi KAYA AKYILDIZ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi KAYA AKYILDIZ
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Recommended Optional Program Components: |
"." |
Course Objectives: |
This course analyzes the sociological dynamics of modern Turkish society. A critical evaluation of Turkish modernity will be our main task. The readings and class discussions will describe social, cultural, and economic transformations. We will cover topics like nationalism, industrialization, class, gender, religion, and culture. |
Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction and Course Outline |
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2) |
Economy and Society at the End of the 2nd World War |
Korkut BORATAV, Türkiye İktisat Tarihi 1908-2002
Roger OWEN and Şevket PAMUK, A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century
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3) |
Turkish Economy under the PRP Rule |
Çağlar KEYDER, State and Class in Turkey: A Study in Capitalist Development |
4) |
Multi-party Period, Populism and Democracy |
Erik J. ZÜRCHER, Turkey: A Modern History |
5) |
Political Transformation and The Rise of
DP
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Feroz AHMAD, The Making of Modern Turkey |
6) |
Course review and midterm |
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7) |
DP Era |
Erik J. ZÜRCHER, Turkey: A Modern History
Cem Eroğul, Demokrat Parti Tarihi ve İdeolojisi
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8) |
1960 Coup and Restoration |
Kurtuluş KAYALI, Ordu ve Siyaset
William HALE, Turkish Politics and Military
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9) |
Import Substituting Industrialization Experience |
Çağlar KEYDER, State and Class in Turkey: A Study in Capitalist Development |
10) |
Political and Social Turmoil at 70s |
Ümit CİZRE, AP-Ordu İlişkileri
Tanel DEMİREL, Adalet Partisi
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11) |
Course review and midterm |
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12) |
1980 Coup and Military Rule |
Erik J. ZÜRCHER, Turkey: A Modern History |
13) |
The Rise Özal, Islamist Politics, and Nationalism |
Erik J. ZÜRCHER, Turkey: A Modern History |
14) |
Violent 90’s and Kurdish Question
Homework submission |
Mesut YEĞEN, Devlet Söyleminde Kürt Sorunu |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. |
3 |
2) |
Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. |
2 |
3) |
Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. |
1 |
4) |
Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. |
3 |
5) |
Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. |
2 |
6) |
Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. |
2 |
7) |
Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. |
3 |
8) |
Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. |
2 |
9) |
Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. |
2 |
10) |
Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. |
3 |