Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction
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2) |
Social Structure in Turkey: Continuities and Changes
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Mardin, Ş. (1973). Center-periphery relations: A key to Turkish politics?. Daedalus, 169-190.
Keyman, E. F. (2010). Modernization, globalization and democratization in Turkey: the AKP experience and its limits. Constellations, 17(2), 312-327.
Bakiner, O. (2018). A key to Turkish politics? The center–periphery framework revisited. Turkish Studies, 19(4), 503-522.
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3) |
A Very Short Introduction to Turkish Politics
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Ahmad, F. (2008). Politics and political parties in Republican Turkey. The Cambridge History of Turkey, 4, 226-265.
Kalaycıoğlu, E. (2012). Kulturkampf in Turkey: The constitutional referendum of 12 September 2010. South European Society and Politics, 17(1), 1-22.
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4) |
Political Ideologies & Political Culture
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Yeşilada, B. A., & Noordijk, P. (2010). Changing values in Turkey: Religiosity and tolerance in comparative perspective. Turkish Studies, 11(1), 9-27.
Öktem, K. (2020). “Ruling Ideologies in Modern Turkey”, in Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics, Güneş Murat Tezcür (Eds): Oxford University Press.
Aytaç, S. E., & Elçi, E. (2019). Populism in Turkey. In Populism Around the World (pp. 89-108). Springer, Cham. |
5) |
The Making of Neoliberal Turkey & Turkish Welfare Regime
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Öniş, Z. (2019). Turkey under the challenge of state capitalism: the political economy of the late AKP era. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 19(2), 201-225.
Buğra, A. (2018). Social policy and different dimensions of inequality in Turkey: A historical overview. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 20(4), 318-331.
Pamuk, Sevket. (2007). Economic change in twentieth century Turkey: Is the glass more than half full?. Cambridge History of Modern Turkey. 10.1017/CHOL9780521620963.011.
Öniş, Z. (2012). The triumph of conservative globalism: The political economy of the AKP era. Turkish Studies, 13(2), 135-152.
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6) |
Internal Migration & Urban Transformation
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Keyder, C. (2005). Globalization and social exclusion in Istanbul. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 29(1), 124-134.
Pinarcioğlu, M., & Işik, O. (2008). Not only helpless but also hopeless: Changing dynamics of urban poverty in Turkey, the case of Sultanbeyli, İstanbul. European Planning Studies, 16(10), 1353-1370.
Candan, A. B., & Kolluoğlu, B. (2008). Emerging spaces of neoliberalism: A gated town and a public housing project in Istanbul. New Perspectives on Turkey, 39, 5-46.
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7) |
Midterm Exam |
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8) |
Gender
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Arat, Y. (2000). ‘From Emancipation to Liberation: The Changing Role of Women in Turkey’s Political Realm.’ Journal of International Affairs, 54(1): 107-123.
Deniz Kandiyoti, “Gender and Women’s Studies in Turkey: A Moment for Reflection?” New Perspectives on Turkey, 2010, no. 43, pp. 165-176.
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9) |
Civil Society & Politics of Protest
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Keyman, E. F., & İçduygu, A. (2003). Globalization, civil society and citizenship in Turkey: Actors, boundaries and discourses. Citizenship Studies, 7(2), 219-234.
Tuğal, C. (2013). “Resistance everywhere”: The Gezi revolt in global perspective. New Perspectives on Turkey, 49, 157-172.
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10) |
Religion & Islamic Groups
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Kaya, A. (2015). Islamisation of Turkey under the AKP rule: Empowering family, faith and charity. South European Society and Politics, 20(1), 47-69.
Tuğal, C. (2009). Transforming everyday life: Islamism and social movement theory. Theory and Society, 38(5), 423-458. |
11) |
Nationalisms & Ethnicities
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Kadioğlu, A. (1996). The paradox of Turkish nationalism and the construction of official identity. Middle Eastern Studies, 32(2), 177-193.
Mesut Yeğen, “Turkish nationalism and the Kurdish Question,” Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2007, 30(1): 119-151.
Çağlar Keyder, “A History and Geography of Turkish Nationalism,” in Citizenship and the Nation-State in Greece and Turkey, eds. Faruk Birtek and Thalia Dragonas, 2005, London: Routledge, pp. 3-17.
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12) |
International Migration & Turkey’s Emigrants
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Eder, M., & Özkul, D. (2016). Editors’ introduction: precarious lives and Syrian refugees in Turkey. New Perspectives on Turkey, 54, 1-8.
F. Adamson (2019), ‘Sending States and the Making of Intra-Diasporic Politics: Turkey and Its Diaspora(s), International Migration Review, 53(1), p. 210-236.
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13) |
COVID19 Special: Pandemics, Epidemics and Social Change in Turkey |
Varlik, N. (2015). Plague and empire in the early modern Mediterranean world. Cambridge University Press.
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14) |
PRESENTATIONS & REVISION & Q/A SESSION |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
To be able to examine, interpret data and assess ideas with the scientific methods in the area of EU studies. |
2 |
2) |
To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of EU studies, to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems. |
2 |
3) |
To be introduced to and to get involved in other disciplines that EU studies are strongly related with (political science, international relations, law, economics, sociology, etc.) and to be able to conduct multi-disciplinary research and analysis on European politics. |
3 |
4) |
To be able to evaluate current news on European Union and Turkey-EU relations and identify, analyze current issues relating to the EU’s politics and policies. |
2 |
5) |
To be able to use English in written and oral communication in general and in the field of EU studies in particular. |
1 |
6) |
To have ethical, social and scientific values throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to EU studies. |
1 |
7) |
To be able to assess the historical development, functioning of the institutions and decision-making system and common policies of the European Union throughout its economic and political integration in a supranational framework. |
2 |
8) |
To be able to evaluate the current legal, financial and institutional changes that the EU is going through. |
2 |
9) |
To explain the dynamics of enlargement processes of the EU by identifying the main actors and institutions involved and compare previous enlargement processes and accession process of Turkey. |
2 |
10) |
To be able to analyze the influence of the EU on political, social and economic system of Turkey. |
2 |
11) |
To acquire insight in EU project culture and to build up project preparation skills in line with EU format and develop the ability to work in groups and cooperate with peers. |
2 |
12) |
To be able to recognize theories and concepts used by the discipline of international relations and relate them to the historical development of the EU as a unique post-War political project. |
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