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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 |
| POL3511 | Social Change and Social Structure in Turkey | 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 : | Instructor DAMLA BAYRAKTAR AKSEL |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor DAMLA BAYRAKTAR AKSEL |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None. |
| Course Objectives: | This course begins from the earlier theories on social change and social structure in Turkey, and over the semester familiarizes the students with more contemporary debates. The students who have succeeded in this course will be able to understand the evolution of Turkish political life, political economy, the dominant patterns of inequality in Turkish society, the main social and political actors in a historical perspective and situate the Turkish experience in a global context. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Critically evaluate evolution of Turkish political economy; 2. Analyse dominant patterns of inequality in Turkish society; 3. Identify who the main political actors in Turkey are; 4. Discuss the evolution of dominant political ideologies such as Turkish nationalism and political Islam; 5. Evaluate how to contextualize the Turkish experience in a global context. |
| Turkish politics, political ideologies and political culture, political economy, internal migration and urban transformation, gender, social movements and civil society, religion and Islamic groups, nationalism and ethnicities, international migration and public health policies. The teaching methods of the course are lecture, individual work, group work, reading, simulation and project preparation. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction | |
| 2) | Social Structure in Turkey: Continuities and Changes | 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. |
| 3) | Changing Demography & Generations | Engin, C., Hürman, H., & Harvey, K. (2020). Marriage and family in Turkey: trends and attitudes. International Handbook on the Demography of Marriage and the Family, 105-119. Buğra, A., & Yakut‐Cakar, B. (2010). Structural change, the social policy environment and female employment in Turkey. Development and change, 41(3), 517-538. |
| 4) | Political Ideologies & Political Culture | 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 | 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. |
| 6) | Internal Migration & Urban Transformation | 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. Kuyucu, T. (2018). Politics of urban regeneration in Turkey: Possibilities and limits of municipal regeneration initiatives in a highly centralized country. Urban Geography, 39(8), 1152-1176. |
| 7) | Gender | 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. Altan-Olcay, Ö. & B. E. Oder (2021). “Why Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention is a global problem”. Open Democracy, https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/why-turkeys-withdrawal-from-the-istanbul-convention-is-a-global-problem/. |
| 8) | Media, Culture & Society | Yanardağoğlu, E. (2021). Politics, Media and Citizenship in Modern Turkey. The Transformation of the Media System in Turkey: Citizenship, Communication, and Convergence, 59-90. |
| 9) | Nationalisms & Ethnicities | 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. |
| 10) | Religion & Islamic Groups | 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) | Civil Society & Politics of Protest | 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. Paker, H. (2020). Politicizing the environment: The ecological crisis of Turkey. Turkey in transition: Politics, society and foreign policy. Peter Lang. |
| 12) | International Migration & Turkey’s Emigrants | Kirişci, K., & Yıldız, A. (2023). Turkey’s asylum policies over the last century: continuity, change and contradictions. Turkish Studies, 1-28.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. |
| 13) | Poster Day | Students have to prepare their posters and presentations. |
| 14) | PRESENTATIONS & REVISION & Q/A SESSION | No reading. Review and discussion session. |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Haftalık okumalar, yarıyılın başında ItsLearning'e yüklenecektir. Müfredatta listelenen tüm kitap bölümlerine ve makalelere BAU Kütüphanesi aracılığıyla da erişilebilmektedir. PPT dosyaları her dersten sonra ItsLearning'de paylaşılacaktır. --- Weekly readings will be uploaded on ItsLearning at the beginning of the semester. Please note that all book chapters and articles listed on the syllabus are also accessible through the BAU Library. The PPT files will be shared on ItsLearning following each class. |
| References: | Ödevlere ilişkin yönergeler yarıyıl başında Itslearning'e yüklenecektir. --- Guidelines on assignments will be uploaded on Itslearning at the beginning of the semester. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | % 40 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 13 | 39 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 87 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 |
| Total Workload | 150 | |
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | 4 |
| 2) | Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | 3 |
| 3) | Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | 1 |
| 4) | Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | 1 |
| 5) | Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | 2 |
| 6) | Being able to write a script ready to be shot | 2 |
| 7) | Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | 2 |
| 8) | Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | 2 |
| 9) | Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | 2 |
| 10) | Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | 2 |
| 11) | Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | 3 |
| 12) | Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility | 5 |