Course Detail
Course Description
| Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISSUES in TURKISH POLITICS | INT4211134 | Spring Semester | 3+0 | 3 | 6 |
| Course Program | Çarşamba 10:00-10:45 Çarşamba 11:00-11:45 Çarşamba 12:00-12:45 |
| Prerequisites Courses | |
| Recommended Elective Courses |
| Language of Course | English |
| Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Coordinator | Assist.Prof. Duygu ÖZTÜRK |
| Name of Lecturer(s) | Assist.Prof. Duygu ÖZTÜRK |
| Assistant(s) | |
| Aim | This course aims to provide a deeper understanding of main issues in contemporary Turkish politics. It is not a history course; instead it is a theoretical and conceptual analysis of key political issues, movements, and actors in Turkish politics. Issues such as Islam and Politics, Kemalism, Kurdish Issue, Alevi Issue, Women in Turkey will be under focus. By the end of the course, students will be able to analyze, evaluate and understand main features, actors, and issues of contemporary Turkish politics. |
| Course Content | This course contains; Introduction,Some Approaches to Turkish Political Development,Kemalism,Parties, elections and voting behavior,Secularism, Islam and Politics I,Secularism, Islam and Politics II: the Case of Justice and Development Party,Civil Military Relations in the Third Republic,MIDTEM,Kurdish Issue: Background,Kurdish Issue: Contemporary Developments,Alevi Issue,Civil Society,Women and Gender in Turkish Politics,Europeanization and Democratization Processes,Wrap up. |
| Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| Analyzes issues in Turkish politics from different perspectives. | ||
| Analyzes issues in Turkish politics by using fundamental concepts of political science such as democracy, human rights and legitimacy. | ||
| Conducts research with scientific perspective and reports it. | ||
| Discusses issues in Turkish politics by comparing similarities and differences. | ||
| Explains the historical development of issues in Turkish Politics and analyzes the contemporary situation. |
| Teaching Methods: | |
| Assessment Methods: |
Course Outline
| Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Some Approaches to Turkish Political Development | Weekly readings |
| 3 | Kemalism | Weekly readings |
| 4 | Parties, elections and voting behavior | weekly readings |
| 5 | Secularism, Islam and Politics I | Weekly readings |
| 6 | Secularism, Islam and Politics II: the Case of Justice and Development Party | Weekly readings |
| 7 | Civil Military Relations in the Third Republic | Weekly readings |
| 8 | MIDTEM | |
| 9 | Kurdish Issue: Background | Weekly readings |
| 10 | Kurdish Issue: Contemporary Developments | weekly readings |
| 11 | Alevi Issue | Weekly readings |
| 12 | Civil Society | Weekly readings |
| 13 | Women and Gender in Turkish Politics | weekly readings |
| 14 | Europeanization and Democratization Processes | weekly readings |
| 15 | Wrap up |
| Resources |
| Zürcher, Erik J. 2004. “The Third Republic: Turkey since 1980,” In Turkey: A Modern History. (London, New York: I. B. Tauris), Heper, Metin. 1980. “Center and Periphery in the Ottoman Empire with a Special Reference to the Nineteenth Century,” International Political Science Review 1(1): 81-105. Heper, Metin. 1992. “The Strong State as a Problem fort he Consolidation of Democracy: Turkey and Germany Compared,” Comparative Political Studies 25(2): 169-194. Heper, Metin and E. Fuat Keyman. 1998. “Double-Faced State: Political Patronage and the Consolidation of Democracy in Turkey,” Middle Eastern Studies 34(4): 259-277. Mardin, Şerif. 1973. “Center-Periphery Relations: A Key to Turkish Politics?” Daedaulus 102(1): 169-190. Kili, Suna. 1980. “Kemalism in Contemporary Turkey,” International Political Science Review 1(3): 381-404. Aytürk, İlker. 2011. “The Racist Critics of Atatürk and Kemalism from the 1930s to the 1960s” Journal of Contemporary History 46: 308-335. Mateesscu, Dragoş C. 2006. “Kemalism in the Era of Totalitarianism: A Conceptual Analysis,” Turkish Politics 7(2): 225-241. Tachau, Frank. 2000. “Turkish Political Parties and Elections: Half a Century of Multiparty Democracy,” Turkish Studies 1(1): 128-148. Ayan, Pelin. 2010. “Authoritarian Party Structures in Turkey: A Comparison of the Republican People’s Party and the Justice and Development Party,” Turkish Studies 11(2): 197-215. Başlevent, Cem, Hasan Kirmanoğlu and Burhan Şenatalar. 2004. “Voter Profiles and Fragmentation in the Turkish Party System,” Party Politics 10(3):307-324. Karakaya Polat, Rabia. 2008. “The 2007 Parliamentary Elections in Turkey: Between Securitisation and Desecuritisation,” Parliamentary Affairs 62(1): 129-148. Toprak, Binnaz. 2005. “Islam and Democracy in Turkey,” Turkish Studies 6(2): 167-186. Tank, Pınar. 2005. “Political Islam in Turkey: A State of Controlled Secularity,” Turkish Studies 6(1): 3-19. Ulutaş, Ufuk. 2010. “Religion and Secularism in Turkey: The Dilemma of the Directorate of Religious Affairs,” Middle Eastern Studies 46(3): 389-399. Çınar, Alev. 2008. “Subversion and Subjugation in the Public Sphere: Secularism and the Islamic Headscarf,” Signs 33(4):891-913. Kalacıoğlu, Ersin. 2010. “Justice and Development Party at the Helm: Resurgence of Isla mor the Restitution of the Right-of-Center Predominant Party?” Turkish Studies 11(1): 29-44. Özbudun, Ergun. 2006. “From Political Islam to Conservative Democracy: The Case of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey,” South European Society and Politics 11(3-4): 543-557. Gamze Avcı. 2011. “The Justice and Development Party and the EU: Political Pragmatism in a Changing Environment,” South European Society and Politics 16(3): 409-421. Öniş, Ziya. 2012. “The Triumph of Conservative Globalism: The Political Economy of the AKP Era,” Turkish Studies 13(2): 135-152. Narlı, Nilüfer. 2000. “Civil-Military Relations in Turkey,” Turkish Studies 1(1): 107-127. Demirel, Tanel. 2005. “Lessons of Military Regimes and Democracy: The Turkish Case in a Comparative Perspective,” Armed Forces and Society 31(2): 245-271. Heper, Metin and Aylin Güney. 2000. “The Military and the Consolidation of Democracy: The Recent Turkish Experience,” Armed Forces & Society 26(4): 635-657. Demirel, Tanel. 2003. “The Turkish Military’s Decision to Intervene: 12 September 1980,” Armed Forces and Society 29(2): 253-280. Loizides, Neophytos G. 2010. “State Ideology and the Kurds in Turkey,” Middle Eastern Studies 46(4): 513-527. Yeğen, Mesut. 2007. “Turkish Nationalism and the Kurdish Question,” Ethnic and Racial Studies 30(1): 119-151. Yavuz, M. Hakan. 2001. “Five Stages of the Construction of Kurdish Nationalism in Turkey,” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 7(3): 1-24. Sarıgil, Zeki and Ömer Fazlıoğlu. 2014. “Exploring the Roots and Dynamics of Kurdish Ethno-Nationalism in Turkey,” Nations and Nationalism 20(3): 436-458. Çandar, Cengiz. 2009. “The Kurdish Question: The Reasons and Fortunes of the Opening,” Insight Turkey 11(4): 13-19. Çiçek, Cuma. 2011. “Elimination or Integration of pro-Kurdish Politics: Limits of the AKP’s Democratic Initiative,” Turkish Studies 12(1): 15-26. Yeğen, Mesut. 2011. “The 2011 elections and the Kurdish Question,” Insight Turkey 13(4): 147-169. Tezcür, Güneş Murat. 2010. “When Democratication Radicalizes? The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in Turkey,” Journal of Peace Research 47: 775-789. Soner, Bayram Ali and Sule Toktas. 2011. “Alevis and Alevism in the Changing Context of Turkish Politics: The Justice and Development Party’s Alevi Opening,” Turkish Studies 12(3): 419-434. Poyraz, Bedriye. 2005. “The Turkish State and Alevis: Changing Parameters of an Uneasy Relationship,” Middle Eastern Studies 41(4): 503-516. Şirin, Çiğdem V. 2013. “Analyzing the Determinants of Group Identity among Alevis in Turkey: A National Survey Study,” Turkish Studies 14(1): 74-91. Köse, Talha. 2013. “Between Nationalism, Modernism, and Secularism: The Ambivalent Palce of ‘Alevi Identities’,” Middle Eastern Studies 49(4): 590-607. Toros, Emre. 2007. “Understanding the Role of Civil Society as an Agent for Democratic Consolidation: The Turkish Case,” Turkish Studies 8(3): 395-415. Özler, Ş. İlgü and Ani Sarkissian. 2011. “Stalemate and Stagnation in Turkish Democratization: The Role of Cİvil SOciety and Political Parties,” Journal of Cİvil Society 7(4): 363-384. Şimşek, Sefa. 2004. The Transformation of Civil Society in Turkey: From Quantity to Quality,” Turkish Studies 5(3): 46-74. Heper, Metin and Senem Yıldırım. 2011. “Revisiting Civil Society in Turkey,” Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 11(1): 1-18. Cosar, Simten and Metin Yegenoglu. 2011. “New Grounds for Patriarchy in Turkey? Gender Policy in the Age of AKP,” South European Society and Politics 16(4): 555-573. Özkaleli, Umut. 2015. “State of the state in their minds: Intersectional framework for women’s citizenship in Turkey,” Women’s Studies International Forum 48: 93-102. Mutluer, Nil. 2019. “The Intersectionality of Gender, Sexuality, and Religion: Novelties and Continuities in Turkey during the AKP Era,” Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 19)1): 99-118. Çelik, Ayşe Betül. 2016. “A Holistic Approach to Violence: Women Parliamentarians’ Understanding of Violence against Women and Vİolence in the Kurdish Issue in Turkey,” European Journal of Women’s Studies 23(1): 76-92. Özbudun, Ergun. 2007. “Democratization Reforms in Turkey 1993-2004,” Turkish Studies 8(2): 179-196. Avcı, Gamze. 2011. “The Justice and Development Party and the EU: Political Pragmatism in a Changing Environment,” South European Society and Politics 16(3): 409-421. Wood, Steve. 2013. “Turkey and Europe: Identity and Other Crises,” Turkish Politics 14(2): 272-291. |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
| Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
| No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PC1. Students know the fundamental concepts, theories, research methods and analysis techniques used in the fields and sub-fields of Political Science and International relations. | X | |||||
| 2 | PC2. Students understand the political, economic, social, and cultural relations among political systems, international actors, states and non-state actors; analyzes the reasons for the issues and problems in these fields, develop skills for systematic and critical thinking for alternative solutions. | X | |||||
| 3 | PC3. Students of the program will be able to work at public and private institutions, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations. They will be able to involve in the foreign policy making, analysis, and implementation processes; manage project implementations, and shoulder responsibilities at different positions of decision-making processes. The multi-disciplinary perspective they have developed in the program facilitates following solution-oriented perspective at times of crisis, evaluating existing resolutions and developing new alternatives. | X | |||||
| 4 | PC4. Students will be able to conduct scientific research in the fields and sub-fields of political science and international relations, analyze the results and report the findings to stakeholders. | X | |||||
| 5 | PC5. Students will be able to conduct scientific research in the fields and sub-fields of political science and international relations, analyze the results and make scientific publications. | X | |||||
| 6 | PC6. Students will be able to work as group leader in public and private institutions, plan and administer events and activities. | X | |||||
| 7 | PC7. As a result of development of critical thinking, students stay open to change and development; adopt never-ending learning principle to their life. | X | |||||
| 8 | PC8. Students use the appropriate oral and written language skills and adopt professional ethics in their communication while sharing results, analyses, and solution suggestions with colleagues and stakeholders | X | |||||
| 9 | PC9. Students use English language skills in research and fields of expertise; easily follow international developments and communicates with international stakeholders. | X | |||||
| 10 | PC10. Students use fundamental computer skills in communication with colleagues and stakeholders. | X | |||||
| 11 | PC11. Students will be able to lead decision-making mechanisms, involve in policy making and analysis processes, and manage negotiation processes in public and private institutions. | X | |||||
| 12 | PC12. Students will be able to develop original and scientific solutions and knowledge in their fields of expertise, create projects and act as a consultant to decision-making mechanisms. | X | |||||
Assessment Methods
| Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
| Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
| Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| ECTS / Workload Table | ||||||
| Activities | Number of | Duration(Hour) | Total Workload(Hour) | |||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Guided Problem Solving | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Resolution of Homework Problems and Submission as a Report | 5 | 8 | 40 | |||
| Term Project | 14 | 5 | 70 | |||
| Presentation of Project / Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Midterm Exam | 1 | 20 | 20 | |||
| General Exam | 1 | 25 | 25 | |||
| Performance Task, Maintenance Plan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total Workload(Hour) | 169 | |||||
| Dersin AKTS Kredisi = Toplam İş Yükü (Saat)/30*=(169/30) | 6 | |||||
| ECTS of the course: 30 hours of work is counted as 1 ECTS credit. | ||||||
Detail Informations of the Course
Course Description
| Course | Code | Semester | T+P (Hour) | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISSUES in TURKISH POLITICS | INT4211134 | Spring Semester | 3+0 | 3 | 6 |
| Course Program | Çarşamba 10:00-10:45 Çarşamba 11:00-11:45 Çarşamba 12:00-12:45 |
| Prerequisites Courses | |
| Recommended Elective Courses |
| Language of Course | English |
| Course Level | First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Coordinator | Assist.Prof. Duygu ÖZTÜRK |
| Name of Lecturer(s) | Assist.Prof. Duygu ÖZTÜRK |
| Assistant(s) | |
| Aim | This course aims to provide a deeper understanding of main issues in contemporary Turkish politics. It is not a history course; instead it is a theoretical and conceptual analysis of key political issues, movements, and actors in Turkish politics. Issues such as Islam and Politics, Kemalism, Kurdish Issue, Alevi Issue, Women in Turkey will be under focus. By the end of the course, students will be able to analyze, evaluate and understand main features, actors, and issues of contemporary Turkish politics. |
| Course Content | This course contains; Introduction,Some Approaches to Turkish Political Development,Kemalism,Parties, elections and voting behavior,Secularism, Islam and Politics I,Secularism, Islam and Politics II: the Case of Justice and Development Party,Civil Military Relations in the Third Republic,MIDTEM,Kurdish Issue: Background,Kurdish Issue: Contemporary Developments,Alevi Issue,Civil Society,Women and Gender in Turkish Politics,Europeanization and Democratization Processes,Wrap up. |
| Dersin Öğrenme Kazanımları | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| Analyzes issues in Turkish politics from different perspectives. | ||
| Analyzes issues in Turkish politics by using fundamental concepts of political science such as democracy, human rights and legitimacy. | ||
| Conducts research with scientific perspective and reports it. | ||
| Discusses issues in Turkish politics by comparing similarities and differences. | ||
| Explains the historical development of issues in Turkish Politics and analyzes the contemporary situation. |
| Teaching Methods: | |
| Assessment Methods: |
Course Outline
| Order | Subjects | Preliminary Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Some Approaches to Turkish Political Development | Weekly readings |
| 3 | Kemalism | Weekly readings |
| 4 | Parties, elections and voting behavior | weekly readings |
| 5 | Secularism, Islam and Politics I | Weekly readings |
| 6 | Secularism, Islam and Politics II: the Case of Justice and Development Party | Weekly readings |
| 7 | Civil Military Relations in the Third Republic | Weekly readings |
| 8 | MIDTEM | |
| 9 | Kurdish Issue: Background | Weekly readings |
| 10 | Kurdish Issue: Contemporary Developments | weekly readings |
| 11 | Alevi Issue | Weekly readings |
| 12 | Civil Society | Weekly readings |
| 13 | Women and Gender in Turkish Politics | weekly readings |
| 14 | Europeanization and Democratization Processes | weekly readings |
| 15 | Wrap up |
| Resources |
| Zürcher, Erik J. 2004. “The Third Republic: Turkey since 1980,” In Turkey: A Modern History. (London, New York: I. B. Tauris), Heper, Metin. 1980. “Center and Periphery in the Ottoman Empire with a Special Reference to the Nineteenth Century,” International Political Science Review 1(1): 81-105. Heper, Metin. 1992. “The Strong State as a Problem fort he Consolidation of Democracy: Turkey and Germany Compared,” Comparative Political Studies 25(2): 169-194. Heper, Metin and E. Fuat Keyman. 1998. “Double-Faced State: Political Patronage and the Consolidation of Democracy in Turkey,” Middle Eastern Studies 34(4): 259-277. Mardin, Şerif. 1973. “Center-Periphery Relations: A Key to Turkish Politics?” Daedaulus 102(1): 169-190. Kili, Suna. 1980. “Kemalism in Contemporary Turkey,” International Political Science Review 1(3): 381-404. Aytürk, İlker. 2011. “The Racist Critics of Atatürk and Kemalism from the 1930s to the 1960s” Journal of Contemporary History 46: 308-335. Mateesscu, Dragoş C. 2006. “Kemalism in the Era of Totalitarianism: A Conceptual Analysis,” Turkish Politics 7(2): 225-241. Tachau, Frank. 2000. “Turkish Political Parties and Elections: Half a Century of Multiparty Democracy,” Turkish Studies 1(1): 128-148. Ayan, Pelin. 2010. “Authoritarian Party Structures in Turkey: A Comparison of the Republican People’s Party and the Justice and Development Party,” Turkish Studies 11(2): 197-215. Başlevent, Cem, Hasan Kirmanoğlu and Burhan Şenatalar. 2004. “Voter Profiles and Fragmentation in the Turkish Party System,” Party Politics 10(3):307-324. Karakaya Polat, Rabia. 2008. “The 2007 Parliamentary Elections in Turkey: Between Securitisation and Desecuritisation,” Parliamentary Affairs 62(1): 129-148. Toprak, Binnaz. 2005. “Islam and Democracy in Turkey,” Turkish Studies 6(2): 167-186. Tank, Pınar. 2005. “Political Islam in Turkey: A State of Controlled Secularity,” Turkish Studies 6(1): 3-19. Ulutaş, Ufuk. 2010. “Religion and Secularism in Turkey: The Dilemma of the Directorate of Religious Affairs,” Middle Eastern Studies 46(3): 389-399. Çınar, Alev. 2008. “Subversion and Subjugation in the Public Sphere: Secularism and the Islamic Headscarf,” Signs 33(4):891-913. Kalacıoğlu, Ersin. 2010. “Justice and Development Party at the Helm: Resurgence of Isla mor the Restitution of the Right-of-Center Predominant Party?” Turkish Studies 11(1): 29-44. Özbudun, Ergun. 2006. “From Political Islam to Conservative Democracy: The Case of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey,” South European Society and Politics 11(3-4): 543-557. Gamze Avcı. 2011. “The Justice and Development Party and the EU: Political Pragmatism in a Changing Environment,” South European Society and Politics 16(3): 409-421. Öniş, Ziya. 2012. “The Triumph of Conservative Globalism: The Political Economy of the AKP Era,” Turkish Studies 13(2): 135-152. Narlı, Nilüfer. 2000. “Civil-Military Relations in Turkey,” Turkish Studies 1(1): 107-127. Demirel, Tanel. 2005. “Lessons of Military Regimes and Democracy: The Turkish Case in a Comparative Perspective,” Armed Forces and Society 31(2): 245-271. Heper, Metin and Aylin Güney. 2000. “The Military and the Consolidation of Democracy: The Recent Turkish Experience,” Armed Forces & Society 26(4): 635-657. Demirel, Tanel. 2003. “The Turkish Military’s Decision to Intervene: 12 September 1980,” Armed Forces and Society 29(2): 253-280. Loizides, Neophytos G. 2010. “State Ideology and the Kurds in Turkey,” Middle Eastern Studies 46(4): 513-527. Yeğen, Mesut. 2007. “Turkish Nationalism and the Kurdish Question,” Ethnic and Racial Studies 30(1): 119-151. Yavuz, M. Hakan. 2001. “Five Stages of the Construction of Kurdish Nationalism in Turkey,” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 7(3): 1-24. Sarıgil, Zeki and Ömer Fazlıoğlu. 2014. “Exploring the Roots and Dynamics of Kurdish Ethno-Nationalism in Turkey,” Nations and Nationalism 20(3): 436-458. Çandar, Cengiz. 2009. “The Kurdish Question: The Reasons and Fortunes of the Opening,” Insight Turkey 11(4): 13-19. Çiçek, Cuma. 2011. “Elimination or Integration of pro-Kurdish Politics: Limits of the AKP’s Democratic Initiative,” Turkish Studies 12(1): 15-26. Yeğen, Mesut. 2011. “The 2011 elections and the Kurdish Question,” Insight Turkey 13(4): 147-169. Tezcür, Güneş Murat. 2010. “When Democratication Radicalizes? The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in Turkey,” Journal of Peace Research 47: 775-789. Soner, Bayram Ali and Sule Toktas. 2011. “Alevis and Alevism in the Changing Context of Turkish Politics: The Justice and Development Party’s Alevi Opening,” Turkish Studies 12(3): 419-434. Poyraz, Bedriye. 2005. “The Turkish State and Alevis: Changing Parameters of an Uneasy Relationship,” Middle Eastern Studies 41(4): 503-516. Şirin, Çiğdem V. 2013. “Analyzing the Determinants of Group Identity among Alevis in Turkey: A National Survey Study,” Turkish Studies 14(1): 74-91. Köse, Talha. 2013. “Between Nationalism, Modernism, and Secularism: The Ambivalent Palce of ‘Alevi Identities’,” Middle Eastern Studies 49(4): 590-607. Toros, Emre. 2007. “Understanding the Role of Civil Society as an Agent for Democratic Consolidation: The Turkish Case,” Turkish Studies 8(3): 395-415. Özler, Ş. İlgü and Ani Sarkissian. 2011. “Stalemate and Stagnation in Turkish Democratization: The Role of Cİvil SOciety and Political Parties,” Journal of Cİvil Society 7(4): 363-384. Şimşek, Sefa. 2004. The Transformation of Civil Society in Turkey: From Quantity to Quality,” Turkish Studies 5(3): 46-74. Heper, Metin and Senem Yıldırım. 2011. “Revisiting Civil Society in Turkey,” Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 11(1): 1-18. Cosar, Simten and Metin Yegenoglu. 2011. “New Grounds for Patriarchy in Turkey? Gender Policy in the Age of AKP,” South European Society and Politics 16(4): 555-573. Özkaleli, Umut. 2015. “State of the state in their minds: Intersectional framework for women’s citizenship in Turkey,” Women’s Studies International Forum 48: 93-102. Mutluer, Nil. 2019. “The Intersectionality of Gender, Sexuality, and Religion: Novelties and Continuities in Turkey during the AKP Era,” Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 19)1): 99-118. Çelik, Ayşe Betül. 2016. “A Holistic Approach to Violence: Women Parliamentarians’ Understanding of Violence against Women and Vİolence in the Kurdish Issue in Turkey,” European Journal of Women’s Studies 23(1): 76-92. Özbudun, Ergun. 2007. “Democratization Reforms in Turkey 1993-2004,” Turkish Studies 8(2): 179-196. Avcı, Gamze. 2011. “The Justice and Development Party and the EU: Political Pragmatism in a Changing Environment,” South European Society and Politics 16(3): 409-421. Wood, Steve. 2013. “Turkey and Europe: Identity and Other Crises,” Turkish Politics 14(2): 272-291. |
Course Contribution to Program Qualifications
| Course Contribution to Program Qualifications | |||||||
| No | Program Qualification | Contribution Level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | PC1. Students know the fundamental concepts, theories, research methods and analysis techniques used in the fields and sub-fields of Political Science and International relations. | X | |||||
| 2 | PC2. Students understand the political, economic, social, and cultural relations among political systems, international actors, states and non-state actors; analyzes the reasons for the issues and problems in these fields, develop skills for systematic and critical thinking for alternative solutions. | X | |||||
| 3 | PC3. Students of the program will be able to work at public and private institutions, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations. They will be able to involve in the foreign policy making, analysis, and implementation processes; manage project implementations, and shoulder responsibilities at different positions of decision-making processes. The multi-disciplinary perspective they have developed in the program facilitates following solution-oriented perspective at times of crisis, evaluating existing resolutions and developing new alternatives. | X | |||||
| 4 | PC4. Students will be able to conduct scientific research in the fields and sub-fields of political science and international relations, analyze the results and report the findings to stakeholders. | X | |||||
| 5 | PC5. Students will be able to conduct scientific research in the fields and sub-fields of political science and international relations, analyze the results and make scientific publications. | X | |||||
| 6 | PC6. Students will be able to work as group leader in public and private institutions, plan and administer events and activities. | X | |||||
| 7 | PC7. As a result of development of critical thinking, students stay open to change and development; adopt never-ending learning principle to their life. | X | |||||
| 8 | PC8. Students use the appropriate oral and written language skills and adopt professional ethics in their communication while sharing results, analyses, and solution suggestions with colleagues and stakeholders | X | |||||
| 9 | PC9. Students use English language skills in research and fields of expertise; easily follow international developments and communicates with international stakeholders. | X | |||||
| 10 | PC10. Students use fundamental computer skills in communication with colleagues and stakeholders. | X | |||||
| 11 | PC11. Students will be able to lead decision-making mechanisms, involve in policy making and analysis processes, and manage negotiation processes in public and private institutions. | X | |||||
| 12 | PC12. Students will be able to develop original and scientific solutions and knowledge in their fields of expertise, create projects and act as a consultant to decision-making mechanisms. | X | |||||
Assessment Methods
| Contribution Level | Absolute Evaluation | |
| Rate of Midterm Exam to Success | 40 | |
| Rate of Final Exam to Success | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |