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Program of Political Science and International Relations (English)

POLI405

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

Course Code
POLI405
Semester
Seventh Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study4
SemesterSeventh Term (Fall)
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. learn to examine Turkish foreign policy from a historical perspective.
  2. learn to analyze Turkish foreign policy within the framework of international relations theories.
  3. learn to explain and discuss the changes and continuities in Turkish foreign policy.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNo recommended optional programme components.
Course DescriptionThe scope of the course consists of trends, basic principles, changes and continuities in Turkish foreign policy throughout the history of the Republic. Turkey's foreign policy is analysed in the face of international developments from the Cold War to globalization.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the Course (William Hale, p.8-31.)
2nd Week Basic Principles of Turkish Diplomacy (Baskın Oran (Ed.), p.53-143.)
3rd Week The Question of East and Ottoman Diplomacy (William Hale, p.31-56.)
4th Week Independence War and Diplomacy (William Hale, p.56-78.)
5th Week The Foreign Policy of the New Republic (William Hale, p.78-104.)
6th Week Foreign Policy before the World War II (William Hale, p.104-135.)
7th Week Midterm Exam
8th Week Foreign Policy during the Cold War I (1945-1962)(William Hale, p.135-158.)
9th Week Foreign Policy during the Cold War II (1962-1980)(William Hale, p.158-174.)
10th Week Foreign Policy during the Cold War III (1980-1991)(William Hale, p.174-194.)
11th Week Foreign Policy after the Cold War (William Hale, p.194-207.)
12th Week Turkish Foreign Policy after the 9/11
13th Week Regional Policies of Turkey (William Hale, p.207-226.)
14th Week Turkey's Relationships with Global Actors. General Review (William Hale, p.226-249.)
Recommended or Required ReadingWilliam Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000, London, Frank Cass, 2013 (Third Edition).
Baskın Oran (Ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy 1919-2006, The University of Utah Press, 2010.
Halide Edip Adıvar, Turkey Faces West A Turkish View Of Recent Changes And Their Origin, Yale University Press, 1930.
Mustafa Aydın, ?Determinants of Turkish foreign policy: historical framework and traditional inputs?, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 35, No. 4, 1999, p.152-186.
Şaban Çalış, "The Turkish State's Identity and Foreign Policy Decision-Making Process", Mediterranean Quarterly, Spring 1995, Vol. 6, No. 2, p. 135-155.
Mustafa Aydın, ?Determinants of Turkish foreign policy: changing patterns and conjunctures during the Cold War?, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2000, p. 103-139.
Philip Robins, Suits and Uniforms, Turkish Foreign Policy Since the Cold War, Seattle, University of Washington Press, 2003, p. 11-21.
Clement H. Dodd, "A Historical Overview" ve "Cyprus in Turkish Politics and Foreign Policy", Clement H. Dodd (der.), Cyprus, The Need for New Perspectives, The Eothen Press, 1999, p. 1-15 ve 128-147.
Lenore Martin, "Turkey?s National Security in the Middle East", Turkish Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2000, p. 83-106.
Aybars Görgülü, "The Litmus Test for Turkey?s New Foreign Policy: The Historical Rapproachment with Armenia", Kerem Öktem, Ayşe Kadıoğlu, Mehmet Karlı (Eds.), Another Empire? A Decade of Turkey?s Foreign Policy Under the Justice and Development Party, İstanbul Bilgi University Press, 2012, p. 281-295.
Kemal Kirişçi, "The End of the Cold War and Changes in Turkish Foreign Policy Behaviour", Foreign Policy, Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 2009, p. 266-309.
Meltem Müftüler-Baç, "Turkish Foreign Policy, its Domestic Determinants and the Role of the European Union", South European Society and Politics, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2011, p. 279-291.
Birgül Demirtaş-Coşkun, "Turkish Foreign Policy toward the Bosnian War (1992-1995): A Constructivist Analysis", Karadeniz Araştırmaları, Sayı: 28, 2011, s. 1-18.
Cameron S. Brown, "Turkey in the Gulf Wars of 1991 and 2003", Turkish Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1, March 2007, p. 85-119.
Pınar Bilgin, "Turkey's changing security discourses: The challenge of globalisation", European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 44, No.1, 2005, p. 175?201.
Sabri Sayarı, "Turkish Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: The Challenges of Multi-regionalism", Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 54, No. 1, 2000, p. 169-182.
Burak Bilgehan Özpek & Yelda Demirağ, "Turkish foreign policy after the `Arab Spring": from agenda-setter state to agenda-entrepreneur state?, Israel Affairs, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2014, p. 328-346.
Meliha Benli Altunışık, "Turkey's Middle East Challenges: Towards a New Beginning", İdris Bal (der.), Turkish Foreign Policy in Post-Cold War Era, p. 172-191.
Meliha Benli Altunışık, "Turkey's Iraq Policy: The War and Beyond", Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2006, p. 183-196.
Siret Hürsoy, "Turkey's Foreign Policy and Economic Interests in the Gulf", Turkish Studies, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2013, p. 503-519.
Ziya Öniş, "An Awkward Partnership: Turkey's Relations with the European Union in Comparative-Historical Perspective", Journal of European Integration History, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2001, p. 105-119.
Mustafa Aydın, "Foucault's Pendulum: Turkey in Central Asia and the Caucasus", Turkish Studies, Summer 2004, Vol. 5, No. 2, p. 1-22.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Project 1 20
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 1.5 1.5
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 2 28
Preparation for Final exam 1 25 25
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 16 16
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 1.5 1.5
Homework
Project 1 38 38
Total Work Load152
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.06
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionEnglish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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K2 X X
K3 X X
K4 X X
K5 X
K6 X
K7 X X X
K8 X X
K9 X
K10 X
K11 X X X
K12 X
K13 X X X