THE MIDDLE EAST IN TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

POLI427

Course Code: POLI427
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

have knowledge about the historical process of Turkey's Middle Eastern policies.
have knowledge abour current problems and areas of cooperation and analyze current developments on this basis.
analyze the effective factors on the relationship of Turkey's to the Middle East countries.
understand shifts in various periods in Turkey's approach to the region and its reasons.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional programme components.

Course Description

The problems that Turkey has faced in the Middle East since the foundation of the Republic of Turkey, the attitudes it had to take in the light of the current domestic and foreign conditions, the balances it had to watch, and the problems peculiar to the Middle East and their effects on domestic and foreign policies will be explained. The topics will be covered in terms of politics and diplomatic relations, especially in the last twenty-five to thirty years, emphasizing actual events and experiences, rather than in terms of political history.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Main features of the Middle East
2^nd Week	Middle East during the Ottoman Era
3^rd Week	Turkey's policies toward Middle East
4^th Week	Problems in the Middle East during Cold War and Turkey
5^th Week	Iran in Turkish foreign policy
6^th Week	Water issue
7^th Week	Midterm
8^th Week	Iraq in Turkish foreign policy
9^th Week	Operation Provide Comfort in Turkish foreign policy
10^th Week	Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process and Turkey
11^th Week	US intervention to Iraq and Turkey
12^th Week	Turkey's developing relations with Middle East
13^th Week	US' Greater Middle East Project and Turkey
14^th Week	Turkey's EU integration target and its policies toward Middle East

Recommended or Required Reading

Bernard Lewis, The Shaping of the Middle East, New York, Oxford University Pres, 1994, s. 3-23.
Caesar E. Farah, "Arabs&Turks: Common Heritage, Common Destiny", Studies on Turkish-Arab Relations, İstanbul, Türk-Arap İlişkileir İncelemerli Vakfı, 1986, s. 61-75.
Karl K. Barbir, "Memory, Heritage, and History: The Ottoman Legacy in the Arab World", Carl Brown (der.), Imperial Legacy, The Ottoman Imprint on the Balkans and the Middle East, New York, Columbia University Press, 1996, s. 100-114.
Ferenc A. Vali, Bridge Across the Bosphorus, The Foreign Policy of Turkey, Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1971, s. 272-306.
Mahmut Bali Aykan, "The Palestinian Question in Turkish Foreign Policy from the 1950s to the 1990s", International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 25, 1993, s. 91-110.
Ömer Kürkçüoğlu, "Development of Turkish-Arab Relations: A Historical Appraisal", Ali L. Karaosmanoğlu ve Seyfi Taşhan (der.), Middle East, Turkey and the Transatlantic Alliance, Ankara, Foreign Policy Institute, 1987, s. 16-27.
Atila Eralp, "Facing the Challenge, Post-Revolutionary Relations with Iran", Henri J. Barkey (der.), Reluctant Neighbor, Turkey's Role in the Middle East, Wash. D.C., US Institute of Peace Press, 1996, s. 93-112.
İlter Turan, "Water and Turkish Foreign Policy", Lenore G. Martin ve Dimitris Keridis (der.), The Future of Turkish Foreign Policy, Cambridge, The MIT Press, 2004, s. 192-209.
Phebe Marr, "Turkey and Iraq", Henri J. Barkey (der.), Reluctant Neighbor, Turkey's Role in the Middle East, Wash. D.C., US Institute of Peace Press, 1996, s. 45-69.
Kemal Kirişçi, "Provide Comfort or Trouble: Operation Provide Comfort and Its Impact on Turkish Foreign Policy", Turkish Review of Middle East Studies, Annual 1994-95, No. 8, s. 43-67.
Meliha Altunışık, "The Turkish-Israeli Rapprochement in the Post-Cold War Era", Middle Eastern Studies, April 2000, Vol. 36, No. 2, p. 172-191.
Ramazan Gözen, "Causes and Consequences of Turkey's Out-Of-War Position in the Iraq War of 2003, The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, No. 36, 2005, s. 73-99.
H. Tarık Oğuzlu, "The "Turkomans" as a Factor in Turkish Foreign Policy", Turkish Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, Autumn 2002, 139-148.
Meliha Benli Altunışık and Özlem Tür, "From Distant Neighbors to Partners? Changing Syrian-Turkish Relations", Security Dialogue, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2006, s. 229-248.
Hüseyin Bağcı ve Bayram Sinkaya, "Büyük Ortadoğu Projesi ve Türkiye: AK Parti'nin Perspektifi", Akademik Ortadoğu, Cilt 1, Sayı 1, 2006, s. 21-37.
Meliha Benli Altunışık, "The Turkish Model and Democratization in the Middle East", Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 1-2, Winter/Spring 2005, s. 45-63.
Bülent Aras and Salih Bıçakçı, "Europe, Turkey and the Middle East: Is Harmonisation Possible?", East European Quarterly, Vol. XL, No. 3, September 2006, s. 367-381.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	25
Assignment	1	30
Total(%)		55
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		55
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		45
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	2	28
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	25	25
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	1	25	25
Total Work Load			152
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.06
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9		X		X
K10
K11	X		X	X
K12		X	X	X
K13