STATE, SOCIETY AND CITIZENSHIP IN TURKEY

POLI463

Course Code: POLI463
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)

Assistant Professor Erdem Damar

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

develop a perspective on the issue of citizenship, and the role and impact of the state and society over the citizenship issues.
analyze and assess the issues and problems of Turkish citizenship.
analyze the current state of citizenship in a global setting.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional programme components.

Course Description

This course focuses on the issue of citizenship in Turkey together with the roles, impacts, and views of the state and society with respect to citizenship. Firstly, different theories of citizenship and approaches will be introduced. The process of the construction of citizenship in Turkey, its interaction with the nation-building process, the developments-constitutional, legal, political, and social- throughout the Republican history and current debates on Turkish citizenship comprise the content of the course.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Origins of Citizenship
2^nd Week	Modern citizenship; national Identity and Citizenship
3^rd Week	Modern citizenship; national Identity and Citizenship
4^th Week	Republican and Liberal Understandings
5^th Week	New Debates: Identity, Human Rights, Group Rights
6^th Week	Turkish Citizenship
7^th Week	Midterm Exam
8^th Week	Nation-Building and Citizenship in Turkey
9^th Week	Migration
10^th Week	Gender
11^th Week	Identity Claims and Citizenship
12^th Week	Post-1980 Period and Emerging Problems
13^th Week	Impacts of Globalization over Citizenship
14^th Week	Turkish Citizenship and the European Union

Recommended or Required Reading

Işın, "Who is the New Citizen? Towards a Genealogy" Citizenship Studies, v.1, No.1, 1997.
Brubaker, "Immigration, Citizenship and the Nation-state in France and Germany: a Comparative Analysis," International Sociology, v. 5, 1990.
Oldfield, "Citizenship: An Unnatural Practice," The Political Quarterly, v.61, 1990.
Turner, "Outline of a Theory of Citizenship," Sociology, v.24, 1990.
Smith, M. Rogers, "Modern Citizenship," in Handbook of Citizenship Studies, Isin, E.F., and Turner, B.S. (eds.), London, Thosand Oaks, New Delhi: Sage, 2002.
Schuck P.H., "Liberal Citizenship," in Handbook of Citizenship Studies.
Dagger, R., "Republican Citizenship," in Handbook of Citizenship Studies. Joppke, C. "Transformation of Citizenship: Status, Rights, Identity," Citizenship Studies, v. 11, No. 1, 37-48, Feb. 2007.
İçduygu, Çolak, Soyarık, "What is the Matter with Citizenship? A Turkish Debate," Middle Eastern Studies, v.35, No.4, Oct. 1999.
Keyman and İçduygu, "Introduction: citizenship, identity, and the question of democracy in Turkey" in Citizenship in a Global World: European questions and Turkish experiences. London and New York: Routledge: 2005.
Kahraman, H.B. "The cultural and historical foundation of Turkish citizenship: moderntiy as Westernization," in Citizenship in a Global World.
Soyarık Şentürk, N., "Legal and constitutional foundations of Turkish citizenship: Changes and continuities" in Citizenship in a Global World.
İçduygu, A., "The international migration and citizenship debate in Turkey: the individual level of analysis," in Citizenship in a Global World.
Kaya, A., "Citizenship and the hyphenated Germans: German-Turks" in Citizenship in a Global World.
Sirman, N. "The making of familial citizenship in Turkey," in Citizenship in a Global World.
Kadıoğlu, A. "Aydınlanma, Vatandaşlık ve Kadın: Türkiye Örneği," in Keyman, F. (ed.), Aydınlanma, Türkiye ve Vatandaşlık, İstanbul: Osmanlı Bankası Arşiv ve Araştırma Merkezi, 2008.
Yumul, A. "Bir Adam Yaratmak," in Aydınlanma, Türkiye ve Vatandaşlık.
Yeğen, M. "Prospective-Turks" or "Pseudo-Citizens": Kurds in Turkey," The Middle East Journal, v. 63, No. 4, 2009.
Soner, B.A., "Citizenship and the minority question in Turkey," in Citizenship in a Global World.
Çolak, Y. "Citizenship between secularism and Islamism in Turkey," in Citizenship in a Global World.
Vardar, D., "European Union-Turkey relations and the question of citizenship," in Citizenship in a Global World.
Kadıoğlu, A., "Denationalization of Citizenship? The Turkish Experience," Citizenship Studies, v. 11, No. 3, July 2007.
Köker, L., " A Key to the "Democratic Opening":Rethinking Citizenship, Ethnicity and Turkish Nation-State," Insight Turkey, v. 12, No. 2, 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Project	1	30
Attendance	1	5
Total(%)		65
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		65
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		35
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1.25	1.25
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	3	42
Preparation for Final exam	1	21	21
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	19	19
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1.25	1.25
Homework
Project	1	25	25
Total Work Load			151.5
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.05
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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