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Program of Political Science and International Relations (English 30%)

PSIR334

TURKISH POLITICAL HISTORY II

Course Code
PSIR334
Semester
Sixth Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
3
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study3
SemesterSixth Term (Spring)
ECTS3
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Gain the level of knowledge and anaytical skills to analyze the major Dynamics of post-1980 Turkish politics.
  2. Analyze the changes in the 1980s whose long term impact is said to be deep.
  3. Gain a conceptual framework to evaluate the impact of the main issues of the 1990s on the nature of the regime and democracy.
  4. Develop analytical skills to evaluate the new political actors and the prospects for a new politics at the beginning of the 21st Century.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesYes(PSIR333)
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsThere is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Course DescriptionThis course is designed to introduce students to the major political developments in Turkish political history since the 1970s. In so doing, the course aims at addressing the fundamental problems of Turkish politics by drawing students? attention to changes and continuities throughout the decades. By the end of the course successful students will gain certain analytical skills to comprehend Turkish politics better. Students are expected to read the assigned materials, attend and participate in class and take the exams at the scheduled time. Since education is a joint-venture between the students and professors, the quality of learning depends on your active participation. Therefore, students are strongly encouraged to read the assigned material and participate in the class by raising relevant and somewhat informed questions.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week State, Military and Democracy in the Third Turkish Republic, 1980-
2nd Week The Coup Administration and the establishment of a new institutional infrastructure for politics I
3rd Week The Coup Administration and the establishment of a new institutional infrastructure for politics II
4th Week The Electoral Process, Party System, 1980-
5th Week Political Parties & Actors I
6th Week Political Parties & Actors II
7th Week Midterm Exam
8th Week Political Parties & Actors III
9th Week Political Parties & Actors IV
10th Week Issues and Crises in the 1990s: Restoration, Reform or Muddling Through? I
11th Week Issues and Crises in the 1990s: Restoration, Reform or Muddling Through? II
12th Week Issues and Crises in the 1990s: Restoration, Reform or Muddling Through? III
13th Week Issues and Crises in the 1990s: Restoration, Reform or Muddling Through? IV
14th Week Into the 21st Century: Realignment and the Predominance of AKP
Recommended or Required ReadingAhmet Yıldız, "Liberalizm-Muhafazakarlık Sarkacında "İnformel" Bir Demokrat: Turgut Özal'dan Kalan," Muhafazakar Düşünce, 15, 55 (2018): 39-56.
Ahmet Yıldız, "Politico-Religious Discourse of Political Islam in Turkey: The Parties of National Outlook," Muslim World, 93, 2 (2003): 187-209.
Binnaz Toprak, "Islam and the Secular in Turkey," in Çiğdem Balım et. al., eds, Turkey: Political, Social and Economic Challenges in the 1990s (Leiden, Brill, 1995).
Birol Akgün, "Aspects of Party System Development in Turkey," Turkish Studies, 2, 1 (Spring 2001): 71-92.
Burhanettin Duran, "Understanding the AK Party's Identity Politics: Civilizational Discourse and its Limitations," Insight Turkey,15, 1 (2013), pp. 91-109.
Derya Kömürcü, "Geçmişle Gelecek Arasında Bir Alternatif Arayışı: Sosyal Demokrat Halkçı Parti," YDÜ Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, II, 2 (2009): 2-32.
Derya Kömürcü, "Kılıçdaroğlu Sonrası CHP," İktisat Dergisi, (Haziran, 2011), pp. 37-47
Dietrich Jung and Wolfango Piccoli, Turkey at the Crossroads, (London: Zed Books, 2001), chp.6
Ergun Özbudun, Contemporary Turkish Politics, (2000), pp. 79-87.
Haldun Gülalp, "Globalization and Political Islam: The Social Bases of Turkey's Welfare Party," International Journal of Middle East Studies, 33, 3 (2001): 433-448.
Heper and Evin, eds., State, Democracy and the Military: Turkey in the 1980s
Heper and Landau, eds, Political Parties and Democracy in Turkey (I.B. Tauris&co: London, 1991).
Heath Lowry, "Betwixt and Between. Turkey's Political Structure on the Cusp of the 21st Century" in Morton Abromowitz, ed, Turkey's Transformation and American Policy (The Century Foundation Press: New York, 2000).
İlter Turan, "The Turkish Political System: Instability and Hurdles," in Turkey: The Road Ahead, The Swedish İnstitute of International Affairs: Stockholm, 2002, pp. 5-22.
Menderes Çınar, "Mission Impossible," Private View, 1-2/4-6 (1997): 72-78.
Nilüfer Göle, "Authoritarian secularism and Islamist Politics: The Case of Turkey," in A. R. Norton, ed., Civil Society in the Middle East (Leiden: Brill, 1996).
Nilüfer Göle, "Engineers: 'Technocratic Democracy'," in Heper et al, eds., Turkey and the West: Changing Political and Cultural Identities (I.B. Tauris&co: London, 1994), 15-31
Sabri Sayarı, Towards a New Turkish Party System, Turkish Studies, 8, 2 (2007), pp. 197-210.
Soli Özel, "After Tsunami," Journal of Democracy, 14, 2 (April, 2003): 80-94.
Suat Kınıkoğlu, The Democratic Left Party: Kapıkulu Politics Par Excellence, Turkish Studies, 3, 1 (2002): 4-22.
Sultan Tepe, "Turkey's AKP: A Model Muslim-Democrat Party" Journal of Democracy, 16, 3 (2005), pp. 69-81.
Ümit Cizre, "The Anatomy of the Turkish Military's Political Autonomy," Comparative Politics, 29, 2 (1997): 151-166
Ümit Cizre, "Liberalism, Democracy and the Turkish Center Right: The Identity Crisis of the True Path Party," Middle Eastern Studies, 32, 2 (1996): 142-161.
Ümit Cizre, "From Ruler to Pariah: The Life and Times of True Path Party," Turkish Studies, 3, 1 (Spring, 2002): 82-101.
Ümit Cizre & Menderes Çınar, "Turkey 2003: Kemalism, Islamism and Politics in the Light of the February 28 Process," South Atlantic Quarterly, 102, 2/3 (Spring/Summer 2003): 309-332.
Yahya Madra (ed.), Türkiye'de Yeni İktidar, Yeni Direniş. Metis: İstanbul, 2015.
Yüksel Taşkın, "12 Eylül Atatürkçülüğü ya da Bir Kemalist Restorasyon Teşebbüsü Olarak 12 Eylül," MTSD 2: Kemalizm, ed. A. İnsel, İletişim, İstanbul, 2009.
Ziya Öniş, "Globalization, Democratization and Far Right: The Nationalist Action Party in Critical Perspective," Democratization, 10, 1 (2003): 27-52.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Attendance 1 10
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 1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 3 42
Preparation for Final exam 1 40 40
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 25 25
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 1 1
Homework
Total Work Load151
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.03
ECTS Credit of the Course3
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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