TURKISH-GREEK RELATIONS AND CYPRUS

PSIR464

Course Code: PSIR464
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)

Instructor Ahmet Zeki Bulunç

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Improve their skills in analysing, interpreting and revealing solution approaches to foreign policy problems.
Gain the ability to develop real policies by analyzing problems and improve decision-making abilities.
Students' interest in current developments and key issues, and their desire to increase research and knowledge will increase.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

Course Description

In the course, the Turkish-Greek relations and the Cyprus conflict will be examined with its political, legal, strategic and geopolitical dimensions, as well as comments and evaluations of current developments. Courses covered significant weight in the foreign policy of Turkey, and the decisive influence that Greek-Turkish issues, political developments in preparing these problems, Cyprus Conflict and Development in the Eastern Mediterranean, agreements and will analyse new alliances in the region. Greek-Turkish relations in the context of the dispute in the Aegean and Cyprus are mainly in the course of this conflict EU-Turkey and Turkey's impact on international relations will be examined.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	General Approach To Turkish - Greek Relations
2^nd Week	Determining Problems In Turkish - Greek Relations
3^rd Week	Aegean Problem, Structure, Legal and Political Roots
4^th Week	Continental Platform and Economical Area Within The Context Of Aegean Dispute; Arming The Islands and Lausanne Agreement; FIR Line; Territorial Waters Issues
5^th Week	Lausanne, Minorities and The Western Trachea Turks in the Turkish - Greek Relations
6^th Week	Power, Threat and Security Issues in the Turkish - Greek Relations
7^th Week	Midterm Exam
8^th Week	Strategic and Geopolitical Importance of the Cyprus
9^th Week	The Political Events Those Prepare the Cyprus Dispute and The Foreign policy of Turkey
10^th Week	Mega-Idea, ENOSIS and Cyprus Dispute
11^th Week	The Features of the Cyprus Dispute, Examining the Self-Determination Rights of Cyprus Turks
12^th Week	The Agreements for Establishment of the Cyprus Republic, and Basic Features of the Cyprus Republic
13^th Week	The Policies of the Parties to the Cyprus Conflict and Their Main Approaches to the Settlement of the Conflict
14^th Week	Effects of the Cyprus Dispute on Turkey - EU Relations

Recommended or Required Reading

Oral Sander, Türkiye'nin Dış Politikası, 2. Baskı, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, Eylül 2000.(s. 167-178).
M. Murat Hatipoğlu, Yunanistan'daki Gelişmelerin Işığında Türk-Yunan İlişkilerinin 101 Yılı (1821-1922), Türk Kültürünü Araştırma Enstitüsü Yayınları: 85, Ankara, 1988. (s.15-25;75 -77; 79-91)
Rifat Uçarol, Siyasi Tarih (1789-1999), Beşinci Baskı, Filiz Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2000. (s.135-143; 152-154; 225-230)
A. Suat Bilge, Türk Yunan Siyasi İlişkileri Büyük Düş, 21. Yüzyıl Yayınları:14, Ankara, Ekim 2000. (s.39-44;157-173; 263-267;276)
Alexis Heraclides, Yunanistan ve Doğu'dan Gelen Tehlike Türkiye, Çev. Mihalis Vasilyadis-Herkül Milas, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002. (s. 37-44; 50-61).
İsmet Binark, Türk-Yunan Münasebetlerinin Dünü ve Bugünü, Türk Yurdu Yayınları, Ankara, 1998. (s.17-18;26-28).
Murat Hatipoğlu, Yakın Tarihte Türkiye ve Yunanistan 1923-1954, Siyasal Kitabevi, Haziran 1997.(s.1-6; 319-321).
Şükrü S. Gürel, Tarihsel Boyut İçinde Türk Yunan İlişkileri (1821- 1993), Ümit Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1993.(s. 10-18)
Gülden Ayman. "Türk - Yunan İlişkilerinde Güç ve Tehdit", Türk Dış Politikasının Analizi, Der. Faruk Sönmezoğlu, İstanbul: Der Yayınları, 1998, s. 543-554.
Fuat Aksu, Türk Yunan İlişkileri: İlişkilerin Yönelimini Etkileyen Faktörler Üzerine Bir İnceleme, Ankara: SAEMK Yayınları, 2001. (s. 10-26;153-158).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Assignment	1	15
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	35	35
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	30	30
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	1	15	15
Total Work Load			152
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.06
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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