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Ph.D. on International Relations

PSIR622

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

Course Code
PSIR622
Semester
First Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelDoctorate Of Science
Year of Study1
SemesterFirst Term (Fall)
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. learn what processes Turkey has gone through in foreign policy,
  2. Turkey's global and regional policies,
  3. The relationship between domestic policy and foreign policy,
  4. To analyze Turkish Foreign Policy according to the international conjuncture,
  5. To explain and discuss the changes and continuities in Turkish foreign policy.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNo.
Course DescriptionThis course aims to examine the positive and negative legacies from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey, the political, geographical and economic foundations of Turkish foreign policy, the decision-making mechanisms in foreign policy and the foreign policy behaviors exhibited since the foundation of the Republic. Turkey's global and regional policies, its foreign policy that differs according to the changing international conjuncture, and the extent to which the factors of continuity and change are effective in these policies are among the topics to be discussed. The course also aims to identify the general trends in Turkey's foreign relations. At the end of this course, students are expected to know the general framework of Turkey's history of international relations, to have information about different interpretations of different foreign policy issues facing the country, and to present their own interpretations. In addition, the students will be provided with the ability to have detailed information about the important processes in Turkish Foreign Policy, to understand the dynamics that are effective in foreign policy.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Continuity and variability inherited from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey
2nd Week Execution of Foreign Policy: Actors, Institutions and Processes
3rd Week The international environment after the First World War and the foreign policy followed in the National Struggle Period
4th Week Events that took place in the world and in Turkey during the interwar period
5th Week World War II and Turkey's "Balance Policy"
6th Week Cold War, Turkey's loneliness, and the evaluation of the conditions under which Turkey joined the Western alliance
7th Week Turkey's foreign policy in the 1945-60 period
8th Week Changes in Turkish foreign policy in the 1960-80 period
9th Week 1980s and the end of the Cold War
10th Week Relations with the USA and Israel after the Cold War
11th Week Turkey's Central Asia and Caucasus policies after the Cold War
12th Week Turkey-Russia Relations
13th Week Turkey-EU Relations
14th Week Current developments and problems in Turkish Foreign Policy
Recommended or Required ReadingM.Kutlay & Z. Öniş, Turkish foreign policy in a post-western order. Strategic autonomy or new forms of dependence, International Affairs, 2021, Vol.92, Issue 4, 2021, pp. 1085-1104.
T.Oğuzlu, Turkish Foreign Policy in a changing World order, A Journal of Foreign Policy and peace, All Azimuth, 2020, Vol 9, Issue I, pp.127-139.
F.Keyman, Turkish Foreign Policy in the post-Arap Spring era: from proactive to buffer state, Third World Quarterly, Vo.37, 2016, pp. 2274-2287.
S.Sayarı, Turkish Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War era: The challenges of multi regionalism , Jounal of International Affairs, Vol.54, No.1, pp 169-182.
Roderick Davison, "Ottoman Diplomacy and Its Legacy," in Roderick Davison (ed.), Nineteenth Century Ottoman Diplomacy and Reforms (Istanbul: ISIS Press, 1999), pp. 329-332
Roderick Davison, "Turkish Diplomacy from Mudros to Lausanne," in The Struggle for New Position, pp. 172-209.
William Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy (1774-2000) (London: Frank Cass, 2000).
Pınar Bilgin & Zeynep Gülşah Çapan, ?Regional International Relations and Global Worlds: Globalising International Relations, Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi, CİLT 18, SAYI 70, 2021
Nur Bilge Criss, "Turkish Foreign Policy and the West (1946-1999),"in Erik Zurcher (ed.), Turkey in the Twentieth Century (Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 2008), pp. 568-585.
Ali Çarkoğlu and Barry Rubin (eds.), Turkey and the European Union (London: Frank Cass, 2005).
Joseph S. Joseph (ed.), Turkey and the European Union: Internal Dynamics and External Challenges (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
Articles and Book Chapters
Sabri Sayarı, "Turkish-American Relations in the Post-Cold War Era: Issues of Convergence and Divergence," in Mustafa Aydın and Çağrı Erhan (eds.), Turkish-American Relations: Past, Present, and Future (London: Routledge, 2004), pp. 91-106.
Meltem Müftüler-Baç, "The Never-Ending Story: Turkey and the European Union," Middle Eastern Studies 34, no. 4 (October 1998): 240-258.
ORAN, Baskın (ed.), Türk Dış Politikası, Kurtuluş Savaşından Bugüne Olgular, Belgeler, Yorumlar, II Cilt, İstanbul, İletişim, 2001.
There will be additional weekly readings.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 7 30
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 4 56
Preparation for Final exam 1 55 55
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 55 55
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 7 13 91
Total Work Load303
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10.1
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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