POLITICAL THOUGHT IN TURKEY

PSIR614

Course Code: PSIR614
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Doctorate Of Science

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

understand how the historical development of political thought in Turkey is related with the modernization-Westernization efforts since the late Ottoman period.
Know the major streams of political thought in Turkey, the prominent representatives of these streams of political thought and the continuities and discontinuities between these different streams.
contributes to the current debates in Turkish politics with a critical approach based upon a theoretical background.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course, by analysing main approaches and their significant proponents, aims to display both the historical development of political thought in Turkey, and to draw a map of it. In this manner, both the continuities of concepts and approaches which recur themselves in different forms, and breaking points is made visible. Since the origins and development of political thought could be considered within the efforts on westernization and modernization starting with the final years of Ottoman Empire, the course covers the period between the 19th century and modern day. The course focuses on liberalism, Islamism, conservatism, socialism, nationalism and the symbolic proponents of these approaches.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the course, expectations from the students
2^nd Week	Liberalism in Turkey
3^rd Week	Liberalism in Turkey
4^th Week	Conservatism in Turkey
5^th Week	Kemalism
6^th Week	Kemalism
7^th Week	Nationalism in Turkey
8^th Week	Nationalism in Turkey
9^th Week	Islamism in Turkey
10^th Week	Islamism in Turkey
11^th Week	The Left in Turkey
12^th Week	The Left in Turkey
13^th Week	Presentations
14^th Week	Presentations

Recommended or Required Reading

Murat Gültekingil ve Tanıl Bora (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 1-Tanzimat ve Meşrutiyetin Birikimi (Cumhuriyet'e Devreden Düşünce Mirası), İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık , 2014, 10. Baskı.

Murat Gültekingil ve Tanıl Bora (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 2-Kemalizm, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2015, 8. Baskı.

Tanıl Bora (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 4 Milliyetçilik, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2009. 4. Baskı

Ahmet Çğdem (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 5- Muhafazakarlık, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2013. 5. Baskı

Yasin Aktay (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 6- İslamcılık, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2014. 4. Baskı

Murat Yılmaz (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 7- Liberalizm, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2013. 2. Baskı.

Murat Gültekingil (der.) Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce Cilt 8 Sol, İstanbul: İletişim Yayıncılık, 2014, 3. Baskı.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Assignment	10	20
Project	1	40
Attendance	1	10
Total(%)		70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		30
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	5	70
Preparation for Final exam	1	65	65
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework	10	4	40
Project	1	80	80
Total Work Load			300
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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