TAE608 - HISTORY of CONTEMPORARY TURKEY II
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HISTORY of CONTEMPORARY TURKEY II | TAE608 | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | - | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Preparing and/or Presenting Reports | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Assistant Professor Tevfik Orçun ÖZGÜN | |||||
| Course objective | To make classifications and analysis on the stages of the transition from traditional to modern structure in cultural revolutions To make comparisons between the modernization process of Turkey and other modernization processes of Russia, Balkans and China in the 20th century. -To make comparative interpretations in the process from one-party period to democracy, To make analysis in the third world countries regarding their democratic developments To make comparisons for the developing countries in terms of their democratic developments by regarding any reactions and threats. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | In the base of science, culture, equality and democracy; the culture policy of Turkish Republic, The stratification and mobility in the changing Turkish Society, The presentation of the changes in Turkish society and culture in a historical period of time caused by Ataturk?s system of thought, The transitional process from one-party system to democracy and world?s conjuncture, Organized opposition in democracies and Turkey, The social and economical transformation brought by multi-party system, The political and militarist reactions against multi-party system, The capital and multi-party system, Immigration, urbanization, social changes and democracy, The ethnic and cultural problems in Turkey. | |||||
| References | Kafesoğlu, İ. (1986). Türk Milli Kültürü (4.bs.). İstanbul. Safa, P. (1996). Türk İnkılabına Bakışlar. Ankara: Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Yayınları. M. Şükrü Hanioğlu , Atatürk: An Intellectual Biography , Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2011. Hanioğlu, M. Ş. (2006). Osmanlı'dan Cumhuriyet'e Zihniyet Siyaset ve Tarih, İstanbul: Bağlam Yayınevi. Ülken, H. Z. (1979). Türkiye?de Çağdaş Düşünce Tarihi (2.bs.). İstanbul: Ülken yayınları. Arığ, A. S. (2007). Atatürk Türkiyesinde Kılık Kıyafette Çağdaşlaşma (2.bs.). Ankara: Siyasal Kitabevi. Akyüz, Y. (2001). Türk Eğitim Tarihi. İstanbul. Berkes, N. (2004). Türkiye?de Çağdaşlaşma, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | General introduction of the course objectives, content of the course and related resources. |
| Week 2 | The general conjuncture in the world before World War II. |
| Week 3 | New world structure after war and Turkey |
| Week 4 | The expansion of the liberal politics in the world and the trials of Turkey to multi-party system |
| Week 5 | The socio-economic conditions caused by multi-party system |
| Week 6 | Foreign policies of Turkey after 1950 |
| Week 7 | Democracy experiences and social reactions |
| Week 8 | Women Rights |
| Week 9 | Structural problems in the functioning of democracy in Turkey |
| Week 10 | 1960 Military Coup and 1961 Constitutional Law |
| Week 11 | Development policies and social transformation |
| Week 12 | 1974 Cyprus Intervention and socio-political reflections |
| Week 13 | The social problems that Turkey underwent in 1970s and 12 September |
| Week 14 | September 12 Military Coup and Constitutional Law |
| Week 15 | Neo-liberal and Islamic policies in Turkey |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 25 |
| Presentation | 1 | 25 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 6 | 6 | 36 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 5 | 6 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 34 | 99 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Comprehend Turkish language, social structure, historical and cultural process in an interdisciplinary perspective, analytical and holistic approach. | X | ||||
| 2. Use the research methods of history, linguistics and folklore in order to search the political, social and cultural features of Turkish speaking communities. | X | ||||
| 3. List Turkish speaking people and communities from past to present, explain socio-cultural structure of them and geography they live in. | X | ||||
| 4. Explain the importance of migration, geographical, technological condition in the changes of language, culture and social structure. | X | ||||
| 5. Comprehend the social structure of Turkish communities, the demographic, social problems caused by contact other civilizations. | X | ||||
| 6. Explains regional, global issues in socio-cultural fields, makes predictions about future in a holistic approach. | X | ||||
| 7. Discusses the data for the reproduction of traditional and contemporary values of Turkish social structure that should be transferred to next generations. | X | ||||
| 8. Reads and analyses at least one of the source languages of Turkish culture. | X | ||||
| 9. Evaluates social, economic, scientific and technological developments in a historical perspective as an expert. | X | ||||
| 10. Gains an analytic perspective, make self-criticism, presents thoughts scientifically. | X | ||||
| 11. Be aware of cultural differences and show respect for them. | X | ||||
| 12. Advance their education. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest