SKB645 - MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS | SKB645 | 3rd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Academic Staff | |||||
| Course objective | This course aims to explore the social, political and economic dynamics that have paved the way for the emergence of the contemporary Middle East from around the late 18th and early 19th centuries down to the present from within a historical and thematic framework. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | The following concepts, topics and processes are covered: orientalism and post-colonial criticism, the rise, expansion and development of Islamic civilization until the 18th century, the Tanzimat Era, Young Turks and Iranian constitutionalists, Arab-Israeli conflict, the Age of Nasser in the Middle East, the Iranian Revolution, the Palestinian Uprising and the Gulf War of 1991, the American Occupation of Iraq, the Green Movement in Iran and the Arab Spring. | |||||
| References | Edward W. Said, Şarkiyatçılık: Batı'nın Şark Anlayışları. İstanbul: Metis, 1999. Frantz Fanon, Siyah Deri, Beyaz Maske. İstanbul: Versus, 2009. Hamid Dabashi, İran: Ketlenmiş Halk. İstanbul: Metis, 2008. Hamid Dabashi, The Green Movement in Iran. New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2011. William L. Cleveland, Modern Ortadoğu Tarihi. İstanbul: Agora, 2008. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | The Middle of What, Whose East?: A Critical Introduction to the Concept of the Middle East |
| Week 3 | Said and Fanon: Orientalism and the post-colonial criticism |
| Week 4 | The Development of Islamic Civilization until the 18th century: the Rise and Expansion of Islamic Civilization, the Ottoman and Safavid Empires |
| Week 5 | The Era of Transformation: the Pattern of Reforms, the Era of the Tanzimat and Egypt and Iran in the late 19th Century |
| Week 6 | Midterm II |
| Week 7 | The Era of the Young Turks and Iranian Constitutionalists, World War I and the End of the Ottoman Order |
| Week 8 | Authoritarian Reform in Turkey and Iran, the Arab Struggle for Independence |
| Week 9 | The Palestine Mandate, the Birth of the State of Israel, Democracy and Authoritarianism in Turkey and Iran |
| Week 10 | The Middle East in the Age of Nasser |
| Week 11 | Midterm II |
| Week 12 | The Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule in Syria and Iraq, the Iranian Revolution and the Resurgence of Islam |
| Week 13 | The Arabian Peninsula in the Petroleum Era, the Palestinian Uprising and the Gulf War |
| Week 14 | September 11, 2001 Attacks, the American occupation of Iraq, the Green Movement in Iran and the Arab Spring |
| Week 15 | Preparation for the Final Exam |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 50 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 2 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 12 | 144 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 29 | 32 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. To acquire advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of specialization. To understand the interactions with other disciplines and analyze social structure and dynamics. | X | ||||
| 2. To develop skills for doing and planning research, and analyzing/evaluating data in the field of specialization. To find solutions to the problems faced during the research process. | X | ||||
| 3. To contribute to related literature by conducting a research independently or as a member of a research team. To do leadership and to have a vision. | X | ||||
| 4. To follow the scientific literature in the field of specialization. To evaluate the data by critical thinking and to be committed to lifelong learning. | X | ||||
| 5. To communicate effectively in oral and written base. To master a foreign language and to use computer and information technology effectively in the field of specialization. To share knowledge at scientific platforms with this oral and written communication skill. | X | ||||
| 6. To feel social responsibility. To have a capacity and awareness to contribute to the society. | X | ||||
| 7. To appreciate social, cultural, scientific, and ethical values while conducting studies in the field of specialization. To contribute to the solution of problems faced in this process in the work life. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest