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TRH4006 | Turkish Foreign Policy | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Compulsory | Department | DEPARTMENT of HISTORY | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Hikmet ÖKSÜZ | Co-Lecturer | Lecturer Dr. Edip Öncü | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | The main objective of this course is to explain the factors that helped Turtkiye to shape its foreign policy tradition and the historical evolution of Turkish foreign policy while stressing on Turkiye's national interests and the international that it is a member of. The other objective of the course is to help the students to comprehend the basic issues of Turkish foreign policy, the transformation of the foreign policy objectives of Turkiye in the wake of regional- transnational problems and to see whether Turkiye helped solve or escalate the conflicts. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | Understand the basics, important issues and turning points of the Turkish foreign policy. | 1,2 | 1, | LO - 2 : | Comprehend the historical evolution and change processes that helped form the diplomatic trends and the political structure of contemporary Turkiye. | 1,2 | 1, | LO - 3 : | Obtain knowledge and gain interpretation skills that will provide them different perspectives in their reading and research in their respective fields. | 1,2 | 1, | LO - 4 : | They will be able to establish a connection between history and diplomacy. | 1,2 | 1, | LO - 5 : | Reach to a level that can enable them to conduct research, make evaluations and prepare presentations by examining Turkish foreign policy in a historical context. | 1,2 | 1, | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | |
Basic analysis of Turkish foreign policy in terms of political, historical and diplomatic aspects. A historical evaluation of the diplomatic, economic and political factors that helped shape the political structure of Turkiye in regards to its geostrategic position. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Introduction and the sources | | Week 2 | The foundations of Turkish Foreign Folicy: Basic parameters, historical background of Turkish Foreign policy, links to the Ottoman past | | Week 3 | Turkish Foreign Policy during Atatürk Era | | Week 4 | Turkish Foreign Policy between 1945 and 1960: The American influence | | Week 5 | Turkish Foreign Policy during 1960s: Diplomatic identity and stance | | Week 6 | Turkish Foreign Policy during 1970s: The Stormy Years | | Week 7 | Turkish Foreign Policy between 1980 and 2000 | | Week 8 | Turkish Foreign Policy under the rule of JDP | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | Week 10 | NATO and the USA: Some Remarks on the Cold War | | Week 11 | The European Union: The perception of Europe since 1970s | | Week 12 | Russia and Turkiye: Is coexistence possible? | | Week 13 | The Middle East: Oil and Desert | | Week 14 | The Balkans: A Land of Thousand Mountains and Thousand Nations | | Week 15 | The Black Sea and the Caucasus: The New Game Field | | Week 16 | A Summary | | |
1 | Baskın Oran, ed. Türk Dış Politikası: Kurtuluş Savaşı?ndan Bugüne Olgular, Belgeler, Yorumlar, Cilt I,II ve III, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul 2003. | | 2 | Faruk Sönmezoğlu, ed. Türk Dış Politikasının Analizi, Der Yayınları: İstanbul 2004. | | 3 | William Hale, Türk Dış Politikası (1774- 2000), Mozaik Yayınları, İstanbul 2003. | | 4 | Hüseyin Bağcı vd, eds., Türk Dış Politikası I-II, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, Eskişehir 2013. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | 17.04.2024 | 1 | 50 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 12.06.2024 | 1 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 2 | 14 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | Total work load | | | 120 |
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