GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CURRENT INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS/ULUS403
Course Title: CURRENT INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS
Credits 3 ECTS 7
Semester 7 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Cemalettin TAŞKIRAN, Prof. Haydar ÇAKMAK
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ctaskiran,http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/hcakmak
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  ctaskiran@gazi.edu.tr,taskiranc@yahoo.com,hcakmak@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Analyzes the causes and consequences of regional problems.
Knows the Turkey's policies and approaches to issues.
Compares the policies of Great Powers and analyzes their effects.
Analyzes the interaction between Turkey's policies and other actors'policies and makes projections.
Explains the shaping of the international system by events.
Knows the rights and wrongs of the Turkey's policies in regional and international problems and explains the causes.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction: Informing about the course's subjects, aims and method
2. Week  Emergence of the Armenian question
3. Week  Great Middle East Project
4. Week  Invasion of Iraq and problems caused by this invasion
5. Week  Arab Spring and its effects on the region
6. Week  Syria question and Turkey's Syria policy
7. Week  Establishment of Israel State and ıts effects on the Middle East
8. Week  Mid-term examination week
9. Week  Palestinian question and the quest for possible solutions
10. Week  Problems in Caucasus and its causes
11. Week  Qarabag question
12. Week  Chechen problem in Caucasus
13. Week  Georgia and its problems: Abhazya question, Ossetia question,Armenian question and Cevaati region
14. Week  Meskhetian Turks problems in Georgia
15. Week  Arab Spring and Syria events
16. Week  Final examination week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS:Cemalettin Taşkıran,Geçmişten günümüze Karabağ Meselesi,Genelkurmay Basım Evi,1995; Haydar Çakmak,Uluslararası İnsani Sorunlar,Ankara:Kripto Kitaplar,2010;Mustafa Öztürk,Belgelerle 1915 Ermeni Meselesi, Bilge Karınca Yayınları,2009;Frederik Coene,The Caucasus:An Introduction,Taylor & Francis,2009. RECOMMENDED READINGS:Taner Akçam,Ermeni Meselesi Hallolunmuştur-Osmanlı Belgelerine Göre Savaş Yıllarında Ermenilere Yönelik Politikalar,İstanbul:İletişim Yayınları,2007;Mark A. Tessler,A History of the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict,Indiana University Press,1994;Ali A.Allawi,The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace,Yale University Press,2008.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  No
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
3
45
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
20
20
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
175
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7
 ECTS: 
7
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having skills and professional expertise in the field of international relations theories, political history and international lawX
2Being able to manage the disciplines of juridical sciences, sociology, history, economics etc. with the necessity of the international relations discipline by having theretical knowledge and competenceX
3Obtaining professional qualification to work at state institutions and organizations, private sector and non-governmental organizations in the field of professions that district governorship, administrative jurisdiction magistracy, diplomacy, inspectorship and expert assistantship with the advantage of accumulation of interdisciplinary knowledgeX
4Having adequate information about the regional and global institutions and organizations which dominate interntional relationsX
5Being able to comprehend the status of Turkey and other actors in international system with the help of academic, historical and factual perspectivesX
6Having information about the Middle East, Russia- Caucasus, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa regions with regards to their history, economics, sociology and strategy by analyzing international system with regional perspectiveX
7Being able to make interpretation on the progresses of international relations with respect to international lawX
8Having knowledge of the political history of XIX. and XX. century to make interpretations on contemporary international relations systemX
9Being able to apply the theories of international relations, to make analyses, to develop hypotheses and to promote solution offers in the individual, state and system levels of analysesX
10Being conscious of professional, humane and scientific ethical manners and also the principals related to these mannersX
11Being able to reach the resources and to have foreign language proficiency on the level to follow the developments related to international relations discipline and the literatureX
12Using basic computer programmes and information technologies efficiently by adhering to the principal of continuous learningX
13Being able to find solutions and having capability of preparing documents such as projects, drafts, programmes and reports for national, regional and global problems with being coherent to group actions, open-minded, having capability to take initiatives and analytical thinkingX