GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL ISSUES/IR403
Course Title: CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
Credits 3 ECTS 7
Semester 7 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
   İngilizce
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof.Dr. Cemalettin TAŞKIRAN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ctaskiran
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  ctaskiran@gazi.edu.tr,taskiranc@yahoo.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Bölgesel problemlerin sebeplerini ve sonuçlarını analiz eder.
Türkiye'nin meselelere yaklaşımını ve politikalarını bilir.
Büyük güçlerin politikalarını mukayese eder ve bu politikaların etkilerini analiz eder.
Türkiye'nin politikaları ile diğer aktörlerin politikaları arasındaki etkileşimleri analiz eder ve öngörülerde bulunur.
Olaylar vasıtasıyla uluslararası sistemin nasıl şekillendirildiğini açıklar.
Uluslararası ve bölgesel meselelerde Türkiye'nin politikalarının doğrularını ve yanlışlarını bilir ve sebeplerini açıklar.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  Bu ders sadece yüz yüze eğitim şeklinde yürütülmektedir.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  Bu dersin önkoşulu yada eş koşulu bulunmamaktadır.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  Bu dersle ilişkili önerilen başka dersler bulunmamaktadır.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Giriş: Dersin içeriği,amacı ve yöntemi hakkında bilgilendirme
2. Week  Ermeni Meselesi'nin ortaya çıkışı
3. Week  Büyük Ortadoğu Projesi
4. Week  Irak’ın işgali ve yarattığı sorunlar
5. Week  Arap Baharı ve bölgeye etkileri
6. Week  Suriye meselesi ve Türkiye'nin Suriye politikası
7. Week  İsrail Devletinin Kuruluşu ve Ortadoğu’ya etkileri
8. Week  Vize sınavı haftası
9. Week  Filistin Meselesi ve muhtemel çözüm arayışları
10. Week  Kafkaslardaki sorunlar ve sebepleri Problems in Caucasus and its causes
11. Week  Karabağ meselesi
12. Week  Kafkaslarda Çeçen Sorunu
13. Week  Gürcistan ve Sorunları:Abhazya sorunu,Osetya sorunu,Ermeni sorunu ve Cevaati bölgesi
14. Week  Gürcistan’da Ahıska Türkleri Sorunu
15. Week  Arap Baharı ve Suriye olayları
16. Week  Final sınavı haftası
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  ZORUNLU KAYNAKLAR:Frederik Coene,The Caucasus:An Introduction,Taylor & Francis,2009;Charles Glass,Syria Burning:A Short History of a Catastrophe,Verso,2016;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;Oskari Pentikäinen and Tom Trier, "Between Integration and Resettlement:The Meskhetian Turks"European Centre for Minority Issues,2004.. ÖNERİLEN KAYNAKLAR:Taner Akçam,Ermeni Meselesi Hallolunmuştur-Osmanlı Belgelerine Göre Savaş Yıllarında Ermenilere Yönelik Politikalar,İstanbul,İletişim Yayınları,2007; Cemalettin Taşkıran,Geçmişten günümüze Karabağ Meselesi,Genelkurmay Basım Evi,1995;Mustafa Öztürk,Belgelerle 1915 Ermeni Meselesi, Bilge Karınca Yayınları,2009.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Anlatım, Soru-Yanıt
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Yok
 -- 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