GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
HISTORY OF TURKISH DEMOCRACY/TAR4019
Course Title: HISTORY OF TURKISH DEMOCRACY
Credits 2 ECTS 4
Semester 7 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assist. Prof. Bahattin Demirtaş
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/bdemirtas
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Examining the general structure of the basic institutions of Turkish politics
Comparing and subtly describing the constitutional movements from the Ottoman period onward
Analyzing the re-structuring the political system in the republican period
Evaluating the political structure in the single-party period
Examining the factors that were effective in the shift to multi-party political life
Comparing and criticizing the military coups in Turkey
Evaluating the future of Turkish democracy
 -- 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  The general structure of the Turkish political system
2. Week  The change of the traditional system and the factors under this change
3. Week  Institutions assisting the sultan
4. Week  Constitutional movements
5. Week  Emergence of the representative system
6. Week  The development and organization of the concept of opposition
7. Week  The passage from the sultanate to the republic and the problems experienced
8. Week  Midterm Exam
9. Week  The power of the single-party period, its purposes and policies
10. Week  The Republic's conception of "public space"
11. Week  The passage to multi-party political life: the factors affecting this process
12. Week  The interventions on multi-party political life and their consequences
13. Week  Internal and external factors in the development of Turkish democracy
14. Week  The effect of the European Union in the transformation of Turkish democracy
15. Week  General Review
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  1) Şükrü Karatepe, Osmanlı Siyasi Kurumları/ Klasik Dönem, İstanbul, İşaret Yayınları, 1989. 2) Halil İnalcık, Osmanlı Padişahı, AÜSBFD, 13/4, Aralık 1958, s. 68-79. 3) Ahmet Mumcu, Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda Egemenlik Kavramı ve Gelişmesi, 1. Milli Egemenlik Sempozyumu, Ankara, 24-25 Nisan 1985. 4) Kemal H. Karpat, ?The Transformation of The Ottoman State, 1789-1908, International Middle East Studies, 3, 1972, s. 243-28. 5) Davut Dursun, Osmanlı Devletinde Siyaset ve Din, İstanbul, İşaret Yayınları, 1992. 6) Davut Dursun, "Osmanlı Toplum Yapısına Genel Bir Bakış", İlim ve Sanat, 22, Kasım-Aralık 1988. 7) Halil İnalcık, Sened-i İttifak ve Gülhane Hatt-ı Hümayunu, Belleten, 28/112, Ekim 1964. 8) Halil İnalcık, Tanzimat’ın Uygulanması ve Sosyal Tepkileri, Belleten, 28/112, Ekim 1964.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
   Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- 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
14
2
28
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
1
12
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
9
9
 Final and Studying for Final
1
10
10
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
101
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.04
 ECTS: 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Acquiring scientific ethics and a scientific sense of responsibilityX
2Acquiring the capability of gathering, analyzing, interpreting, discussing and making suggestions on the information that is a source of data in the discipline of historyX
3Acquiring the skill of independent or collective work on a historical topic in accordance with the rules of historical methodology.X
4Acquiring the skill of making objective and consistent comments through comparison regarding historical events that took place in different geographical areas.X
5Possessing the ability to examine and assess the effects of political, social, economic, ideological, etc. factors in the development of historical eventsX
6Acquiring the skill of following and reaching the scientific publications and technological developments in the field of history.X
7Possessing the ability to practice the knowledge from the field of history in interdisciplinary studiesX
8Becoming aware of the importance of the discipline of history on a national or international scale; possessing the ability to reason on the background of present-day eventsX
9Comprehending the necessity of acquiring new knowledge and skills throughout lifeX
10Possessing the knowledge and skill to establish parallels between world history and the national history.X
11Advancing the skill and ability of critical thinking along with the ability of written and oral communicationX
12Discovering the dynamics that prompt people into action, consciously of the requirements of social life; acquiring the skill of understanding the roles of individuals in societyX