GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
TURKEY AND RELATIONS WITH TURKIC WORLD/1340043
Course Title: TURKEY AND RELATIONS WITH TURKIC WORLD
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Soyalp TAMÇELİK
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/soyalp
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  soyalp@hotmail.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Evaluates the main concepts, thought and data related to Turkic world through scientific methods.
Examines political developments in Turkic world analitically and chronologically.
Understands the current events in Turkic world through scientific analysis.
Analyses events and developments concerning Turkey's relations with Turkic world and produce solutions for probable problems.
Develops ability to prepare project, presentation,or report.
Conducts academic research and masters research processes.
Gains ability to be prone to team work, take initiative, develop empathy, be open to new ideas and think analitically.
Has potential and capability to develop himself/herself in the related field of career.
 -- 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, explanation of the syllabus and teaching techniques,presentation of the course readings, identification of homework and exam styles
2. Week  Geography of Turkic World, Its Borders and Human and Economic Features
3. Week  Main Determinants of the Relations Between Turkey and Turkic World
4. Week  Ottoman Relations with Turkic World
5. Week  General Situation of Turkic World Before and During the Cold War
6. Week  Turkey's Relations with Turkic World Before and During the Cold War
7. Week  The Dissolution of the Soviet Union and Political and Economic Structures and Foreign Policies of Newly Established Turkic Republics
8. Week  Mid-Term Examination Week
9. Week  Geopolitics, Strategic Location and Importance of Turkic Republics in World Politics
10. Week  Turkey's Perception of Turkic Republics and Its Relations with Turkic World Between 1991 and 1993
11. Week  The Relations Between Turkey and Turkic World During the Years 1993-2002
12. Week  The Relations Between Turkey and Turkic World in the Context of New Perception of Turkic World in Turkish Foreign Policy
13. Week  Foreign Policy Instruments and Diplomacy Techniques Turkey Use in Its Relations with Turkic World
14. Week  Current Issues in Turkic World and Suggestions for Solution
15. Week  General Evaluation and Discussion
16. Week  Final Examination Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Ahmet Bican Ercilasun, Türk Dünyası Üzerine İncelemeler, 2. Edition, Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları, 1997; Mustafa Aydın, “Kafkasya ve Orta Asya ile İlişkiler”, Türk Dış Politikası: Kurtuluş Savaşından Bugüne Olgular Belgeler Yorumlar, Volume: 2, Baskın Oran (Ed.), İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2001; Hugh Pope, Sons of the Conquerors : The Rise of The Turkic World, New York : Overlook Duckworth, 2005. RECOMMENDED READINGS: Elif Hatun Önal Kılıçbeyli, “21. Yüzyıl Türk Dış Politikası Türkiye-Orta Asya İlişkileri”, Türk Dış Politikası Son On Yıl, Y. Demirağ, Ö. Çelebi(Ed.), Ankara: Palme, 2011; Güner Özkan, “Kalkınma Yardımında Öncelikler ve Türkiye-Türk Cumhuriyetleri Örneği”, Orta Asya ve Kafkasya Araştırmaları Dergisi, Vol: 2, No: 4, 2007; Hakan Fidan, Rahman Nurdun, “Turkey’s Role in the Global Development Assistance Community: The Case of TIKA”, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol: 10, No: 1, Nisan 2008.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Case Study
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  N/A
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
0
0
 Assignment
1
40
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
1
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
2
30
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
5
3
15
 Presentation
5
3
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
1
20
20
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
190
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.6
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- 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 academic knowledge and competencesX
3Being able to produce comprehensive and detailed academic works with the advantage 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 the other actors in international system with the help of academic, historical and factual perspectivesX
6Being able to make historical, economic, sociological and strategic analyses on the Middle East, Russia- Caucasus, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa regionsX
7Being able to make academic interpretations on the developments in international relations with respect to international lawX
8Being able to make analyses on international system by using XIX. and XX. centuries diplomatic history perpspectiveX
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 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