GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
TERRORISM AND TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST/2340058
Course Title: TERRORISM AND TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Mehmet SAHIN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mehmetsahin
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  kemahan@yahoo.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the discussions about definition of terrorism and different perspectives.
Analyzes the causes of the movements that are defined as terrorist activities within their historical process.
Evaluates the finance of terrorist organizations and importance on international politics.
Learns the terrorist organizations which are active in Middle East region.
Analyzes the changing perception about terrorism and counter terrorism after 9/11.
Learns the importance of terrorism on the Middle East region and strategiacally evaluates.
 -- 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 Concept of Terrorism; Approaches and Their Differences
2. Week  The Historical Evolution of Terrorism; the First Terrorist Activities
3. Week  The Structure and Finance of the Terrorist Organizations
4. Week  Terrorist Organizations as Actors in International Relations
5. Week  Terrorism with regard to International Law
6. Week  Political Dimension of Terrorism
7. Week  Terrorist Organizations in the Middle East
8. Week  Factors giving way to terrorism in the Middle East; the Link Between Ethnic and Religious Differences and Terrorism
9. Week  Mid-term Examinations Week
10. Week  Terrorist Activities in the Cold War Era
11. Week  Terrorist Activities in the Post-Cold War Era
12. Week  Terrorism in the Post-September 11 Period
13. Week  Terrorism Perception in the Western countries
14. Week  Terrorism Perception in Turkey
15. Week  Terrorism Perception in the Middle East
16. Week  Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Mesut Hakkı CAŞIN, Uluslararası Terörizm, Nobel Kitap, 2004; Mark ENSALACO, Middle Eastern Terrorism: From Black September to September 11, 2007. RECCOMMENDED READINGS: Barry RUBIN, Anti-American Terrorism and the Middle East: A Documentary Reader, Oxford, 2004; İhsan BAL, Terörizm, USAK, 2006; Eric Hobsbawm, Küreselleşme Demokrasi ve Terörizm, Agora, 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
1
40
 Assignment
1
60
 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
33
33
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 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 literature
12Using basic computer programmes and information technologies efficiently by adhering to the principal of learning
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