GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
GEOPOLITICS OF TURKEY AND ITS STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES/2340069
Course Title: GEOPOLITICS OF TURKEY AND ITS STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 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 in an analitic manner.
Examines political developments analitically and chronologically.
Understands the current events through scientific analysis.
Analyses international events and particularly international conflicts that can be encountered and produces alternatives for compromise.
Makes criticism and analyses resources in accordance with methodological ways.
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  Conceptual and Disciplinary Definition of Goepolitics
3. Week  Theoricians and Theories on Geopolitics
4. Week  Structural Elements and Characteristics of Geopolitics
5. Week  International Position and Threat Perception of Turkey within its Historical Mission
6. Week  Geopolitical Changes after the Second World War
7. Week  Reevaluation/Reconstruction of Turkey's Main Strategies and Geopolitical Position - 1
8. Week  Mid-Term Examination Weak
9. Week  Reevaluation/Reconstruction of Turkey's Main Strategies and Geopolitical Position - 2
10. Week  Reevaluation/Reconstruction of Turkey's Main Strategies and Geopolitical Position - 3
11. Week  Turkey's Action Front and Activities with reagrd to its New Geopolitical Situation - 1
12. Week  Turkey's Action Front and Activities with reagrd to its New Geopolitical Situation - 2
13. Week  Turkey's Action Front and Activities with reagrd to its New Geopolitical Situation - 3
14. Week  Turkey's Action Front and Activities with reagrd to its New Geopolitical Situation - 4
15. Week  Turkey's Action Front and Activities with reagrd to its New Geopolitical Situation - 5
16. Week  Final Examination Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Ian O. Lesser , Graham E. Fuller, Türkiye'nin Yeni Jeopolitik Konumu (Balkanlardan Batı Çin'e), İstanbul: Alfa Yayınları, 2000; Nejat Tarakçı, Türkiye Merkezli Jeopolitik Analizler, Ankara: TASAM Yayınları, 2015; Cengiz Candar, Graham E. Fuller, “Grand Geopolitics for a New Turkey”, Mediterranean Quarterly, Vol:12, No:1, 2001.RECOMMENDED READINGS: Emrullah Güney, Türkiye'nin Komşuları Ülkeler Coğrafyası - Jeopolitik, Çantay Kitabevi, 2003; Ahmet Davutoğlu, Stratejik Derinlik Türkiye’nin Uluslararası Konumu, İstanbul: Küre Yayınları, 20. Baskı, 2006; Bulent Aras, The New Geopolitics of Eurasia and Turkey's Position, London and New York: Routledge, 2002; Ali Balcı, Türkiye Dış Politikası: İlkeler, Aktörler, Uygulamalar, İstanbul: Etkileşim, 2013.
 -- 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