GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST/1340079
Course Title: POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Türel YILMAZ ŞAHİN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/turely
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  turely66@yahoo.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Evaluates the political history of Middle East.
Analyzes the internal conflicts of the Middle Eastern countries in the post-independence period.
Learns the policies of great powers towards the region and understands the reflections of these policies on the Middle Eastern countries.
Analyzes the reflections in international policy of social or political transformations on the Middle East region.
Understands the importance of Middle East on the Turkish foreign policy.
Learns the social structures of Middle Eastern countries.
 -- 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  Definition of the Middle East and overview of the region
2. Week  Independence movements in the Middle East
3. Week  Arms embargo in the Middle East, overthrown the Egyptian Monarchy, the Baghdad Pact
4. Week  The Suez Crisis of 1956, The Eisenhower Doctrine, The Syrian Crisis of 1957, The Lebanon Crisis
5. Week  Yemen Civil War
6. Week  1967 Arab-Israeli War (Six-Day War)
7. Week  Water Dispute in the Middle East
8. Week  Mid-term Examinations Week
9. Week   1973 Oil Crisis, Lebanese civil war
10. Week  Iranian Islamic Revolution, Iran-Iraq War
11. Week  Arab-Israeli Conflict
12. Week  Israeli Invasion of Lebanon
13. Week  The Gulf War (1990-1991)
14. Week  Middle East Peace Process
15. Week  General Overview
16. Week  Final Haftası
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Türel YILMAZ, Uluslararası Politikada Ortadoğu, Ankara: Platin Yayınları, 2009; William L. CLEVELAND, A History of the Modern Middle East, Boulder: Westview Press, Third Edition, 2004 RECOMMENDED READINGS: George Lenczowski, The Middle East in World Affairs, Cornell Un. Press, 1980; Christopher Catherwood, A Brief History of the Middle East, Running Press, 2011; Bernard Lewis, Ortadoğu, Arkadaş Yayınları, 2007.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  N/A
 -- 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
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