GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
TURKEY S MIDDLE EAST POLICY/2340047
Course Title: TURKEY S MIDDLE EAST POLICY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Turel YILMAZ
 -- 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
Analyzes regional policies of Turkey.
Understands the importance of Middle East on the Turkish foreign policy.
Analyzes Turkish foreign policy in the light of the historical data.
Learns the main factors that are determining Turkey's policies towards the region.
Learns causes of the changes in Turkish foreign policy towards the region.
Learns the policies of Turkey towards the region and understands the reflections of these policies on the 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  Factors Influencing Turkey's Relations with the Middle Eastern countries
2. Week  Relations During the Period Between 1945 and 1947
3. Week  The Establishment of the Israeli State; 1948 Arab-Israeli War and Turkey
4. Week  The Middle East Command Project and Turkey
5. Week  The Formation of the Baghdad Pact and Turkey in regard to Its Consequences
6. Week  Suez Crisis; 1957 Syrian Crisis
7. Week  Turkey's Changing Policies Towards the Region Between 1965 and 1970
8. Week  Midterm Examinations Week
9. Week  Islam Summit Conference and Turkey
10. Week  Troubled Years with Iraq and Syria (Water Dispute and PKK)
11. Week  Turkish-Israeli Relations During the 1980s
12. Week  Turkey's Attitude Towards the Iran-Iraq War
13. Week  Turkey's Middle Eastern Policy in the Post-Cold War Period
14. Week  I.Gulf Crisis and Turkey
15. Week  US Invasion of Iraq and Turkey
16. Week  Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS:Türel YILMAZ, Uluslararası Politikada Ortadoğu, Ankara: Barış Kitabevi,2009; William L. Cleveland and Martin Bunton, A History the Modern Middle East, Colorado: Westview Press, 2013. RECOMENDED READINGS: Ömer Kürkçüoğlu, Türkiye'nin Arap Ortadoğusu'na Karşı Politikası, Ankara: Barış Kitabevi, 2010;Mustafa Bıyıklı, Türkiye'nin Ortadoğu Politikaları/ Atatürk Dönemi/ Batı İşgalleri Karşısında, İstanbul: Gökkubbe Yayınları, 2006; Sedat Laçiner ve Arzu Celalifer Ekinci, 11 Eylül Sonrası Ortadoğu, Ankara: USAK, 2011; Akram Fouad Khatar, Sources in the History of the Modern Middle East, Boston: Cengage Learning, 2011; Roger Owen,State, , Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East, London: Routledge, 1992.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Expression and Discussion.
 -- 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
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