GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ETHNIC AND SECTERIAN PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST/2710052
Course Title: ETHNIC AND SECTERIAN PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 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
Learns ethnic and sectarian structure of the Middle East.
Analyzes ethnic and sectarian structure influence on foreign policy.
Analyzes Iraq-Iran Relations in the context of Sunni-Shia conflict.
Learns role in the internal politics of ethnic and sectarian conflict.
Analyzes historical parameters of national movements in the region.
Learns the organizations such as Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood which have secterian features.
 -- 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
2. Week  Arabs and Arab Nationalism
3. Week  Persian Nationalism
4. Week  Kurdish Nationalism
5. Week  Jewish Nationalism
6. Week  Ba'ath and Ba'ath Nationalism
7. Week  The Shiite Factor in the Middle East
8. Week  Midterm Examinations Week
9. Week  Sunni and Sunni-Shiite Conflict
10. Week  Ethnic and Sectarian Conflicts: Example of Lebanon
11. Week  Emergence of Wahhabism Movement
12. Week  Ethnic and Sectarian Organizations: Muslim Brotherhood and Hezbollah
13. Week  Forgotten Two Ethnic Factors in the Middle East: Nusairis and the Sahara Turkmens
14. Week  Iraq Wars and Impact of Ethnic and Sectarian in the Middle East
15. Week  Arab Spring and Situation of Ethnic and Sectarian in the Middle East
16. Week  Final Examinations Weeks
 -- 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. RECOMMENDED READINGS:Raymond A Hinnebusch and Anoushiravan Ehteshami, The Foreign Policies of Middle East States, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002; Türkkaya Ataöv, Siyonizm ve Irkçılık, İstanbul: İleri Yayınları, 2006; Veysel Ayhan, Arap Baharı, İsyanlar, Devrimler ve Değişim, Bursa: MKM, 2012; Adeed Dawisha, Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph to Despair, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2005; Fleh A. Jabar, Aşiretler ve İktidar/ Ortadoğu'da Etnisite ve Milliyetçilik, İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2013.
 -- 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
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 expertise level of knowledge on institutions and organizations that are influential on Middle Eastern and African politicsX
5Being able to comprehend the place of actors in the Middle East and Africa in the international system from theoretical, historical and factual perspectivesX
6Being able to conduct historical, economic, sociological and strategic analysis of the Middle East and AfricaX
7Having adequate skills to make international legal evaluation to the developments in the Middle East and AfricaX
8Being able to analyze international system, in general, and the Middle East and Africa, in particular, by using XIX. and XX. century diplomatic historyX
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