Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 3 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | LEYLA KAHRAMAN (lkahraman@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | LEYLA KAHRAMAN, | ||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| The aim of this course is to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and analyze the fundamental dynamics of Turkish political life after 1960. By examining constitutional amendments, democratization processes, the development of political parties, electoral systems, military interventions, neoliberal policies, the transformation of civil society, human rights reforms, and key issues in contemporary Turkish politics, students will develop the ability to critically assess political events. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Can build the connection between current political events in Turkey and the democratisation era's developments. |
PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students:
Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models; PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization; PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level; |
Examination |
| LO-2 | Will be able to critically analyze the problems of the Turkish political life and investigate general convictions. |
PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students:
Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization; PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems; PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level; |
Examination |
| LO-3 | Will be able to explain the crucial role of democracy and civil society in the Turkish Political Life. |
PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students:
Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization; PO-5 Have ability to collect data, analyze and interpret the results via utilizing accumulation of information and interdisciplinary point of view while identifying and solving existing public administration problems; PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level; |
Examination |
| LO-4 | Can use abstract concepts with their concrete contents. |
PO-1 Upon successful completion of the program students:
Learn essential theoretical and empirical concepts of the discipline’s main branches, Political Science, Administration Science, Urbanization and Environmental Problems and Legal Sciences and gain a perspective which is appropriate for creating solutions in this scope;
PO-2 Identify and compare concrete models of international and national public administration, determine problems and develop solution-oriented models; PO-3 Analyze compenents of political, administrative and institutional systems, design institutional systems, and make operational the process of decision-making and coordination mechanisms which are effective for institutionalization; PO-7 Have a social behavior manner which consists of project preparation skill by taking active responsibility in individual and team work, self-confidence to express oneself easily in the face of community, motivation at high level; |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Key dynamics of Turkey’s political structure after 1960, constitutional amendments and democratization processes, transformations in political parties and electoral systems, the impact of military interventions on the political system, neoliberal policies and the evolving roles of political actors, development of civil society, local governments and center-periphery relations, human rights and legal reforms, current political events, and perspectives on the future of Turkish politics. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Informing about the scope, subjects, resources, method, obligations of the course. Democrat Party Government (1950-1960) and Its Ending | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 2 | The Period Between 1960-1980 in Turkish Political Life: 1960 Military Coup, National Unity Committee Administration, 1961 Constitution and Newly Established Political Parties | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 3 | Politics is a Transition Period First Elections after the Military Coup and Turkish Political Life Demirel in Government 1965-1969 General Elections and the road to the 1971 military intervention | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 4 | 12 March 1971 Military Memorandum and its Effects on Turkish Political Life Establishment of the first Mid-term Government | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 5 | Secular-Religious Coalition Period 1977 Early General Elections, Government Formation Efforts and High Tension | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 6 | 1979 Mid-term Elections and Demirel Minority Government Towards the 1980 Military Coup Turkey | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 7 | 1980 Military Coup The State of Kenan Evren and Turgut Özal Economy, Coup and Its Consequences: Destruction of the Existing Political System | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Atatürk's Nationalism as a Restoration Project Democracy in the Narrow Street Post-Coup ANAP Years | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 10 | 1987-1991 ANAP's Decline and Özal's Presidency Return of former politicians The Spiral of Violence of the 1990s and the Kurdish Issue ‘The Kurdish Issue: The War against the PKK’ | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 11 | The Short Spring of Political Islam (1994-1997) Depression Years (1994-2002), Islamists seize control 28 February 1997: Kemalist Restoration | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 12 | DSP-MHP-ANAP Coalition EU Centred Restructuring 2001 Financial Crisis and Political Life in Turkey Towards 2002 Elections | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 13 | 2002-20215 Elections AKP Government in Turkey Effects on Turkish Political Life | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 14 | Constitutional Revision Jamaat-AKP Conflict, Gezi Park Resistance Changing Dynamics in Turkish Political Life | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 15 | Presidential System and Its Implementation Political Life in Turkey from 2015 to the Present | Lecture Question and Answer Discussion Method Group Work |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Eric Jan Zürcher, Modernleşen Türkiye'nin Tarihi | |
| 2 | Feroz Ahmad, Bir Kimlik Peşinde Türkiye | |
| 3 | Feroz Ahmad, Modern Türkiye’nin Oluşumu | |
| 4 | ATILGAN, Gökhan vd.(2015), Osmanlı'dan Günümüze Türkiye'de Siyasal Hayat, İstanbul: Yordam Kitap. | |
| 5 | AYDIN, Suavi, Yüksel TAŞKIN (2017), 1960'tan Günümüze Türkiye Tarihi: İstanbul İletişim Yayınevi. | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Specified books and articles | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 0 | ||
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 114 | ||