Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / İKT410 - ECONOMICS

Code: İKT410 Course Title: TURKISH POLITICAL LIFE Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ECONOMICS
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)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Teach to students about political history of Turkey between 1789-2000.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can build the connection between current political events in Turkey and modernisation era's developments. PO-14 have ability to respect different religions, life styles and question the information in the view of scholar idea.
Examination
LO-2 Will be able to evaluate the Turkish political life with an historical perspective. PO-14 have ability to respect different religions, life styles and question the information in the view of scholar idea.
PO-15 can work, take initiative and lead within the teams which consisted different disciplines.
Examination
LO-3 Can use abstract concepts with their concrete contents. PO-12 know the stages that need to apply in a research and do research.
Examination
LO-4 Can build the connection between current political events in Turkey and the democratisation era's developments. PO-3 have information about the reasons and results of transition that take place in economics
PO-15 can work, take initiative and lead within the teams which consisted different disciplines.
Examination
Presentation
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Political developments in Turkey from 1789s to 2000.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Scope, subjects, sources, method and requirements of the course. Explanation
2 How can be Turkish political history studied?Ottoman Modernization Process Between 1789-1876 Explanation
3 Era of Abdulhamid II and Second wave of constitutionalism: II. Mesrutiyet Explanation
4 Jeune Turcs, Union and Progress Party. Explanation
5 From the Collapse of the Ottoman Empire to the Establishment of the Turkish Republic Explanation
6 Institutionalization Process of the Single-Party Period Turkish Republic Explanation
7 Turkish Modernization in the Single-Party Era Explanation
8 mid-term exam
9 Democrat Party government Explanation
10 Military coup of 1960 Explanation
11 Military intervention on March 12 and 1970's. Explanation
12 Struggles and debates between left and right Explanation
13 Military coup of September 12 and reflections on political life. Explanation
14 Military coup of September 12. Explanation
15 Political Life of Turkey in the 2000s Explanation
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Feroz Ahmad, Bir Kimlik Peşinde Türkiye
2 Feroz Ahmad, Modern Türkiye’nin Oluşumu
3 Şerif Mardin, Türk Modernleşmesi
4 Eric Jan Zürcher, Modernleşen Türkiye'nin Tarihi
5 ATILGAN, Gökhan vd.(2015), Osmanlı'dan Günümüze Türkiye'de Siyasal Hayat, İstanbul: Yordam Kitap.
Required Course instruments and materials
Specified books

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 3 7 21
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 107