This course offers a critical examination of the social structure of Turkey. It will inescapably address the historical background to the modern Turkish republic, the collapse and subsequent disintegration of Ottoman Empire. It will also discuss the foundation of the Turkish republic, the founding principles and early years of the republic. It will move on then to the contemporary problems, and main institutions such as the economy, politics, culture, religion and population. The main objective of this module is to examine the social structure of contemporary Turkish society in the 21 century.

This module will focus upon the following subjects: The concept of social structure, the constituting elements of social structure, the early years of the republic, demographic structure, urban and urbanization, modernity and national identity in Turkey, religion and secularization, economy, economic structure and crisis and the EU membership and its impacts on social structure.