Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : TAR410 |
| Course Type | : Required |
| Couse Group | : First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree) |
| Education Language | : Turkish |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 2 |
| Prt. | : 0 |
| Credit | : 2 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 4 |
The objective of this course is to examine the conceptual and historical foundations of democracy and to explain the evolution of democratic thought from Antiquity to the present; to assess how the development of modern democracy in Europe influenced the political structure of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey; to analyze the reforms and constitutional transformations during the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic; to identify the major turning points in Turkish democratic history within the context of multi-party politics, military interventions, and constitutional change; and finally, to critically evaluate Turkey’s democratization, institutional reforms, and political transformation processes in the 21st century.
This course begins with the fundamental concepts of democracy, its historical origins, and the development of modern democracy in Europe. It then examines reform movements and constitutional changes in the Ottoman Empire, followed by the establishment of the Republic and the single-party era. The transition to multi-party politics, the Democrat Party period, military interventions, and constitutional transformations are analyzed chronologically. The course concludes with an examination of post-1980 political structures, democratization debates, institutional reforms, and the political transformation of Turkey in the 21st century.
| Lec. Mehmet BAŞARAN |
| 1. | to be able to explain history of Turkish democracy |
| 2. | to be able to define political and democratic heritage taken over from the Ottoman Empire |
| 3. | to be able to explain efforts to create infrastructure of modernization and democracy in the early years of the Republic |
| 4. | to be able to describe causes of problems which the democracy lived in Republican Period |
| 5. | to be able to evaluate history of Turkish democracy in comparison with Europe and World |
| 1. | AHMAD,Feroz, Demokrasi Sürecinde Türkiye 1945–1980, Çev. Ahmet Fethi, Hil Yayınları, İstanbul 1996 |
| 2. | ÇAVDAR, Tevfik , Türkiye’nin Demokrasi Tarihi 1839-1950, İnce Kitabevi, Ankara 2004. |
| 3. | Tarık Zafer Tunaya, Türkiyede Siyasal Partiler, İstanbul, 1998. |
| 4. | M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, Bir Siyasal Örgüt olarak İttihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti ve Jön Türklük 1889-1902, İstanbul, 1989. |
| 5. | Kemal Karpat, Türk Demokrasi Tarihi, İstanbul, 1996. |
| 6. | Enver Ziya KARAL, Osmanlı Tarihi. IX. Cilt. İkinci Meşrutiyet ve Birinci Dünya Savaşı (1908 - 1918), Ankara 1999 |
| 7. | Feroz Ahmad, İttihatçılıktan Kemalizme, çev. Fatmagül Berktay, Kaynak Yayınları, İstanbul 1985. |
| 8. | Suna Kili, 1960-1975 Döneminde Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi’nde Gelişmeler, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul 1976. |
| 9. | Muzaffer Sencer, Türkiye’de Siyasal Partilerin Sosyal Temelleri, Geçiş Yayınları, İstanbul 1971. |
| 10. | Server Tanilli, Devlet ve Demokrasi, 2.Baskı, Say Yayınları, İstanbul 1981. |
| 11. | Şerafettin Turan, Türk Devrim Tarihi, 2. 3. 4. 5. Kitap, Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %40 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %60 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 2 | 2 | 56 |
| Individual Work | 12 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 98 | |||
PÇ-1 | PÇ-2 | PÇ-3 | PÇ-4 | PÇ-5 | PÇ-6 | PÇ-7 | PÇ-8 | PÇ-9 | PÇ-10 | PÇ-11 | PÇ-12 | |
OÇ-1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
OÇ-2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
OÇ-3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
OÇ-4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
OÇ-5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |