Information Package / Course Catalogue
Turkey's Geopolitical, Geostrategic Position and Security
Course Code: TAR391
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

To educate individuals who prepare themselves for the future with the methodical approach of “Learn the past, understand the present and build the future,” and learn what the internal and external security of a country is. To help raise theoreticians, security experts and policy makers who can turn history into a strategy; to teach the concepts of strategy, logic, balance of power, intelligence methods and analysis, to gain the ability to interpret historical events with a strategic mind. To teach that internal security cannot be considered separately from external security.

Course Content

Turkey's geopolitical, geostrategic, ecostrategic and theostrategic position makes it necessary to provide a multifaceted education in social sciences. The geography we are in is not just any geography of the world. Turkey is located at geopolitical, geostrategic, ecostrategic, theostrategic intersection, conflict and break points. In addition, the countries of the world and the owners of global capital acting as supra-states produce strategies and act with a more complex and complex, fuzzy and fringed logic. Students who choose this course will be taught security and intelligence theories that can learn the past, analyze the present correctly and build the future correctly by reading strategic history. Strategy and security studies are carried out together with realpolitik and world developments. Turkey's development efforts will gain momentum with individuals who have sufficient mental equipment and knowledge on these issues. Learning the historical strategies and tactics of intellectual imperialism will give students the ability to think strategically and recognize the world more realistically. Opposition movements and social structures in the region will be explained. The major causes of conflict in the region, the possibilities of reconciliation and peace in conflict areas, and the region's place in international politics will be examined. The course will also focus on orientalist and modernist perspectives and preconceived perceptions of the region. It will be ensured that they have knowledge within a certain general framework on issues such as economic intelligence, psychological warfare, manipulation, perception and mass management, international terrorism, world intelligence agencies, counterintelligence, the functioning of effective think tanks in the world, and the international system.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Uğur TATLISUMAK
Learning Outcomes
1.Teaching the Basic Concepts of Strategy
2.To gain the ability to think analytically
3.Understanding the strategies of global powers
4.To gain the ability to think strategically and independently
5.To comprehend the geopolitical importance of Turkey
6.To teach the concepts of Theopolitics, Ecopolitics, Geopolitics to gain depth of analysis and ability
7.To teach that security is based on correct information, correct analysis and correct strategies
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Zigniew Brzezinski, (Stratejik Vizyon)
2.Paul Kennedy, (Büyük Güçler), Robin Ramsay, (Komplo ve Teori)
3.George Fridman, (Gelecek Yüzyıl);
4.Patrick Dixon, (Gelecek 100 Yıl)
5.Halil Şimşek, (Türkiye'nin Ulusal Güvenlik Stratejisi)
6.Uluslararası Örgütler, Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları (TÜBA)
7.Şükrü İnan, Yakup Doğan (Ekonomik I·stihbarat ve U¨lke Uygulamaları)
8.İstihbarat Teorileri H.R. Pal&P. Tourani (Everyman’s Science, VOL. XXXIX NO. 3, August—September’04)
9.Elias Canetti, (Kitle ve İktidar)
10.Mahir Kaynak, (Sonuçlardan Sebeplere, Sebeplerden Faillere); Ümit Özdağ (İstihbarat Teorisi)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Explanation of Geopolitics, Theopolitics, Ecopolitics, Strategy, Geostrategy, Ecostrategy, Theostrategy
Week 2 - Theoretical
Turkey's Geostrategic, Geopolitical, Ecostrategic, Theostrategic Importance
Week 3 - Theoretical
Changing Global Power Centers and Turkey
Week 4 - Theoretical
What is Security? Turkey's Security Strategies
Week 5 - Theoretical
The Place and Functions of International Organizations in the International System
Week 6 - Theoretical
Economic Security and Economic Intelligence, Organized Crime Economy
Week 7 - Theoretical
Theories of Intelligence
Week 8 - Theoretical
Perception and Management of Masses
Week 9 - Theoretical
Psychological Warfare, Mind Games and Propaganda
Week 10 - Theoretical
What is Intelligence? Types of Intelligence and Analysis
Week 11 - Theoretical
World Intelligence Agencies
Week 12 - Theoretical
12 Counterintelligence
Week 13 - Theoretical
Terrorism and International Terrorist Organizations
Week 14 - Theoretical
Major Influential Think Tanks in the World and Turkiye
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130678
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)80
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026