Information Package / Course Catalogue
Turkish Foreign Policy I
Course Code: INT301
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to enable students to have knowledge on the main principles of Turkish foreign policy and the main factors that affect foreign policy. It also aims to evaluate Turkish foreign policy within the context of international relations theories.

Course Content

Basic principles of Turkish foreign policy, basic factors affecting Turkish foreign policy, Turkish foreign policy in the period of Turkish War of Salvation and the Republican period.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Barış GÜRSOY
Learning Outcomes
1.The students may compare and interpret the different periods of Turkish foreign policy
2.Students may analyze the major trends of Turkish foreign policy.
3.Students may interpret the continuity of Turkish foreign policy at Ottoman and Republic periods.
4. It can evaluate the historical development of relations in Turkey's regional basis.
5.Turkey has gained the ability to tell conversions and equilibrium in the bilateral relations.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Baskın Oran, Turkish Foreign Policy, 1919-2006: facts and analyses with documents with contributions by Atay Akdevelioğlu [et al.]; trans. Mustafa Ak?in, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2010
2.Faruk Sönmezoğlu (ed.), Türk Dış Politikasının analizi, Der Yayınları, İstanbul, 1998
3.Baskın Oran, Türk Dış Politikası: Kurtuluş Savaşından Bugüne Olgular, Belgeler, Yorumlar, Cilt I: 1919-1980, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Briefing about the context and the source of the course
Week 2 - Theoretical
Turkish Foreign Policy in Theory and Practice
Week 3 - Theoretical
War of Independence and the Turkish Foreign Policy
Week 4 - Theoretical
War of Independence and the Turkish Foreign Policy
Week 5 - Theoretical
Laussanne Peace Treaty
Week 6 - Theoretical
Republican Period of Turkish Foreign Policy: 1923-30
Week 7 - Theoretical
Republican Period of Turkish Foreign Policy: 1923-30
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
Turkish Foreign Policy: 1930-1939
Week 10 - Theoretical
Turkish Foreign Policy: 1930-1939
Week 11 - Theoretical
Turkish Foreign Policy: 1939-1945
Week 12 - Theoretical
Turkish Foreign Policy: 1939-1945
Week 13 - Theoretical
Turkish Foreign Policy and Cold War
Week 14 - Theoretical
Turkish Foreign Policy: 1945-1950
Week 15 - Theoretical
Turkish Foreign Policy: 1945-1950
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144398
Individual Work52325
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination114216
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
3
3
3
3
3
4
OÇ-3
4
3
4
3
3
3
OÇ-4
4
3
4
4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
3
5
4
4
4
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