Information Package / Course Catalogue
Turkish Foreign Policy
Course Code: KAY409
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

Making students conscious of the foreign policy during the establishment of Turkish Republic. Giving comparative understanding of Turkish foreign policy from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic.

Course Content

International developments affecting the national security and foreign policy of Turkey during the Republican period

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Eren Alper YILMAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.Identify the basic concepts peculiar to the field of Foreign Policy.
2.Explain the situation of Ottoman Empire within the balance of powers in the world during the centuries of 19 and 20.
3.Recognize the effects of developments in international relations on Turkish foreign policy.
4. To interpret the historical development of Turkish foreign policy
5. To interpret the relations with the European Union
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Baskın ORAN, Türk Dış Politikası: Kurtuluş Savaşından Bugüne Olgular, Belgeler, Yorumlar, Cilt I-II, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2003.
2.Faruk SÖNMEZOĞLU, Türk Dış Politikasının Analizi, Der Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002.
3.Faruk SÖNMEZOĞLU, Uluslararası Politika ve Dış Politika Analizi, Der Yayınları, İstanbul.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course Objectives Students and Subject Informed About Boundaries Course Content Bibliographic Information Regarding Issuance.
Week 2 - Theoretical
The plans of the Entente states for sharing the Ottoman Empire
Week 3 - Theoretical
Definition and Historical Development of geopolitics, geopolitical schools, with history of geopolitics Relationship, What is Geostrategy, Development of the concept Geostratgey in Historical Process
Week 4 - Theoretical
Relations of the Turkish Grand National Assembly with the Eastern and Western countries
Week 5 - Theoretical
Treaty of Laussanne
Week 6 - Theoretical
Relations of Turkey with the Western states between the years of 1923-1932
Week 7 - Theoretical
Relations of Turkey with the Soviet Union between the years of 1923-1932
Week 8 - Theoretical
Turkey and the League of Nations
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Midterms
Week 10 - Intermediate Exam
Midterms
Week 11 - Theoretical
Turkish Foreign Policy in the 1939-1945 period
Week 12 - Theoretical
The World War II and Turkey: The increase of the Soviet Risk
Week 13 - Theoretical
Turkish Foreign Policy after the Cold War
Week 14 - Theoretical
Millennium and Turkish Foreign Policy
Week 15 - Theoretical
JDP and Turkish Foreign Policy
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130339
Individual Work130452
Midterm Examination128129
Final Examination130131
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)151
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026