Information Package / Course Catalogue
State and Bureaucracy in Turkish Republic Era
Course Code: KAY477
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

The aim of the course is to examine the administrative policies, bureaucratic structure, planning approach of the state in the Republican period together with economic and political factors.

Course Content

The first years of the Republic and 1930s, institutionalization of centralization and the Republic in terms of political, administrative and economic policies, statist economic policies and bureaucracy, economic planning, organization of the state in the center and provinces.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Murat YILMAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.Students will have knowledge about the organization of the state in the early Republican period
2.Students comprehend the modernization of Turkish public administration
3.Students learn about the development of bureaucracy
4.Students learn economic developments in the early Republican period and their reflections on organization
5.Students will have knowledge about planning and bureaucratic organization
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Heper, M. (1977). Türk Kamu Bürokrasisinde Gelenekçilik ve Modernleşme.
2.Heper, M. (2006). Türkiye’de Devlet Geleneği
3.Muzaffer Sencer, Türkiye'nin Yönetim Yapısı
4.Açıklamalı Yönetim Zamandizini-SBF Yayınları
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Course methodology and introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Central and provincial administration during the formation process of the Nation State
Week 3 - Theoretical
Administrative features of the Republican revolutions
Week 4 - Theoretical
Modernization of Turkish public administration and bureaucracy
Week 5 - Theoretical
Economic organization
Week 6 - Theoretical
Ministry organization
Week 7 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 8 - Theoretical
1929 economic depression and Turkey
Week 9 - Theoretical
Centralized government during the single party period
Week 10 - Theoretical
Statism and public administration
Week 11 - Theoretical
Central and provincial administration in the 1950s and 1960s
Week 12 - Theoretical
1961 Constitution, planning and bureaucracy
Week 13 - Theoretical
1961 Constitution, planning and bureaucracy
Week 14 - Theoretical
The relative autonomy of the state: State Planning Organization and State Personnel Presidency
Week 15 - Theoretical
Review
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144398
Midterm Examination120121
Final Examination130131
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
3
4
4
4
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3
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4
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3
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4
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4
4
4
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3
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4
3
3
5
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026