Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

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Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Halim Emre ZEREN

Prof. İlyas KARABIYIK

Assoc. Prof. Belgin TARHAN

Assoc. Prof. Eren Alper YILMAZ

Lec. Ahmet Bora TARHAN

Lec. Ali Arda YÜCEYILMAZ

Lec. Hilal YÜCEYILMAZ

Lec. Murat YILMAZ

Res. Assist. Burcu DEMİRDÖVEN

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)

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
5.	Birgül Ayman Güler-Devlette Reform Yazıları

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 - Theoretical

Fordism, the 1929 Economic Crisis, and Its Impact on Public Administration in Türkiye

Week 8 - Theoretical

The Development of Public Administration and Administrative Reform, 1945–1960

Week 9 - Theoretical

Planning and public administration between 1960 and 1980

Week 10 - Theoretical

Relative autonomy of the state: the State Planning Organization and the State Personnel Board

Week 11 - Theoretical

The 1980s: The first steps toward state reform, post-fordism, liberalization, and structural adjustment policies

Week 12 - Theoretical

The 1990s: Reforms in the Public Sector

Week 13 - Theoretical

The 2000s: The regulatory state, regulatory agencies, and the new bureaucracy

Week 14 - Theoretical

An assessment of the current state of public administration and bureaucracy in Turkiye

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	4	3	98
Midterm Examination	1	20	1	21
Final Examination	1	30	1	31
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11	PÇ-12	PÇ-13	PÇ-14	PÇ-15
OÇ-1	4	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	5
OÇ-2	4	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	5
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5