Information Package / Course Catalogue
Xx. Century Diplomatic History
Course Code: UGYL500
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To explain the rises and falls of the major powers of the international system through a cyclical system.

Course Content

Diplomatic History focuses on nations, states, politics, decisionmakers and their interactions and conflicts through the ages. It is the study of international relations between states or across state boundaries and is the most important form of history. PSIR 203 Diplomatic History I classes cover the 1492-1918 period in international relations.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Muharrem EKŞİ
Learning Outcomes
1.Explaining the origins and reasons of the military and naval rise of Europe at the start of the Enlightenment as well as those of the birth of the European overseas colonial empires.
2.to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the historical European Great Powers such as Habsburg Spain, Bourbon and later Napoleonic France, Victorian Britain, and Wilhelmian Germany.
3.to compare the major actors’ military, industrial and financial powers.
4.to critique the relativity of power in international relations.
5.to Explain Modern Diplomacy Institutions and Tools
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Book chapters from the required readings.
2.Hüner Tuncer, The Evolution of Diplomacy, From Secret Diplomacy to Global Diplomacy, Istanbul, 2009.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction of the course and the course material / The Military and Naval Rise of Europe
Week 2 - Theoretical
The Habsburg Attempt for the Mastery of Europe; the Thirty Years’ War and the Military Revolution
Week 3 - Theoretical
The Westphalian Order, the Financial Revolution, the Rise of the French Kingdom
Week 4 - Theoretical
The Wars of Spanish and Austrian Successions, the Franco-British Global Struggle and the Seven Years’ War
Week 5 - Theoretical
American War of Independence, The Great French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
Week 6 - Theoretical
The Vienna Settlement, the Industrial and 1830 and 1848 Revolutions in Europe
Week 7 - Theoretical
The Crimean War and the American Civil War
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Examination
Week 9 - Theoretical
Unifications of Italy and Germany
Week 10 - Theoretical
System of Alliances, Clash of Imperialisms, Triple Alliance versus Triple Entente
Week 11 - Theoretical
“Guns of August” of 1914; the First World War Part I: Attempts of the Central Powers for a Quick Victory
Week 12 - Theoretical
The First World War Part II: The Russian Revolution and the US Entry into the Great War, the Entente’s Victory
Week 13 - Theoretical
General Evaluation
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Evaluation
Week 15 - Theoretical
General Evaluation
Week 16 - Theoretical
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Individual Work72228
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination115116
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
3
4
5
3
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5
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4
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OÇ-2
4
3
4
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4
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4
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4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026