Information Package / Course Catalogue
II. World War Years In The World and Turkey
Course Code: TRH603
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Between 1939 and 1945, the course was designed to influence the world. World War II created in Turkey in social, political and economic issues aims to examine the policy pursued by Turkey in the war years in this framework.

Course Content

During the Second World War, Turkey remained neutral. However, he experienced all the adversities of the war. The social values of the one-party period were greatly damaged. The National Protection Act, Asset Tax and Soil Products Tax led the social strata to take a stand against power. The effect of this resentment on the social base played a major role in the transition to the multi-party life. The course includes an evaluation of the political, economic and social dimensions of these difficult years.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Günver GÜNEŞ
Learning Outcomes
1.Will be able to explain the dynamics that caused the Second World War.
2.He knows and discusses the agreements signed after World War II and the new world order established after the war.
3.Hitler grasps the reasons for coming to power.
4.Recognize revisionist and antirevisionist blockade.
5.Will be able to comprehend Turkish foreign policy in World War II.
6.Explain the tripartite alliance treaty.
7.Understands Turkey's policy of staying out of the war.
8.Knows the Turkish-German non-aggression agreement.
9.Explains the Turkish-Soviet non-aggression agreement.
10.Comprehends the change in Turkish foreign policy after the war of Stalingrad. Turkey's
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Murat Metinsoy, İkinci Dünya Savaşı’nda Türkiye: Savaş ve Gündelik Yaşam, Homer Kitabevi, İstanbul: 2007
2.Cemil Koçak, Türkiye’de Milli Şef Dönemi c.I, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul:2005
3.Cemil Koçak, Türkiye’de Milli Şef Dönemi c.II, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul: 2005.
4.Mahmut Goloğlu, Milli Şef Dönemi, Turhan Kitabevi, Ankara:1974
5.Türk Dış Politikası, ed. Baskın Oran, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul:2002
6.Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, İmge Yayınevi, Ankara:2005
7.Açıklamalı Yönetim Zamandizimi 1940-1949, ed. Birgül Ayman Güler, Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Yayınları, Ankara: 2008
8.Selim Deringil, Denge Oyunu, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı yayınları, Ankara: 2003.
9.İlhan Tekeli- Selim İlkin, İkinci Dünya Savaşı Türkiyesi, Cilt:1, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul 2013
10.İlhan Tekeli- Selim İlkin, İkinci Dünya Savaşı Türkiyesi, Cilt:2, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul 2014
11.İlhan Tekeli- Selim İlkin, İkinci Dünya Savaşı Türkiyesi, Cilt:3, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul 2015
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
II. Beginning of World War II
Week 2 - Theoretical
Turkish-British-French Trinity Alliance Agreement
Week 3 - Theoretical
Spread the war and Turkey
Week 4 - Theoretical
National Protection Law and its Implementation
Week 5 - Theoretical
The German-Soviet War and Turkey
Week 6 - Theoretical
The Battle of Stalingrad and the Stopping of German Progress
Week 7 - Theoretical
Turkish Foreign Policy after the War of Stalingrad
Week 8 - Theoretical
War Last Period of Social and Economic Environment in Turkey
Week 9 - Theoretical
Year 1942 Economic and Social Situation in Turkey
Week 10 - Theoretical
Establishment of Şükrü Saracoğlu Cabinet and New Economic Measures
Week 11 - Theoretical
Laws on the Exemption Tax and Soil Products Tax and its Implementation
Week 12 - Theoretical
German Decline and Turkey
Week 13 - Theoretical
Foreign Policy Developments Towards the End of War
Week 14 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1409126
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)128
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
3
4
2
5
4
OÇ-2
2
3
4
3
4
OÇ-3
2
4
3
4
5
OÇ-4
4
2
4
5
4
OÇ-5
2
4
5
4
1
OÇ-6
3
4
5
4
4
OÇ-7
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-8
4
5
5
4
4
OÇ-9
3
4
2
4
4
OÇ-10
4
2
4
5
5
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