Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
150400308102EU-TURKEY RELATIONSElective484
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The purpose of the course is to study Turkey’s relations with the EU which is the most comprehensive supranational integration process of our day and to contribute to students’ acquiring a high level of knowledge and understanding on this issue.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üy. Süleyman TEMİZ
Learning Outcomes
1To gain an insight into the European Union and its relations with Turkey by research and analysis
2To learn about and analyze Turkey’s relations with the European Union
3To acquire knowledge about the history and background of Turkey's relations with the EU
4To understand the current state of EU Turkey relations and explain the reasons of current developments
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
none
Recommended Optional Programme Components
none
Course Contents
Historical relations between Turkey and Europe, the establishment of the European Communities and Turkey’s application of an association, candidacy and accesion negotiations, economic, political and cultural aspects of relations, Turkey’s adaptation to EU policies
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction to the main principles and structure of the EUnonenone
2EU institutions, policies and external relationsnonenone
3EU and Turkey: trajectory of relationsnonenone
4Westernization and relations with Europenonenone
5Start of relations with the EEC and the association agreementnonenone
6Turkey's application to join the EC and the 80snonenone
7The Turkey-EU customs union and economic relationsnonenone
8Readings and Discussionnonenone
9Midtermnonenone
10Challenges and dilemmas in EU Turkey relationsnonenone
11Issues of identity in EU Turkey relationsnonenone
12Foreign and security policy aspects of EU Turkey relationsnonenone
13Migration and freedom of movement in EU Turkey relationsnonenone
14Readings and Discussionnonenone
15Finalnonenone
Recommended or Required Reading
I Bache, S. George, S. Bulmer, Politics in the EU, OUP, 2011. N. Nugent, The Goverment and Politics of the EU, Palgrave, 2010. Ç. Nas, Y. Özer eds, Turkey and the European Union: Processes of Europeanisation, Ashgate Publishers, 2012. M. Müftüler Baç, Y. Stivachtis eds., Turkey and the EU Relations: Dilemmas, Opportunities, constraints, Lexington Books, 2008. Şaban Çalış, Türkiye AB İlişkileri: Kimlik Arayışı, Politik Aktörler ve Değişim, Nobel, 2008 Mehmet Uğur, AB ve Türkiye: Bir Dayanak, İnandırıcılık İkilemi, Agora, 2004 İbrahim Canbolat, AB ve Türkiye: Uluslarüstü sistemle Ortaklık, Alfa Aktüel, 2011. Rıdvan Karluk, AB ve Türkiye, Beta, 2007. Belgin Akçay, AB’nin Güncel Sorunları ve Gelişmeler, Seçkin, 2008 Nicholas Moussis, AB Politikalarına Giriş Rehberi, Megapress, 2004 Oğuz Esen, F. Başkan, AB ve Türkiye İlişkileri, Eflatun, 2009.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination140
Attending Lectures160
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
none
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures13339
Discussion248
Individual Study for Mid term Examination8432
Individual Study for Final Examination5420
Reading2510
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)111
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