Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SBK-23-117Elective116
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to examine and discuss the political changes, developments and events that took place in the process starting from the Tanzimat to the multi-party period.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Ahmet Ali UGAN
Learning Outcomes
1Interprets the changes in Turkish political life with its historical background.
2Interprets the events in Turkish political life in a political language
3Relates the events of political life with economic, social and legal structures
4Analyzes the place and importance of democracy and civil society in Turkish political life.
5Approaches the problems and phenomena of political life in a critical way and questions general opinions.
6Better analyze current political events
Mode of Delivery
Evening Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
NONE
Recommended Optional Programme Components
NONE
Course Contents
Ottoman Political Modernization, Early Republican Period and One-Party Regime (1923-1946)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1An overview of the social and political structure of the Ottoman Empire at the turn of the 19th century.
2The Tanzimat Period
3The Process Leading to the First Constitutional Monarchy and the Announcement of the Law
4II. Abdulhamid Period
5II. Constitutional Period
6Political Movements: Westernism, Islamism and Turkism
7Siyasal Partiler
8Midterm exam
9The Period of Union and Progress
10World War I
11National Struggle Period: 1919-1923
12Domestic Policy in Turkey: 1923-1929
13Political Life in Turkey: 1930-1938
14Domestic and Foreign Policy in Turkey in the 1939-1945 Period
Recommended or Required Reading
Erik Jan ZURCHER (2020). Modernleşen Türkiye’nin Tarihi, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. Sina AKŞİN (2019). Kısa Türkiye Tarihi, İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Niyazi BERKES (2022). Türkiye’de Çağdaşlaşma, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları. Levent BÖRKLÜOĞLU (2020). Tanzimat’tan Günümüze Türk Siyasal Hayatı, Bursa: Dora Yayınları. Feroz AHMAD (2015). Modern Türkiye’nin Oluşumu, İstanbul: Kaynak Yayınları.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
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 Examination14040
Final Examination1130130
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)170
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