ECTS - Turkey`s Contemporary Social Problems
Turkey`s Contemporary Social Problems (KAM507) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Turkey`s Contemporary Social Problems | KAM507 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Social Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | Although there is an ongoing debate about where the line between the social and the political can be drawn, whether a line can be drawn or not, this course will reveal itself in terms of such binary distinctions (political/social, individual/public, reason/emotion, natural/cultural, state/society, etc.). prepared with a problematizing point of view. Such distinctions should be considered methodological rather than ontological ones, as Gramsci noticed and emphasized long ago. Therefore, in this course, we will deal with the findings and discussion topics of researches made with very different methods by considering social and/or socialized issues with a political scientific perspective, with their individual, social and political reflections. Turkey's current social problems, of course, is a big topic that can make up a more crowded list than it seems here. The topics chosen for study in this course are not the reflections of an arbitrary choice, but inevitably contain a certain subjectivity. Since the topics that cannot be included in the content are actually related in some way to the issues being discussed, they will be brought to the agenda with additional reading suggestions and discussions where relevant. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Political polarisation; gender problems; urbanisation; immigration. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Course Introduction | - |
| 2 | Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations | - Zeynep Özen, Lülüfer Körükmez ve Cansu Akbaş Demı̇rel (2021) Dı̇jı̇tal Çağda Sı̇vı̇l Toplum: İmkânlar ve Kısıtlılıklar https://www.sivilsayfalar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Dijital-Cagda-Sivil-Toplum.pdf - Yabanci, Bilge (2019) Turkey’s tamed civil society: Containment and appropriation under a competitive authoritarian regime, Journal of Civil Society, 15:4, 285-306, DOI:10.1080/17448689.2019.1668627 *Jessica Leigh Doyle (2017) State control of civil society organizations: the case of Turkey, Democratization, 24:2, 244-264, DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2016.1159555 *TÜSEV (2011) Türkiye’de Sivil Toplum: BİR DÖNÜM NOKTASI Uluslararası Sivil Toplum Endeksi Projesi Türkiye Ülke Raporu II https://www.tusev.org.tr/usrfiles/files/step2011_web_SON.pdf |
| 3 | Social Class, Inequality, Poverty, Unemployment | - Sencer Ayata (2020) Türkiye’de Yoksulluk ve Eşitsizlik Nedenler Süreçler Çözümler, SDD Yayınları. - Senem Oğuz (2020) Türkiye’de Yedek İşgücü Ordusu, Kor Kitap. *Esra Kaya Erdoğan (2021) "Bayağı Kalabalığız" Üniversiteli İşsizliği, İletişim. *Pınar Öğünç, Gazete Duvar Yazı Dizisi *Tanıl Bora et. al. (2011) Boşuna mı Okuduk? Türkiye’de Beyaz Yakalı İşsizliği. İletişim |
| 4 | Social Class, Inequality, Poverty, Unemployment | - Sencer Ayata (2020) Türkiye’de Yoksulluk ve Eşitsizlik Nedenler Süreçler Çözümler, SDD Yayınları. - Senem Oğuz (2020) Türkiye’de Yedek İşgücü Ordusu, Kor Kitap. *Esra Kaya Erdoğan (2021) "Bayağı Kalabalığız" Üniversiteli İşsizliği, İletişim. *Pınar Öğünç, Gazete Duvar Yazı Dizisi *Tanıl Bora et. al. (2011) Boşuna mı Okuduk? Türkiye’de Beyaz Yakalı İşsizliği. İletişim |
| 5 | Religion, Religious, Secularism | Recep Şentürk, Kurtuluş Cengiz, Önder Küçükural, Bahattin Akşit (2020) Türkiye’de Dindarlık Sosyal Gerilimler Ekseninde İnanç ve Yaşam Biçimleri, İletişim. |
| 6 | Feminism | Bodur Ün, Marella. (2019). Contesting global gender equality norms: The case of Turkey. Review of International Studies, 45(5), 828-847. doi:10.1017/S026021051900024X Arat, Yeşim. (2021). Democratic Backsliding and the Instrumentalization of Women's Rights in Turkey. Politics & Gender, 1-31. doi:10.1017/S1743923X21000192 |
| 7 | LGBT | Gençoğlu, Funda (2015) “Zorunlu-Gönüllü Mı̇llı̇yetçı̇lı̇kler ve Toplumsal Cı̇nsı̇yet: Erı̇llı̇ğı̇n Bedelı̇,” Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Milliyetçilik içinde, S. Coşar ve A. Özman (der.) İletişim |
| 8 | Kurdish Issue | Turgut, Serkan (2021) Kürt Damgası Etnik Sınırlar ve Başa Çıkma Stratejileri, İletişim. Saraçoğlu, Cenk (2020) Şehir, Orta Sınıf ve Kürtler İnkardan “Tanıyarak Dışlama”ya, İletişim. *Gençoğlu, Funda (2015) “Social Media and the Kurdish Issue in Turkey Hate Speech, Free Speech and Human Security.” Turkish Studies 16(1): 115-130. |
| 9 | Romani/Gypsies | Özateşler Ülkücan, Gül (2018) “Toplumsal Kategorileri Yeniden Düşünmek: Çingenelik Kategorisinin Ardındakiler,” Türkiye'nin Büyük Dönüşümü içinde, Osman Savaşkan ve, Mehmet Ertan (Der.) İletişim. Gençoğlu Onbaşı, Funda (2013) “The Romani Opening in Turkey: Anti-Discrimination?” Turkish Studies 13(4): 599-613. (SSCI: Social Sciences Citation Index) |
| 10 | Refugees | Bélanger, Danièle & Cenk Saracoglu (2020) The governance of Syrian refugees in Turkey: The state-capital nexus and its discontents, Mediterranean Politics, 25:4, 413-432, DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2018.1549785 *Gençoğlu Funda ve Ali Can Fıstıkçı, “The Case of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Of Turkey From a Non-Discrimination Perspective,” forthcoming. |
| 11 | Anti-intellectualism: Academy, Education, Popular Culture | Gençoğlu, Funda (2018) “Üzerimizdeki Kara Bulut: Anti-entelektüalizm ya da Cehaletperverlik.” Birikim (347):64-72 Gençoğlu, Funda (2018) Anti-intellectualism or Populism alla turca, Contemporary Southeastern Europe, 5(1), 10-24. Vatansever, Aslı ve Meral Gezici Yalçın (2016) Ne Ders Olsa Veririz İletişim. Doğan, Sevgi & Ervjola Selenica (2021) Authoritarianism and academic freedom in neoliberal Turkey, Globalisation, Societies and Education, DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2021.1899801 Coşar, Simten ve Hakan Ergül (2015) Free-Marketization of Academia through Authoritarianism, Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research, 26. Retrieved from http://www.alternateroutes.ca/index.php/ar/article/view/22314 Funda Gencoglu (2019): Heroes, villains and celebritisation of politics: hegemony, populism and anti-intellectualism in Turkey, Celebrity Studies, DOI: 10.1080/19392397.2019.1587305 |
| 12 | Anti-intellectualism: Academy, Education, Popular Culture. | Gençoğlu, Funda (2018) “Üzerimizdeki Kara Bulut: Anti-entelektüalizm ya da Cehaletperverlik.” Birikim (347):64-72 Gençoğlu, Funda (2018) Anti-intellectualism or Populism alla turca, Contemporary Southeastern Europe, 5(1), 10-24. Vatansever, Aslı ve Meral Gezici Yalçın (2016) Ne Ders Olsa Veririz İletişim. Doğan, Sevgi & Ervjola Selenica (2021) Authoritarianism and academic freedom in neoliberal Turkey, Globalisation, Societies and Education, DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2021.1899801 Coşar, Simten ve Hakan Ergül (2015) Free-Marketization of Academia through Authoritarianism, Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research, 26. Retrieved from http://www.alternateroutes.ca/index.php/ar/article/view/22314 Funda Gencoglu (2019): Heroes, villains and celebritisation of politics: hegemony, populism and anti-intellectualism in Turkey, Celebrity Studies, DOI: 10.1080/19392397.2019.1587305 |
| 13 | Anti-intellectualism: Academy, Education, Popular Culture. | Gençoğlu, Funda (2018) “Üzerimizdeki Kara Bulut: Anti-entelektüalizm ya da Cehaletperverlik.” Birikim (347):64-72 Gençoğlu, Funda (2018) Anti-intellectualism or Populism alla turca, Contemporary Southeastern Europe, 5(1), 10-24. Vatansever, Aslı ve Meral Gezici Yalçın (2016) Ne Ders Olsa Veririz İletişim. Doğan, Sevgi & Ervjola Selenica (2021) Authoritarianism and academic freedom in neoliberal Turkey, Globalisation, Societies and Education, DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2021.1899801 Coşar, Simten ve Hakan Ergül (2015) Free-Marketization of Academia through Authoritarianism, Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research, 26. Retrieved from http://www.alternateroutes.ca/index.php/ar/article/view/22314 Funda Gencoglu (2019): Heroes, villains and celebritisation of politics: hegemony, populism and anti-intellectualism in Turkey, Celebrity Studies, DOI: 10.1080/19392397.2019.1587305 |
| 14 | General Evaluation | - |
Sources
| Other Sources | 1. - Zeynep Özen, Lülüfer Körükmez ve Cansu Akbaş Demı̇rel (2021) Dı̇jı̇tal Çağda Sı̇vı̇l Toplum: İmkânlar ve Kısıtlılıklar https://www.sivilsayfalar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Dijital-Cagda-Sivil-Toplum.pdf |
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| 2. - Yabanci, Bilge (2019) Turkey’s tamed civil society: Containment and appropriation under a competitive authoritarian regime, Journal of Civil Society, 15:4, 285-306, DOI:10.1080/17448689.2019.1668627 | |
| 3. Jessica Leigh Doyle (2017) State control of civil society organizations: the case of Turkey, Democratization, 24:2, 244-264, DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2016.1159555 | |
| 4. TÜSEV (2011) Türkiye’de Sivil Toplum: BİR DÖNÜM NOKTASI Uluslararası Sivil Toplum Endeksi Projesi Türkiye Ülke Raporu II https://www.tusev.org.tr/usrfiles/files/step2011_web_SON.pdf | |
| 5. - Sencer Ayata (2020) Türkiye’de Yoksulluk ve Eşitsizlik Nedenler Süreçler Çözümler, SDD Yayınları. | |
| 6. - Senem Oğuz (2020) Türkiye’de Yedek İşgücü Ordusu, Kor Kitap. | |
| 7. Esra Kaya Erdoğan (2021) "Bayağı Kalabalığız" Üniversiteli İşsizliği, İletişim. | |
| 8. Pınar Öğünç, Gazete Duvar Yazı Dizisi | |
| 9. Tanıl Bora et. al. (2011) Boşuna mı Okuduk? Türkiye’de Beyaz Yakalı İşsizliği. İletişim | |
| 10. Recep Şentürk, Kurtuluş Cengiz, Önder Küçükural, Bahattin Akşit (2020) Türkiye’de Dindarlık Sosyal Gerilimler Ekseninde İnanç ve Yaşam Biçimleri, İletişim. | |
| 11. Bodur Ün, Marella. (2019). Contesting global gender equality norms: The case of Turkey. Review of International Studies, 45(5), 828-847. doi:10.1017/S026021051900024X | |
| 12. Arat, Yeşim. (2021). Democratic Backsliding and the Instrumentalization of Women's Rights in Turkey. Politics & Gender, 1-31. doi:10.1017/S1743923X21000192 | |
| 13. Gençoğlu, Funda (2015) “Zorunlu-Gönüllü Mı̇llı̇yetçı̇lı̇kler ve Toplumsal Cı̇nsı̇yet: Erı̇llı̇ğı̇n Bedelı̇,” Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Milliyetçilik içinde, S. Coşar ve A. Özman (der.) İletişim | |
| 14. Turgut, Serkan (2021) Kürt Damgası Etnik Sınırlar ve Başa Çıkma Stratejileri, İletişim. | |
| 15. Saraçoğlu, Cenk (2020) Şehir, Orta Sınıf ve Kürtler İnkardan “Tanıyarak Dışlama”ya, İletişim | |
| 16. Gençoğlu, Funda (2015) “Social Media and the Kurdish Issue in Turkey Hate Speech, Free Speech and Human Security.” Turkish Studies 16(1): 115-130. | |
| 17. Özateşler Ülkücan, Gül (2018) “Toplumsal Kategorileri Yeniden Düşünmek: Çingenelik Kategorisinin Ardındakiler,” Türkiye'nin Büyük Dönüşümü içinde, Osman Savaşkan ve, Mehmet Ertan (Der.) İletişim. | |
| 18. Gençoğlu Onbaşı, Funda (2013) “The Romani Opening in Turkey: Anti-Discrimination?” Turkish Studies 13(4): 599-613. (SSCI: Social Sciences Citation Index) | |
| 19. Bélanger, Danièle & Cenk Saracoglu (2020) The governance of Syrian refugees in Turkey: The state-capital nexus and its discontents, Mediterranean Politics, 25:4, 413-432, DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2018.1549785 | |
| 20. Gençoğlu Funda ve Ali Can Fıstıkçı, “The Case of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Of Turkey From a Non-Discrimination Perspective,” forthcoming. | |
| 21. Gençoğlu, Funda (2018) “Üzerimizdeki Kara Bulut: Anti-entelektüalizm ya da Cehaletperverlik.” Birikim (347):64-72 | |
| 22. Gençoğlu, Funda (2018) Anti-intellectualism or Populism alla turca, Contemporary Southeastern Europe, 5(1), 10-24. | |
| 23. Vatansever, Aslı ve Meral Gezici Yalçın (2016) Ne Ders Olsa Veririz İletişim. | |
| 24. Doğan, Sevgi & Ervjola Selenica (2021) Authoritarianism and academic freedom in neoliberal Turkey, Globalisation, Societies and Education, DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2021.1899801 | |
| 25. Coşar, Simten ve Hakan Ergül (2015) Free-Marketization of Academia through Authoritarianism, Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research, 26. Retrieved from http://www.alternateroutes.ca/index.php/ar/article/view/22314 | |
| 26. Funda Gencoglu (2019): Heroes, villains and celebritisation of politics: hegemony, populism and anti-intellectualism in Turkey, Celebrity Studies, DOI: 10.1080/19392397.2019.1587305 |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 5 | 50 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | 1 | 30 |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Toplam | 7 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Acquiring the skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts and methodology of international relations. | |||||
| 2 | Acquiring the skills of analyzing international relations from a theoretical level. | |||||
| 3 | Acquiring the ability to make logical interpretations about the recent either global or national political events. | |||||
| 4 | Acquiring different perspectives on international relations. | |||||
| 5 | Improving the ability to make analyses about the current and future prospects of global and regional actors. | |||||
| 6 | Developing relevant academic and applied research skills in political areas. | |||||
| 7 | To improve the academic writing skills pertaining to the academic area. | |||||
| 8 | To improve the academic presentation skills pertaining to the academic area. | |||||
| 9 | To improve analytical thinking and independent research skills. | |||||
| 10 | Acquiring an open-minded behavior through encouraging critical analysis, interpretation, discussions, and/or continuous learning. | |||||
| 11 | Improving the ability to effectively develop arguments. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Total Workload | 129 | ||