ECTS - Westernization, Europeanization and Turkey

Westernization, Europeanization and Turkey (KAM623) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Westernization, Europeanization and Turkey KAM623 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Ph.D.
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Team/Group.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Tuğba Gürçel Akdemir
Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course aims to provide a better understanding of the direction on which the Republic of Turkey has turned since the foundation of the Republic of Turkey by addressing the westernization and Europeanization literatures.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Get familiar with the literature on Westernisation and Europeanisation with regard to Turkey’s historical development in socio-political terms.
Course Content Turkey?s socio-political change with especial regard to the recent literature on and debates over Westernisation and Europeanisation.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 General Introduction
2 The Concept of Westernization Ortaylı, İlber. (2018). Batılılaşma Yolunda. İstanbul: İnkılap Yayınları.
3 Westernization Movements in 19th Century Ottoman Empire Zürcher, Erik Jan. (2004). Modernleşen Türkiye’nin Tarihi. İstanbul: İetişim, ss. 59-136.
4 The Turkish Republic and Westernization Atay, Faruk. (2019). Türkiye Demokrasi Tarihi. Ankara: Nika, ss. 95-118.
5 Turkey and the USA: The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid Zürcher, Erik Jan. (2004). Modernleşen Türkiye’nin Tarihi. İstanbul: İetişim, ss. 299-320.
6 Turkey and Europe: The Ideal of Becoming European Berkes, Niyazi. (2002). Türkiye’de Çağdaşlaşma. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
7 Turkey and the EU Relations: Past and Present Akçay, Belgin ve Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe. (2017). Türkiye-Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri. Ankara: Seçkin.
8 Midterm
9 The Concept of Europeanisation Yazgan, Hatice. (2012). Bir Kavramsal Çerçeve Olarak “Avrupalılaşma”: Kapsam, Gereklilik ve Sınırlar, Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 12 (4): 123-140.
10 Theories of Europeanisation Akçay, Belgin ve İlke Göçmen (ed). (2014). Avrupa Birliği: Tarihçe, Teoriler, Kurumlar ve Politikalar, Ankara: Seçkin, ss: 661-683.
11 Europeanisation and Democratisation Akçay, Belgin ve İlke Göçmen (ed). (2014). Avrupa Birliği: Tarihçe, Teoriler, Kurumlar ve Politikalar, Ankara: Seçkin, ss: 685-703.
12 The Effects of Europeanisation in Turkey Uğur, Ömer ve Metin Aksoy. (2015). Avrupalılaşma Kavramı ve Türkiye’nin Demokratikleşme Sürecine Etkisi. KTÜ SBE Sos. Bil. Dergisi, (10): 163-180.
13 Europeanisation Experience in Comparative Perspective Akçay, Belgin ve Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe. (2017). Türkiye-Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri. Ankara: Seçkin, ss: 167: 197.
14 Recent Debates in the Europeanisation and Westernisation Literature Gençkal Eroler, Elif ve Rahime Süleymanoğlu Kürüm. (2021). Türkiye’de Medyadaki “Medenileşme” Algısında Avrupa Temsili: Suriyeli Göçmen Krizi Dönemi. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, (69): 1-19.
15 General Overview

Sources

Course Book 1. Ataay, Faruk. (2019). Türkiye Demokrasi Tarihi. Ankara: Nika.
2. Zürcher, Erik Jan. (2004). Modernleşen Türkiye’nin Tarihi. İstanbul: İetişim.
3. Akçay, Belgin ve Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe. (2017). Türkiye-Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri. Ankara: Seçkin.
4. Akçay, Belgin ve İlke Göçmen (ed). (2014). Avrupa Birliği: Tarihçe, Teoriler, Kurumlar ve Politikalar, Ankara: Seçkin.
Other Sources 5. Ortaylı, İlber. (2018). Batılılaşma Yolunda. İstanbul: İnkılap Yayınları.
6. Berkes, Niyazi. (2002). Türkiye’de Çağdaşlaşma. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
7. Uğur, Ömer ve Metin Aksoy. (2015). Avrupalılaşma Kavramı ve Türkiye’nin Demokratikleşme Sürecine Etkisi. KTÜ SBE Sos. Bil. Dergisi, (10): 163-180.
8. Yazgan, Hatice. (2012). Bir Kavramsal Çerçeve Olarak “Avrupalılaşma”: Kapsam, Gereklilik ve Sınırlar, Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 12 (4): 123-140.
9. Gençkal Eroler, Elif ve Rahime Süleymanoğlu Kürüm. (2021). Türkiye’de Medyadaki “Medenileşme” Algısında Avrupa Temsili: Suriyeli Göçmen Krizi Dönemi. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, (69): 1-19.
10. Heper, Metin. (2011). Türkiye’nin Siyasal Hayatı. İstanbul: Doğan Kitap.
11. Dedeoğlu, Beril. (2003). Dünden Bugüne Avrupa Birliği. İstanbul: Boyut Kitapları.
12. Dönmez, Rasim Özgür ve Gökhan Telatar. (2008). Küreselleşen Dünyada Avrupa Birliği. Ankara: Phoenix.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 10 20
Presentation 1 10
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 13 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
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
1 2 3 4 5
1 Improving knowledge and understanding of the disciplines political science and public administration so as to enable the Ph. D. candidates to produce new knowledge on these disciplines.
2 Improving knowledge and understanding in the parallel disciplines of sociology, anthropology, history etc. to create a multi-disciplinary perspective of the field of study.
3 Introducing and improving knowledge and skills of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods so as to create a capacity to utilize them in researches in the field of political science and public administration.
4 Enabling the Ph. D. candidates to utilize their thoretical, methodological, and multi-disciplinary knowledge so as to critically understand the discussions in those fields, and to understand the gaps in the literature concerned.
5 Improving academic writing skills so as to enable the Ph. D. candidates to write their dissertations or research papers in a suitable manner.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 15 3 45
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 15 3 45
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 5 5
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 10 2 20
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 5 5
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 10 10
Total Workload 130