ECTS - Political Movements and Parties in Turkey

Political Movements and Parties in Turkey (HUM409) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Political Movements and Parties in Turkey HUM409 General Elective 3 0 0 3 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
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Course Assistants
Course Objectives This course aims to: -Teach the changes and transformation that are the milestones in Turkey’s westernisation history. -Shed light on the history of Turkey’s integration to the modern world. -Teach Turkey’s intellectual, social and political transformation in the modernisation era by relating it to the current course of things
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • By the end of the course, the students will be able to: -Understand Turkey’s westernization process, -Understand the impact of western intellectual movements on Turkish modernization, -Know the process of Turkey’s change from the Ottoman to the Republic against the background of the historical events, -Learn in detail the significant intellectual movements and political formations from the Ottoman to the Republic.
Course Content The westernization, modernization, social, intellectual and political development in Turkey from the 18th century onwards.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 An overview of westernization, modernization of the army Related readings in sources
2 Westernization in the civil structure Sened-i İttifak, Edict of Tanzimat Related readings in sources
3 Reform Edict, westernization in the field of law Related readings in sources
4 Westernization in the fields of literature and education Related readings in sources
5 Westernization in the fields of architecture and music Related readings in sources
6 Intellectual currents in the Ottoman era Related readings in sources
7 Mid-term The questions prepared by the course instructor.
8 Political formations in the Ottoman Empire New Ottoman Society Related readings in sources
9 Young Turks Related readings in sources
10 Various associations in the Ottoman era Related readings in sources
11 Various parties in the Ottoman era Related readings in sources
12 Political structures in the Republican Period Kuva-yı Milliye Republican People's Party Related readings in sources
13 Progressive Republican Party Free Republican Party Related readings in sources
14 Democratic Party Political parties since 1960 Related readings in sources
15 Democracy struggle in the Republican Era Related readings in sources
16 Final Exam Exam prepared by the Instructor

Sources

Course Book 1. Türkiye’nin Demokrasi Tarihi, Tevfik Çavdar, İmge Yayınları, Ankara, 2008.
2. Türkiye’de Çağdaşlaşma, Niyazi Berkes, YKY, İstanbul, 2008.
3. Türk Demokrasi Tarihi, Kemal Karpat, Afa Yayınları, İstanbul, 1996.
4. Şerif Mardin, Türk Modernleşmesi, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007.
5. Türkiye’nin Yakın Tarihi, İlber Ortaylı, Timaş Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 35
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 65
Toplam 2 100
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 Skills to understand, compare and paraphrase the basic concepts of law as a jurist following common principles of law.
2 Skills to solve problems using a critical point of view when necessary , to determine and analyse the theoretical and implementation problems of law.
3 Contribution to understanding, planning, exercising and coordinating the functionss of law, by explaining and practising.
4 Skills to understand the strategic, tactical and practical sides of private and public law.
5 Skills to understand the local, national, international, universal and supranational sides of private and public law.
6 Skills to understand the modern methods and differences of law.
7 Skills to participate in/inter disciplinary group works succesfully.
8 Skills to adopt open minded behaviors in the way of learning and attempting.
9 Skills to assimilate and carry the rules of ethics and profession within the framework of social responsibility
10 Skills to use Turkish efficiently in writing and speaking, and have the communication talent that is required by a law related career.
11 Skills to approach critically and creativly on the legal and social problems in terms of rule of law and ideal of justice.
12 Skills to understand and practice the national and international sides of law through caselaw and judical implementations.
13 Skills to prepare/present a written or oral academic study within the framework of acedemic ethic and rules.
14 Skills to use vocational information technologies efficiently in solving legal problems.
15 Skills to reinforce knowledge of foreign languages and command of legal terminolgy.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 3 42
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 4 4
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 0 10 0
Total Workload 94