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| ULS5280 | Turkey and Its Neighbours | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Coşkun TOPAL | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Süleyman Erkan | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Main objective of this course is providing the students a general knowledge on political balances and structures of Balkan, Caucasus, Middle East Regional Political Sub-Sistems; all in which Turkey takes place inside; Turkey's role and place in these regional systems. Also gaining ability of concerning international relations as regional level; near global-general and individual-state levels is purposed. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn structures of Balkan, Caucasus, Middle East Regional Political Sub-Sistems; all in which Turkey takes place inside; Turkey?s role and place in these regional systems. | 2,9 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | explain relationships between Turkey and region countries; introducing historical and current problems, policy of Turkey in region. | 2,9 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | interpret relations of Turkey with region countries. | 2,9 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | show differences of Turkish policy with Balkan, Caucasus and Middle East. | 2,9 | 1, | | PO - 5 : | interpret and presenting relations of Turkey with region countries. | 2,9 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The geopolitical and strategically importance of Turkey, Turkey and the Balkans, historical process, the relationship between Turkey and the Balkan States, the historical and current problems in the Balkans and Turkey, Turkey and Caucasia, historical process, the relations of Turkey with the Caucasian countries, the historical and current problems in Caucasia. Turkey and the Middle East, historical process, the relations of Turkey with the Middle East countries, the historical and current problems in the Middle East are introduced in this unit. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Turkey Foreign Policy in general | | | Week 2 | Turkey and Iran I. | | | Week 3 | Turkey and Iran II | | | Week 4 | Turkey and Iraq I. | | | Week 5 | Turkey and Iraq II. | | | Week 6 | Turkey and Syria I. | | | Week 7 | Turkey and Syria II. | | | Week 8 | Turkey and Bulgaria
| | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Turkey and Armenia I. | | | Week 11 | Turkey and Armenia II. | | | Week 12 | Mid-term Examination | | | Week 13 | Turkey and Azerbaijan | | | Week 14 | Turkey and Greece I. | | | Week 15 | Turkey and Greece II. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Mohammad ARAFAT " Türkiye ve Komşuları" Nobel Yayın, Ankara 2009. | | | |
| 1 | Haydar Çakmak " Türk dış Politikası" Plantin Yayınları, Ankara 2008.Baskın Oran " Türk Dış Politikası" | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/2023 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 12/2023 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01/2024 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 6 | 6 | 36 | | Proje | 1 | 13 | 13 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 5 | 35 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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