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| INT4007 | Turkey and Eurasia | 3+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Öğr. Gör. Dr Ulaş Kutsi ÇEZİK | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Özgür Tüfekçi | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course objectives are to get the students to (i) gain information about the Eurasian history and the ideology of Eurasianism; (ii) understand the different forms of Eurasianism in the regional countries, (ii) analyze the cooperation and conflict examples in the region, and (iv) explain Turkey's relations with the regional countries. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | gain information about the Eurasian history and Eurasionism | 6 - 11 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | analyze the conflict and cooperation status in the region | 6 - 11 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | explain Turkey's relations with regional and non-regional countries in Eurasia. | 6 - 11 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | have information about the great power competiton in the Eurasian region | 6 - 11 | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The students will get basic information about (i) the Eurasian history and Eurasianism ideology - as well as its different forms in different countries, (ii) cooperation and confllict through examples in the region, and (iii) Turkey's relations with the regional countries. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Eurasia in history | | | Week 2 | Eurasianism as an ideology | | | Week 3 | Cooperation in Eurasia | | | Week 4 | Conflict in Eurasia | | | Week 5 | 'Great Game': US-Russian relations in Eurasia | | | Week 6 | Rising powers in Eurasia: EU, China and Iran | | | Week 7 | Turkey and Eurasia in history | | | Week 8 | Turkish Eurasianism | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Turkey's relations with other powers in Eurasia | | | Week 11 | Contemporary analyses: Turkey and Central Asia | | | Week 12 | Turkey and Caucasia | | | Week 13 | Case Study: Turkey and Nagorno Karabakh conflict | | | Week 14 | Turkey and Eastern Europe | | | Week 15 | The future of Eurasia and Eurasianism | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | İsmayılov Meşdi, 2011; Avrasyacılık, Ankara. | | | |
| 1 | Beckwith, Christopher, 2009; Empires of the Silk Road, Princeton. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/2023 | 1 | 50 | | 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 | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 2 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 180 |
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