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1) |
• Describe the course
• Describe the course books and other course related materials
• Explain the syllabus
• Explain the grading and evaluation system
• Identify the political actors
• Explain the course program
• Explain the content of the syllabus
• Explain the importance of the course books and their writers
• Discuss the extra course related materials
• Analyze the political actors in Turkey
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Read: Özbudun (2013), pp 1-13. |
2) |
• Explain political party systems
• Describe the functioning of political systems
• Define the notion of political party
• Explain the development of political parties
• Compare the functions of political parties
• Explain the functioning of the political party system in Turkey
• Describe the content and the functioning of the political system in Turkey
• Analyze the development of the political parties in Turkey
• Explain the funtions of political parties in Turkey
• Compere the political parties in Turkey
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Read: Özbudun (2013), pp 14-65.
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3) |
• Illustrate the roles of political parties in democratic systems
• Discuss the organization of political parties in Turkey through analyzing the “Law on Political Parties”
• Identify the membership requirements of political parties in Turkey through explaining the “Law on Political Parties”
• Explain the administration of political parties in Turkey
• Compare the administrative structures of political parties in Turkey through checking their party constitutions.
• Analyze the problems of Turkish political party system
• Discuss the organization of the political parties in Turkey in the context of democracy
• Discuss the membership requirements of the political parties in Turkey in the context of class differences
• Compare the administrations of the political parties in Turkey in relation to the democratic values
• Explain the developments of organizational structures of the political parties in Turkey in a historical perspective
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Read: Özbudun (2013), pp 105-123. |
4) |
• Identify the democratic political systems
• Explain the basic conditions of political party administration in the democratic systems
• Discuss the organisational sturcture of political parties in the context of democracy
• Compare the leadership of political parties in the context of democracy and authocracy
• Identify the notion of “in-party democracy” through analyzing the party leader’s right in Turkish political parties.
• Discuss the political party system in Turkey in the context of democracy
• Compare the administration of the political parties in Turkey
• Evaluate the role of the political party leaders in Turkey
• Discuss the role of the political party leaders in Turkey in the context of democracy and authocracy
• Discuss how the practices of the political parties in Turkey are related to in-party democracy
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Read: Zürcher (2004), pp.36-93. |
5) |
• Evaluate the modernization movements in the Ottoman Empire which were started with the reign of Mahmud II and contiuned along the 19th century
• Explain the differences between the classical Ottoman political system and the political structure that emerged with the First Constitution which was declared in 1876.
• Analyze the intellectual life in the 19th century Ottoman Empire through the works of the New Ottomans and the Young Turks
• Evaluate the Second Constitution period of the Ottoman Empire in the context of the political party system that was emerged.
• Analyze the political parties that were emerged and the elections that were made in the Second Constitution period of the Ottoman Empire.
• Explain how modernization movements in the 19th century Ottoman Empire affected the political system.
• Evaulate the structure of the parliament that was emerged with the First Constitution in the Ottoman Empire
• Compare the effects of the New Ottomans and the Young Turks on declaring the First Constitution and Second Constitution in the Ottoman Empire
• Discuss the political system of the Second Constitution period through the practices of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP)
• Identify the Ottoman Liberty Party and discuss the decentralization idea through the practices of Prince Sabahaddin
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Read: Zürcher (2004), pp. 133-166. |
6) |
• Explain the period of Independence War.
• Identify the political party system that was emerged with the foundation of the Grand National Assembly mof Turkey
• Identify the political groups that were in the First Grand National Assembly of Turkey
• Identify the opposition parties in the First Grand National Assembly of Turkey
• Discuss the importance of “the law on the maintenance of order” to see evolution of the political party system in Turkey
• Analyze the political structure of the Independence War period
• Discuss the continuities and breaking points between the Second Constitution period and Turkish Republic in the context of the political system’s practices
• Analyze the discussion between the First Group and the Second Group in the First Grand National Assembly of Turkey
• Identify the relation between the Second Group in the First Grand National Assembly of Turkey and the Progressive Republican Party
• Evaulate the political environment in Turkey after the closure of the Progressive Republican Party
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Read: Zürcher (2004), pp. 167-206.
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7) |
• Introduce the one party system
• Evaluate the political life of one party rule period in Turkey
• Discuss the political party sytem in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey through analyzing the conditions before and after “the law on the maintenance of order”
• Compare the political systems of the Second Constitutionalist period and the early Turkish Republic period.
• Evaluate the political developments of 1940’s that paved way to the multi-party system
• Identify the reforms that were made in one party rule period of Turkey.
• Analyze the reflections of the reforms of one party rule period on Turkish political system.
• Discuss the preparation and the contents of 1924 Constitution of Turkey
• Explain the foundation and the closure of the Liberal Republican Party
• Discuss the political system of Turkey after the closure Liberal Republican Party
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Read: Özbudun (2013), pp. 65-105.
Zürcher (2004), pp. 221-241.
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8) |
• Explain the fundamental principles of democracy
• Evaluate the relationship between the principles of pluralism and majoritarianism
• Discuss the relationship between the multi-party system and democracy
• Distinguish the significance of the check and balance mechanism in democratic systems.
• Discuss the extent to which a multi-party system emerged in Turkey after 1946 corresponded to the fundamental principles of democracy
• Evaluate the conditions which opened the way of establishment of the Democrat Party.
• Introduce new dimensions the political system of Turkey obtained in the wake of the transition to a multi-party system.
• Identify the Democrat Party government which has lasted from the1950s to 1960s.
• Discus the extent to which the internal administration of Democrat Party corresponded to the principles of democracy.
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Read: Zürcher (2004), pp. 241-260. |
9) |
• Evaluate students via midterm exam
• Compare different political systems
• Discuss the influence of modernization movements in 19th century Ottoman Empire on the political systems.
• Introduce newly established political parties subsequent to the establishment of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM)
• Discuss the period of the transition to the multi-party system in Turkey in terms of the fundamental principles of democracy.
• Evaluate students via midterm exam
• Compare different political systems
• Discuss the influence of modernization movements in 19th century Ottoman Empire on the political systems.
• Introduce newly established political parties subsequent to the establishment of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM)
• Discuss the period of the transition to the multi-party system in Turkey in terms of the fundamental principles of democracy.
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10) |
• Evaluate the structure of the political system in Turkey between 1961 1971
• Discuss how the civil government was interrupted by the May 1960 coup d’etat
• Explain two-chamber system which was introduced by the 1961 Constitution.
• Introduce the political parties which was established in the relatively free political environment in the wake of the 1961 Constitution
• Identify the economic and political issues discussed in the coalition governments established in the 1960s.
• Discuss the political parties in Turkey established in the wake of the May 1960 coup d’etat.
• Evaluate the Justice Party’s administration and political position between 1961 and 1971.
• Explain the establishment of the Worker’s Party of Turkey, its presence and opposition in the assembly
• Discuss the party structure of the Republican’s People Party between 1961 and 1971.
• Identity the establishment of The Repeublican Peasants Nation Party and the profile of its members.
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Read: Zürcher (2004), pp. 261-278. |
11) |
• Evaluate the structure of the political system in Turkey between 1971 and 1980
• Introduce the period of the Nihat Erim government established after the March 1971 coup d’etat
• Identify the parities got into the parliament after the 1973 election.
• Evaluate the political situation in the assembly after the 1977 election
• Explain the ways of local organization of the parties.
• Identify the political parities in Turkey between the 1971 and 1980 coup d’etas
• Discuss the government established in 1971 in terms of democracy and authoritarianism.
• Evaluate the emergence and development of political Islam in Turkey by considering the National Order Party and the National Salvation Party.
• Compare the political positions of the political parties in Turkey between 1960 and 1971
• Evaluate economic, political and social conditions in Turkey before the 1980 coup d’etat.
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Okuma: Özbudun (2011), s. 43-46. |
12) |
• Evaluate the structure of the political system in Turkey between 1980 and 2002
• Discuss how the civil government was interrupted by the September 1980 coup d’etat
• Identify the new parties established in the 1980s and 1990s.
• Discuss the political environment after the 28 February memorandum in 1997
• Evaluate the political conditions provide the ground for establishment
• Identify the presence of the political figures of the Kurdish political movement in the political arena of Turkey and the parties they established in this period
• Identify the political parties in Turkey between 1980-2002
• Evaluate the administration and functioning of the CHP in this period.
• Evaluate the administration, party constitution, and voting rates of the Democratic Leftist Party
• Discuss the development of the Welfare Party and its closure in the wake of the 28 February memorandum.
• Compare the political positions and voting rates of ANAP and DYP
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Read: Hale and Özbudun (2009), pp. 55-99. |
13) |
• Evaluate the structure of the political system in Turkey between 2002-2011
• Discus the relation of the AKP with previous parties.
• Evaluate the development of political Islam in the 2000s.
• Evaluate the functioning and position of the main opposition party CHP in the AKP governments in the 2000s.
• Identify the political and social reflections of the political presence of the politics of the Kurds
• Compare the AKP governments established between 2002 and 2011 in terms of democracy and authoritarianism
• Evaluate the party constitution and profile of members of the AKP
• Discuss the reflections of global economy and politics in the political life of Turkey.
• Evaluate the influence of the 27 April 2007 e-memorandum on the political life of Turkey
• Discuss the developments in the relations between the military and politics
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Read: Özbudun (2013), pp 123-137. |
14) |
• Evaluate the structure of the political system in Turkey from 2011 to the present
• Discuss the policies of the AKP after 2011
• Discuss the developments in the policies of the CHP after 2011
• Evaluate the fact that the presence of a pro-Kurdish party (HDP-People’s Democracy Party) in the assembly.
• Identify the situation of the parties which did not get into the parliament
• Discuss the influences of the continuity of the one-party government in Turkey since the early 2000s on the political system
• Evaluate the government established after 2011 in terms of democracy and authoritarianism
• Identify the practical implementations of check-and-balance mechanism employed by the opposition parties in the parliament.
• Define the party constitution and the profile of the members of the Democracy and Peace Party.
• Evaluate the 2015 election in the sense of its political, economic and social consequences.
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15) |
• Evaluate students via final exam
• Evaluate the party systems in Turkey though historical context
• Introduce the political development of political Islam in Turkey
• Evaluate the positions of the political parties after 1980
• Evaluate the development of Kurdish political movement and its political parties
• Final Exam
• Identify the discourse of “left-of-center” in CHP which is took the form in the mid-1960s.
• Discuss the functioning and positions of the political parties established after the 1980 coup d’etat.
• Define the parties (MNP, MSP, RP, FP, SP) which took part in the process of the development of political Islam in Turkey
• Analyze the AKP governments established between 2002 and 2011
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Course Notes / Textbooks: |
Özbudun, Ergun, Party Politics and Social Cleavages in Turkey, (2013), USA: Lynn Rienner Publishers ISBN: 9781588269003
Özbudun, Ergun, Türkiye’de Parti ve Seçim Sistemi, (2011), İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
ISBN: 9786053992240
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References: |
Hale, William, Özbudun, Ergun (2009), Islamism, Democracy and Liberalism in Turkey: The Case of the AKP, London, New York: Routledge.
Zürcher, Erik J., (2004), Turkey: A Modern History, London, New York: I.B. Tauris.
Çarkoğlu, Ali; Erdem, Tarhan; Kabasakal, Mehmet ve Gençkaya, Ömer Faruk (2000), Siyasi Partilerde Reform, TESEV Yayınları, İstanbul: Acar Matbacılık
Kabasakal, Mehmet (1991) , Türkiye’de Siyasal Parti Örgütlenmesi, İstanbul: Tekin Yayınevi
Kabasakal, Mehmet (der) (2013), Türkiye’de Siyasal Partiler, İstanbul: Okan Üniversitesi Yayını.
Yücel, Serhan (2006), Türkiye’nin Siyasal Partileri (1859-2006),İstanbul: Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım Ltd. Şti
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