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Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
• Describe the course.
• Recognize the course book.
• Explain the course program.
• Describe the grading and evaluation system.
• List extra course materials.
• Introduce the content of the syllabus.
• Explain the relevance of the course books and its authors.
• List the course topics.
• Explain the grading system evaluation methods.
• Explain the method of using extra reading materials.
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Review the Syllabus.
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| 2) |
• Define the concept of minority in the world.
• Explain the concept “protection of minorities”
• Relate the formation of the nation-state and minorities in Western Europe.
• Analyze the situation in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey concerning the issue of minorities.
• List important post-cold war developments related with the issue of minority rights.
• Identify the concept of minority in the West and other contexts.
• Define the concept of “protection of minorities” and its implications
• Analyze the link between the formation of the nation-state and minorities in Western Europe.
• Compare the Ottoman Empire and Turkey with the West in the issue of minorities.
• Recognize post-cold war developments in the field of minority rights.
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Dönmez and Enneli (2011), pp. 1-27. |
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• Define the concept of “minority identity”
• Discuss the relationship between minorities and the state.
• Relate the process of nation-formation and minorities.
• Explain minority rights as human rights.
• Analyze the implementation of minority rights.
• Explain the emergence of the concept: “minority identity”
• Analyze the state-minority relationship.
• Compare ethnic and territorial nationalist projects in terms of their impact on minorities.
• Interpret minority rights in the framework of human rights: Negative and positive rights.
• Discuss the issues of implementation of discrimination and protection of minorities.
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Dönmez and Enneli (2011), pp.28-49. |
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• Explain the importance of “recognition” of minorities
• Illustrate different cases of recognition and non-recognition
• Recognize the importance of “minority awareness”
• Analyze the concept “national minorities”.
• Distinguish the notions of total equality, larger freedom and “special rights”
• Discuss the issue “recognition” for minorities
• List different cases of recognized and non-recognized minorities
• Explain the critical role of “minority awareness” for minority rights.
• Define the concept “national minorities”.
• Discuss the differences between total equality, larger freedom and “special rights” for minorities.
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| 5) |
• Explain the emergence of the concept of minority in the Ottoman Empire.
• Define “millet” system.
• List major developments in the recognition of minorities.
• Compare Ottoman and Republican treatment of minorities.
• Differentiate linguistic, religious and ethnic minorities.
• Analyze the concept of minority in the Ottoman period.
• Explain the “millet” system as the traditional background of the issue of minorities.
• State major developments in the recognition of minorities in the Ottoman Empire.
• Discuss the continuities and changes concerning the treatment of minorities between the Ottoman and Republican periods.
• Compare linguistic, religious and ethnic minorities in the Ottoman Empire.
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| 6) |
• Recognize the importance of Lausanne Treaty.
• Define minority according to the Lausanne Treaty.
• List the articles of the Lausanne Treaty concerning minorities
• Explain the disadvantages of the minority concept as stated in the Lausanne Treaty
• List the rights of non-Muslim minorities according to the Lausanne Treaty.
• Explain the importance of Lausanne Treaty for the status of minorities in Turkey.
• State the definition of minority in the Lausanne Treaty.
• Analyze the articles of the Lausanne Treaty dealing with the status of minorities in Turkey.
• Discuss the limited aspect of the Lausanne Treaty concerning minorities in general.
• State the rights of non-Muslim minorities according to the Lausanne Treaty.
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| 7) |
• Explain the impact of the one-party regime on minorities.
• Analyze the Kemalist regime’s approach on minorities.
• Compare the Young Turk and Kemalist periods in terms of demographic policies.
• Analyze the impact of nationalist policies of the 1920s and 1930s on minorities.
• Relate the principle of secularism with the issue of minority rights.
• Summarize the implications of the one-party regime for the minorities.
• Illustrate the Kemalist regime’s attitude towards minorities.
• Differentiate the pre-Republican and Republicam periods in terms of the policies of demographic engineering for national homogeneity.
• Explain the “Citizen, speak Turkish” campaign as a nationalist and discriminatory policy.
• Discuss the relationship between the state’s secularism and its policies towards minorities.
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| 8) |
Midterm exam evaluates the students’ capacity to
• recognize the basic concepts about minority rights
• relate the issue of minority and minority rights with the formation of nation-state.
• differentiate Ottoman and Turkish periods in terms of the status of minorities.
• explain the importance of Lausanne Treaty for the status of minorities in Turkey.
• discuss the implementation of minority rights in the one-party period.
Midterm exam evaluates the students’ capacity to
• define basic concepts such as “minority”, “minority rights”, recognition of minorities”.
• explain the concepts of minority and minority rights in the context of nation-state and nationalism.
• compare the status of minorities in the Ottoman and Turkish periods.
• state the role of Lausanne Treaty in determining the rights and status of minorities in Turkey.
• explain how minority rights were implemented in the one-party period.
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| 9) |
• Explain the impact of the multi-party regime on minorities.
• Analyze the subsequent governments’ approach on minorities.
• Compare one-party and multi-party periods in terms of discriminatory policies.
• Analyze the impact of international politics on minorities.
• Relate the process of democratization with the issue of minority rights.
• Summarize the implications of the multi-party regime for the minorities.
• Illustrate the subsequent governments’ attitude towards minorities.
• Differentiate the one-party and multi-party periods in terms of discriminatory policies against minorities.
• Explain the effects of international politics on the government’s treatment of minorities.
• Discuss the relationship between democratization and the policies towards minorities.
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Dönmez and Enneli (2011), pp. 49-71 |
| 10) |
• Explain the position of Kurds in Ottoman-Turkish history.
• Analyze the impact of the changing intra-ethnic dynamics on Kurds during the Young Turk era.
• Explain the meaning of the Lausanne Treaty for Kurds.
• Summarize the state’s policies about Kurds in the one-party period.
• Illustrate the state’s policies against Kurds in the multi-party period.
• Summarize Kurds’ position as a minority in Ottoman-Turkish history and their relationship with the state.
• Explain the impact of nationalisms on the Kurds and the state’s approach towards them during the Young Turk period.
• Recognize the position of Kurds according to the Lausanne Treaty.
• Describe the state’s discriminatory policies against Kurds in the one-party period.
• List the state’s discriminatory policies against Kurds in the multi-party period.
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| 11) |
• Explain the position of the Greek minority in Ottoman-Turkish history.
• Analyze the impact of the changing intra-ethnic dynamics on the Greek minority during the Young Turk era.
• Explain the meaning of the Lausanne Treaty for the Greek minority.
• Summarize the state’s policies about the Greek minority in the one-party period.
• Illustrate the state’s policies against the Greek minority in the multi-party period.
• Summarize the Ottoman Greek position as a minority in Ottoman-Turkish history and their relationship with the state.
• Explain the impact of nationalisms on the Greek minority and the state’s approach towards them during the Young Turk period.
• Recognize the position of the Greek minority according to the Lausanne Treaty.
• Describe the state’s discriminatory policies against the Greek minority in the one-party period.
• List the state’s discriminatory policies against the Greek minority in the multi-party period.
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| 12) |
• Explain the position of the Armenian minority in Ottoman-Turkish history.
• Analyze the impact of the changing intra-ethnic dynamics on the Armenian minority during the Young Turk era.
• Explain the meaning of the Lausanne Treaty for the Armenian minority.
• Summarize the state’s policies about the Armenian minority in the one-party period.
• Illustrate the state’s policies against the Armenian minority in the multi-party period.
• Summarize the Ottoman Armenian position as a minority in Ottoman-Turkish history and their relationship with the state.
• Explain the impact of nationalisms on the Armenian minority and the state’s approach towards them during the Young Turk period.
• Recognize the position of the Armenian minority according to the Lausanne Treaty.
• Describe the state’s discriminatory policies against the Armenian minority in the one-party period.
• List the state’s discriminatory policies against the Armenian minority in the multi-party period.
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| 13) |
• Explain the position of the Jewish minority in Ottoman-Turkish history.
• Analyze the impact of the changing intra-ethnic dynamics on the Jewish minority during the Young Turk era.
• Explain the meaning of the Lausanne Treaty for the Jewish minority.
• Summarize the state’s policies about the Jewish minority in the one-party period.
• Illustrate the state’s policies against the Jewish minority in the multi-party period.
• Summarize the Ottoman Jews’ position as a minority in Ottoman-Turkish history and their relationship with the state.
• Explain the impact of nationalisms on the Jewish minority and the state’s approach towards them during the Young Turk period.
• Recognize the position of the Jewish minority according to the Lausanne Treaty.
• Describe the state’s discriminatory policies against the Jewish minority in the one-party period.
• List the state’s discriminatory policies against the Jewish minority in the multi-party period.
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Dönmez and Enneli (2011), pp. 207-227. |
| 14) |
• List the reforms concerning the protection of minorities during EU accession process.
• Summarize the constitutional amendments of 2001 and 2004.
• Analyze the problems in the implementation of reforms.
• Explain the reforms on education and broadcasting in native languages.
• Summarize the implementation of the reforms concerning non-Muslim foundations.
• Explain the EU accession process and its impact on the reforms concerning the protection of minorities.
• State the major changes in the constitutional amendments of 2001 and 2004 in the framework of EU accession process.
• Illustrate the obstacles during the implementation of legal reforms.
• Summarize the reforms on education and broadcasting in native languages and the problems of implementation.
• List the obstacles that non-Muslim foundations face during the implementation of the reforms.
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| 15) |
Final exam evaluates the students’ capacity to
• recognize the basic concepts about minority rights
• relate the issue of minority and minority rights with the formation of nation-state.
• differentiate Ottoman and Turkish periods in terms of the status of minorities.
• explain the importance of Lausanne Treaty for the status of minorities in Turkey.
• discuss the implementation of minority rights in the one-party period.
• discuss the implementation of minority rights in the multi-party period.
• list policies of discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities in Turkey.
• explain the reforms concerning minority rights in the framework of EU accession process and their implementation.
Final exam evaluates the students’ capacity to
• define basic concepts such as “minority”, “minority rights”, recognition of minorities”.
• explain the concepts of minority and minority rights in the context of nation-state and nationalism.
• compare the status of minorities in the Ottoman and Turkish periods.
• state the role of Lausanne Treaty in determining the rights and status of minorities in Turkey.
• explain how minority rights were implemented in the one-party period.
• explain how minority rights were implemented in the multi-party period.
• illustrate cases of discrimination against minorities in Turkey.
• list the reforms concerning minority rights in the framework of EU accession process.
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Students will able to explain the essential body of knowledge in the area of International Relations, including evolution of the discipline, the state-of-the-art concepts, scientific methodology, theories and models. |
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| 2) |
Students will able to employ the appropriate tools and analytical techniques to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data in the related areas, interpret results and propose solutions. |
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| 3) |
Students will able to categorize the basic concepts of Turkish politics, comparative politics, international relations, diplomatic history and foreign policy. |
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| 4) |
Students will able to analyze and critically evaluate local and global dynamics of contemporary socio-economic and political developments, foreign policy making and conflict resolution with all aspects. |
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Students will able to discover and create novel opportunities with an entrepreneurial spirit and use expertise to successfully establish and develop their own ventures. |
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Students will able to apply their knowledge in international institutions and multicultural environments and develop an interdisciplinary approach enabling them to relate and synthesize knowledge from diverse disciplines and draw novel conclusions. |
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Students will able to communicate in written and oral English with people from diverse backgrounds, and have the English proficiency to follow and interpret the global dynamics in the areas of International Relations. |
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Students will able to appreciate and defend human rights and multi-cultural diversity, and should emphatically interact with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds in social and professional settings. |
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Students will able to identify standards of personal, professional, social and business ethics, evaluate the ethical implications of various practices in the related areas, and be aware the importance of ethical behavior in adding value to the society. |
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