Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II AİB2102 2. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 2.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Associate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Lect. İpek SOLAK
Instructor(s) Filiz TAPAN
Assistants
Goals The establishment of the Republic of Turkey as a secular and unitary state after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire; history of Turkish modernization experience in accordance with the establishment of the new state, the instruction of the Turkish Revolution pioneered by Kemal Atatürk and the Kemalist thought, as the meaning and statement of modernity and secularism in Turkey to young generations and let them figure out its significance. It aims to let the student who attends the courses acquire the ability of classification, description, explanation, knowledge of the current social and individual problems in Turkey by taking science and norms of modernity into account with respect to the Kemalist thought and the Turkish Revolution..
Course Content Parallel to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, the assessment of the Turkish society as within the level of civilized nation-states, the experience of Turkish revolution with its sui-generis character in definition of the nation-state in a chronological line beginning from the Ottoman Turkish Imperial state: The Classical and post classical ages, late 18th and 19th centuries, the Second Constitutional Era, The First World War, The Turkish National Struggle of 1918-1922 and the interval of 1923-60; the assessment of the modern Turkish nation-state by the restructuring of the state & the nation and the stages of the change and transformation in Turkish political and social system The analysis of the political, social, economic and cultural transformation with respect to the internal and external political developments and their actors. The evaluation of the historical stages of the establishment of the modern Turkish state as a reference of solution and comparison for current debates in Turkish society and politics. The understanding of historical dynamism of change in Turkish politics and society.
Learning Outcomes - Lozan Antlaşması sonrası Çağdaş Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devleti’nin Kuruluşu için gerçekleştirilen siyasi, hukuk, sosyal, eğitim - kültür ve ekonomi alanlarındaki inkılâplar,
- Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devleti’nin temel yapısını oluşturan Atatürk İlkeleri,
- Atatürk’ün dış politika esasları, Atatürk Dönemi ve sonrası Türk dış politikasındaki önemli siyasi olaylar hakkında bilgi sahibi olacaktır.
- Tarihi olaylar hakkında bilgi edinerek, neden –sonuç ilişkisi kurabilme, düşünebilme ve muhakeme yeteneği kazanırlar
- Türk İnkılâp tarihindeki olayları günümüzdeki gelişmelerle karşılaştırarak yorum yapabilme,
- Türk İnkılâbının temel felsefesini kavrayarak Atatürk İlkeleri doğrultusunda Modern Türkiye’nin gelişmesi, çağdaş medeniyetler seviyesine ulaşması için girişimci,
- Ülkemizin ve milletimizin bölünmez bütünlüğünü devam ettirme konusunda bilinçli birer vatandaş olma yetkinliklerine sahip olurlar.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Factors as the basis and motives of political modernization: the abolition of the dynasty, The establishment of the Republic, the abolition of the Caliphate. Debates concerning the Dynasty-Caliphate and Republic on the eve of the new state. Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study
2. Week The Turkish political climate between 1920-1938: The political parties in the Turkish Grand National Assembly: Republican People’s Party, Progressive Republican Party, Free Republican Party The relationship between the government and opposition, the democratization of political and social life and the question of multi party system in Turkey. Course Hours Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study Visual Presentation
3. Week The legal dimension of political modernization, the institutions of secular legal system, codifications that regulate the political, social, commercial and economic life. Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Verbal Expression
4. Week The Question of Education in Turkish nation-state building: Secular educational system, establishment of modern educational institutions, the properties of the interrelationship between education and nation-building in Turkish Revolution The value of intellectual, scientific and pedagogical discussions and their contribution to the educational policies. Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Visual Presentation Verbal Expression
5. Week The relationship between nation-state and national culture, new institutions founded for the promotion and detection of the national culture, domestic political and sociological ideas that affect the structure of those referred institutions & the reflection of intellectual discussions concerning cultural change on cultural policies. Verbal Expression Course Hours Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study
6. Week The nation-state and the reorganization of economy: The economy strategies and its applications in new Turkey Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Course Hours
7. Week The Atatürk Era and Turkish Foreign Policy in the Interwar Period I (1923-1930): Turkey’s bilateral relations with the European states following the Lausanne Treaty. Preparation, After Class Study Visual Presentation Course Hours Verbal Expression
8. Week Turkish Foreign Policy in the Interwar Period II (1930-1938) Turkey’s relations with the European states with respect to the assessment of totalitarian regimes in the continental Europe. Relationship between the Soviet Union, Western Europe and the USA. Turkey’s relations with the Soviet Union The reflections of foreign political relations on social and intellectual life; the press and comments on Turkish foreign policy. Course Hours Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression
9. Week Turkish Foreign Policy in the Interwar Period II (1930-1938) Turkey’s relations with the European states with respect to the assessment of totalitarian regimes in the continental Europe. Relationship between the Soviet Union, Western Europe and the USA. Turkey’s relations with the Soviet Union The reflections of foreign political relations on social and intellectual life; the press and comments on Turkish foreign policy. Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Course Hours Visual Presentation
10. Week An assessment on Atatürk’s principles Verbal Expression Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours Visual Presentation
11. Week An assessment on Atatürk’s principles Verbal Expression Course Hours Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study
12. Week Turkey at the post-Atatürk era: The Presidency of İsmet İnönü The World War II and Turkey: The Turkish foreign policy, the effect of war on Turkish political and social life. Course Hours Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Preparation, After Class Study
13. Week The characteristics of change in Turkish political life following the World War II: The establishment of multi-party system. The 1946 Elections in Turkey, The relationship between the government and opposition, The foundation of the Democratic Party. Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Course Hours Visual Presentation
14. Week The Democratic Party in power (1950-1960): Its domestic & foreign policy The end of the Cold War: Collapse of the Soviet Union, unification of Germany, the breakup of Yugoslavia and its repercussions on Turkish domestic and foreign policies. Visual Presentation Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression
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Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6 DK7 Measurement Method
PY1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 14 2 28
Other Activities 2 1 2
Midterm 1 3 3 9
Quiz 1 1 2 2
Final 3 3 9
Practice 1 1 1
Total Workload 51
ECTS Credit of the Course 2.0