| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II | AIB102 | 2. Semester | 2 + 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Distance Learning |
| Course Coordinator |
Lect. Hüseyin BARAN |
| Instructors |
Tuğba AŞAN |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | Turkish Youth are aware of their national, human, spiritual and cultural values, as individuals of the Republic of Turkey founded by the Great Atatürk, who know their duties and responsibilities towards their state, who believe that the Turkish State is an indivisible whole with their country and nation, and who are justified in this. who feels pride, who wholeheartedly understands and embraces Ataturk's Principles, who tries to be more beneficial to his country with the strength he derives from these beliefs, who thinks and acts democratically, who has scientific thought, who loves and respects people, who respects human rights, who exhibits a questioning and critical attitude, who Our aim is to bring young people into society who can comprehend the events of the age, develop a scientific perspective on historical events and aim to reach the level of contemporary civilizations. |
| Course Content | Revolutions made in the political field: Abolition of the Caliphate, declaration of the Republic. Taking steps to establish/construct the new state; Political parties and political events established during the Ataturk period. Republican People's Party, Progressive Republican Party, Free Republican Party. Relations between the government and the opposition. The problems of democratization of political and social life and the transition to a multi-party system in Turkey; Revolutions in the field of law. Realization of reforms regulating social and economic life; Revolutions in the field of education. Construction of modern and secular educational institutions; Revolutions in the field of culture. The relationship between the establishment of the nation-state and national culture; Revolutions in the field of economics. Reorganization of the economy from the axis of the establishment of the nation-state. Strategies and practices of the new Turkish economy; Turkish Foreign Policy in the Atatürk Era I (1923-1930). Turkey's relations with European states after the Treaty of Lausanne (1923); Turkish Foreign Policy in the Atatürk Era II (1930-1938). Turkey's relations with European states in relation to the totalitarian regimes in Continental Europe. Relations with the Soviet Union and the USA. Reflections of foreign policy on social and intellectual life; Ataturk's Principles - Republicanism, Nationalism, Secularism; Ataturk's Principles - Populism, Statism, Revolutionism and Integral Principles; Turkish Foreign Policy after Atatürk (1938-1960). Presidency of İsmet İnönü. II. World War II and Turkey: Turkish foreign policy, effects of the war on political and social life; II. Characteristics of the change in Turkish political life after World War II: Establishment of the multi-party system. 1946 Elections in Turkey. The relationship between the government and the opposition, the establishment of the Democratic Party; The ruling Democratic Party (1950-1960): Transformation in domestic and foreign policy. End of the Cold War: The collapse of the Soviet Union, the unification of Germany, the dissolution of Yugoslavia and its reflections on Turkish domestic and foreign policies. |
| Learning Outcomes |
- Knows the conditions that emerged during the founding of the Republic of Turkey and realizes the sources of the establishment of the State. - Knows the basic concepts and reforms on which the Republic is based. - Understands the emergence process and meaning of the basic concepts and reforms on which the Republic is based. - Evaluates the importance and meaning of the principles and reforms of the Republic for today. - He/She becomes aware of the threats to Turkey's existence. - Knows the effects of developments in the world on Türkiye. - Knows the concepts that emerge in parallel with the developments in the world and evaluates them from the perspective of Türkiye. - Understands the relationship between the current context of the Republic of Turkey and the historical processes in the past. - Understands the importance of feelings such as national unity and solidarity, love of homeland and humanity for the continuity of the Republic of Turkey. - He/she knows the ways to access information in the in-class activities carried out within the scope of the course in question, conducts source research, uses databases and other information sources, questions the information he/she reaches, evaluates the information he/she reaches and expresses his/her evaluations in the in-class activities carried out within the context of the subjects, and acts democratically in the activities carried out within the framework of the discussion method. , understands the importance of respecting different opinions, adopts a democratic style of behavior, adopts respecting human rights as a principle, and evaluates differences as parts that form the whole rather than separating them. |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Political Revolutions: Abolition of the Sultanate, Proclamation of the Republic, Abolition of the Caliphate and the Laws of March 3, 1924 | |
| 2. Week | Political parties and political events established during the Ataturk period. Republican People's Party, Progressive Republican Party, Free Republican Party. Relations between the government and the opposition. Democratization of political and social life and problems of transition to multi-party system in Turkey. | |
| 3. Week | Constitutional Movements from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic | |
| 4. Week | Revolutions in the field of law and the New Legal Order. | |
| 5. Week | Revolutions in the field of education. Construction of modern and secular educational institutions. Revolutions in the field of culture. The relationship between the establishment of the nation-state and national culture. Realization of reforms regulating social life. | |
| 6. Week | Revolutions in the field of economics. Reorganization of the economy from the axis of the establishment of the nation-state. Strategies and applications of the new Turkish economy. | |
| 7. Week | Turkish Foreign Policy in the Atatürk Era I (1923-1930). Turkey's relations with European states after the Treaty of Lausanne (1923). | |
| 8. Week | Midterm Exam | |
| 9. Week | Turkish Foreign Policy in the Atatürk Era II (1930-1938). Turkey's relations with European states in relation to the totalitarian regimes in Continental Europe. Relations with the Soviet Union and the USA. Reflections of foreign policy on social and intellectual life. | |
| 10. Week | Ataturk's Principles - Republicanism, Nationalism, Secularism | |
| 11. Week | Ataturk's Principles - Populism, Statism, Revolutionism and Integral Principles | |
| 12. Week | Turkish Foreign Policy after Atatürk (1938-1960). Presidency of İsmet İnönü. II. World War II and Turkey: Turkish foreign policy, the effects of the war on political and social life. | |
| 13. Week | II. Characteristics of the change in Turkish political life after World War II: Establishment of the multi-party system. 1946 Elections in Turkey. The relationship between the government and the opposition, the establishment of the Democratic Party. The world during the Cold War. | |
| 14. Week | The ruling Democratic Party (1950-1960): Transformation in domestic and foreign policy. End of the Cold War: The collapse of the Soviet Union, the unification of Germany, the dissolution of Yugoslavia and its reflections on Turkish domestic and foreign policies. |
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| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 | DK7 | DK8 | DK9 | DK10 | Measurement Method |
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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| 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 |
