Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Principles of Atatürk 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 Education
Course Coordinator
Instructors Barış ÇATAL
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 - Learns how to analyse a historical question according to its fact-incident, time, actors; the assessment of relevant resources such as books, articles as well as movies and literature and to nurture his/her point of view.
- Learns how to read and assess an article on a historical problem.
- Does research on a historical question by interrelating with the current issues and developments hypothetically.
- Learns how to prepare a presentation on a historical question
- Learns critical assessment of facts from different point of views; how to give answers to questions by assertion of historical facts and arguments ; expression of his/her opinion rationally and correctly; and abstraction.
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.
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.
3. Week The legal dimension of political modernization, the institutions of secular legal system, codifications that regulate the political, social, commercial and economic life.
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.
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.
6. Week The nation-state and the reorganization of economy: The economy strategies and its applications in new Turkey
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.
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.
9. Week Atatürk's Principles
10. Week An assessment on Atatürk’s principles
11. Week An assessment on Atatürk’s principles
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.
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.
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.
Recommended Sources
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Alpargu, Mehmet., Demir, Mustafa ve diğerleri, H., Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılâp Tarihi, Değişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2009
Yalçın, Semih ve diğerleri, Türk İnkılâp Tarihi ve Atatürk İlkeleri, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 2004
Turan, Mustafa, Millî Mücadelede Siyasi Çözüm Arayışları, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 2005
Akdağ, Mustafa, Türkiye’nin İktisadi ve İçtimai Tarihi, c. II, İstanbul, 1974
Atılgan, Gökhan & Saraçoğlu, Cenk & Uslu, Ateş (Yay. Haz.), Osmanlı’dan Günümüze Türkiye’de Siyasal Hayat, Yordam Kitap, İstanbul, 2015
Armaoğlu, Fahir, 20. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi, cilt. I-II:1914-1995, İstanbul, 2005
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Selek, Sabahattin, Anadolu İhtilâli, İstanbul, 1981
Tanör, Bülent, Osmanlı-Türk Anayasal Gelişmeleri (1789-1980), İstanbul, 1999
Traverso, Enzo, Geçmişi Kullanma Kılavuzu, Tarih, Bellek, Politika, Çev. Işık Ergüden, Versus Kitap, İstanbul, 2009
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Tüsiad, Tarih 1839-1939, İstanbul, 2006
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 Measurement Method
PY1 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY2 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY3 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY4 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY5 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY6 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY7 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY8 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY9 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY10 5 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)
Midterm 1 1 10 10
Final 1 13 13
Classroom Activities 14 2 28
Total Workload 51
ECTS Credit of the Course 2.0