| 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. |
Interview, Other Activities
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| 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. |
Interview, Other Activities
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| 3. Week |
The legal dimension of political modernization, the institutions of secular legal system, codifications that regulate the political, social, commercial and economic life. |
Interview, Preparation, After Class Study, Other Activities
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| 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. |
Presentation (Preparation), Research, Interview
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| 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. |
Presentation (Preparation), Preparation, After Class Study, Interview
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| 6. Week |
The nation-state and the reorganization of economy: The economy strategies and its applications in new Turkey |
Interview, Other Activities
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| 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. |
Other Activities, Interview
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| 8. Week |
MIDTERM |
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| 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. |
Interview, Preparation, After Class Study, Presentation (Preparation)
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| 10. Week |
An assessment on Atatürk’s principles |
Other Activities, Presentation (Preparation), Interview
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| 11. Week |
An assessment on Atatürk’s principles |
Other Activities, Interview
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| 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. |
Interview, Other Activities
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| 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. |
Interview, Other Activities
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| 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. |
Research, Interview
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