| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ataturk's Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II | AİB102 | 2. Semester | 2 + 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Lecture |
| Course Coordinator |
Lect. Dr. Barış ÇATAL |
| Instructors | |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | The aim of this course is to educate Turkish youth as conscious, modern and knowledgeable people who are dependent on Atatürk's principles and revolutions, who have love of nation and homeland; to provide detailed information about Republic of Turkey's founding principles and about the revolutions and reforms carried out in accordance with these principles; to give a multi-faceted perspective to historical events. |
| 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 |
- Students can explain the concepts of republicanism, nationalism, populism, secularism, statism, revolutionism which are the basic principles of the history of the Turkish revolution. - Students can summarize the historical development of Turkish constitutional system. - Students can evaluate events, situations, concepts and societies taking historical background into consideration. - Students can access accurate sources of information about history. - Students can evaluate their knowledge of history by using various scientific methods. - Students can express their historical knowledge and evaluations by speaking and writing. - Students interiorize the reforms of Turkish revolution with the consciousness of the roots of historical background. - Students protect their state and nation with the power they get from Turkish history and Turkish national struggle. |
| 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. The relationship between nation-state and national culture, new institutions founded for the promotion and detection of the national culture. | |
| 5. Week | The nation-state and the reorganization of economy: The economy strategies and its applications in new Turkey | |
| 6. 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. | |
| 7. 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. | |
| 8. Week | MIDTERM EXAM | |
| 9. Week | Atatürk’s principles - Republicanism, Nationalism, Secularism | |
| 10. Week | Ataturk's principles - Populism, Statism, Reformism and Complementary Principles | |
| 11. Week | General Evaluation of Ataturk'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. |
| Nutuk. Suna Kili, Atatürk Devrimi Türk İnkılap Tarihi, Editör: Cemil Öztürk. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi, Haz. Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi |
| 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 |
| Ortaylı, İlber, “Osmanlı Devleti ve Meşrutiyet”, Tanzimat’tan Cumhuriyet’e Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, |
| Lewis, Bernard, Modern Türkiye’nin Doğuşu, çev. Metin Kıratlı, Ankara, 1984 |
| Mardin, Şerif, Jön Türklerin Siyasi Fikirleri, 1895-1908, Ankara, 1964 |
| Türk İnkılâp Tarihi, Genel Kurmay Harp Tarihi Yayınları, Ankara, 1973 |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | DK6 | DK7 | DK8 | Measurement Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| PY14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 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 |
| Event | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midterm 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Homework 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Homework 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Classroom Activities | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Total Workload | 51 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 2.0 | ||
