POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (WITH THESIS)
Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

General Information about the Course

Course Code: PSI502
Course Title: Turkish Foreign Policy
Course Semester: 2. Semester / Spring
Course Credits:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 6
Language of instruction: EN
Prerequisite of the course: No
Type of course: Alan İçi Seçmeli
Level of course:
Master TR-NQF-HE:7. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:Second Cycle EQF-LLL:7. Master`s Degree
Course Lecturer(s): Assoc. Prof. Doğan Şafak POLAT

Purpose and content of the course

Course Objectives: The primary goal of this course is to analyze the principles of Turkish foreign policy from the time of the National Liberation Movement to the present. It is hoped that by doing so, it will be possible to assess the evolution of Turkish foreign policy in parallel with the evolution of the international system. Furthermore, it is intended to investigate decision-makers' foreign policy execution.
Course Objective: The lecture is designed as a comprehensive survey course on Turkish foreign policy (hereafter TFP) since the late Ottoman era. It examines the major issues, trends, and problems of Turkish foreign policy under various governments over the last century. Although the focus of this course is on the present, the lectures will provide a basic historical overview of Turkish foreign policy since the beginning of the Republic. Within this framework, we will analyse what factors have shaped Turkish foreign policy, examine its major architects, and explore the implications of its current course. Topics covered in the course include Turkey's relations with the West, its relations with Russia and its Middle Eastern neighbours, the realignment of policy during the Arab Spring, and recent failures in the region. The course pays particular attention to key issues and developments in the post-Cold War era in order to understand the political challenges facing Turkey in the 21st century.
Mode of Delivery: Face to face

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge (Described as Theoritical and/or Factual Knowledge.)
  1) The expected outcomes of this course are as follows: (1) Informing the students on the implementation of Turkish foreign policy; (2) Perceiving the place and role of Turkey in international system; (3) Evaluating causality in historical incidents of Turkish foreign policy.
Skills (Describe as Cognitive and/or Practical Skills.)
Competences (Described as "Ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills autonomously with responsibility", "Learning to learn"," Communication and social" and "Field specific" competences.)

Course Topics

Week Subject
Related Preparation Pekiştirme
1) Introduction to Turkish Foreign Policy (TFP)
2) TFP in the Early Years, 1923-1938
3) TFP During the Second World War, 1939-1945
4) TFP During the Cold War, 1945-1990
5) TFP and The Politics of Europeanization, 1990-2007
6) TFP Between 2007 and 2017: The Strategic Depth
7) Public Diplomacy and Soft Power In Recent TFP
8) Relations With The USA and NATO After The Cold War
9) Relations With The Middle East Countries
10) Relations With Balkan Region
11) Russian Federation, Southern Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia and Asia-Pacific
12) Relations With Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa
13) Relations With International Organisations
14) General Evaluation of Turkish Foreign Policy
References: o William Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy Since 1774, London and New York: Routledge, 2013, 31-55.
o Amit Bein, Kemalist Turkey and the Middle East. Cambridge University Press, 2017, 8- 15
o Seçkin Barış Gülmez, Turkish foreign policy as an anomaly: revisionism and irredentism through diplomacy in the 1930s, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies,2017, 44(1), 30-47.
o Onur Isci, The Massigli Affair and its Context: Turkish Foreign Policy after the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Journal of Contemporary History, 2019, 1-26.
o Dilek Barlas, Şuhnaz Yılmaz & Serhat Güvenç (2020) Revisiting the Britain-US-Turkey triangle during the transition from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana (1947-1957), Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14683857.2020.1820232
o Charles F. Hermann, “Changing Course: When Governments Choose to Redirect Foreign Policy,” International Studies Quarterly, 34, no.1 (1990), pp.3-21.
o Pınar Gözen Ercan (ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy: International Relations, Legality and Global Reach, London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
o Özdamar, Ö., & Erciyas, O. (2019). Turkey and Cyprus: A Poliheuristic Analysis of Decisions during the Crises of 1964, 1967, and 1974. Foreign Policy Analysis.
o Johnson, L. B., & Inonu, I. (1966). President Johnson and Prime Minister Inonu: Correspondence between President Johnson and Prime Minister Inonu, June 1964. The Middle East Journal, 386-393.
o Berdal Aral, “Dispensing with Tradition? Turkish Politics and International Society during the Özal Decade, 1983-93,” Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 37, No. 1 (2001), pp. 72-88
o Kirişçi, K. (2009). The transformation of Turkish foreign policy: The rise of the trading state. New Perspectives on Turkey, 40, 29-56.
o Ahmet Davutoğlu, “Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Vision,” Insight Turkey 10, no. 1 (2008), 77-96.
o Murat Yeşiltaş and Ali Balcı, “A Dictionary of Turkish Foreign Policy in the AK Party Era: A Conceptual Map,” SAM Papers, No.7, (May 2013).
o Özpek, B. B., & Tanriverdi Yaşar, N. (2018). Populism and foreign policy in Turkey under the AKP rule. Turkish Studies, 19(2), 198-216.
o Pınar Akpınar, “Turkey’s Peacebuilding in Somalia: The Limits of Humanitarian Diplomacy,” Turkish Studies, 14:4, 735-757, DOI: 10.1080/14683849.2013.863448.
o Reşat Bayer and E. Fuat Keyman, “Turkey: An Emerging Hub of Globalization and Internationalist Humanitarian Actor?,” Globalizations, Vol.9, No.1 (2012), p.77.
o Birgül Demirtaş, “Turkey and the Balkans: Overcoming Prejudices, Building Bridges and Constructing a Common Future,” Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Vol.18, No.3 (2013): pp.163-185.
o Bülent Aras, “Turkey and the Balkans: New Policy in a Changing Regional Environment”, GMF On Turkey Analysis, (31 October 2012).
o Bulent Aras and Rabia Karakaya Polat, Turkey and the Middle East: frontiers of the new geographic imagination, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 61 (4), 2007, pp. 471-488
o Şaban Kardaş “Turkey: Redrawing in the Middle East Map Or Building Sandcastles?,” Middle East Policy, 17 (1), 2010, pp. 122-136.
o Bulent Aras and Ozgur Pala, “Practical Geopolitical Reasoning in the Turkish and Qatari Foreign Policy on the Arab Spring,” Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 17 (3), 2015, pp.286-303. 136.
o Pinar Akpinar, “Mediation as a Foreign Policy Tool in the Arab Spring: Turkey, Qatar and Iran,” Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 14 (7), 2015, 10.1080/19448953.2015.1063270
o Bülent Aras and Hakan Fidan, “Turkey and Eurasia: Frontiers of a New Geographic Imagination,” New Perspectives on Turkey, (40), 2009, pp.195-217.
o Fatih Özbay, “The Relations between Turkey and Russia in the 2000s,” Perceptions,16 (3), 2011, pp. 69-92.
o Zarakol, A. (2012). Problem areas for the new Turkish foreign policy. Nationalities Papers, 40(5), 739-745.
o Tarık Oğuzlu, “Testing the Strength of the Turkish–American Strategic Relationship through NATO: Convergence or Divergence within the Alliance?” Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 15 (2), 2013.
o İsa Çamyar and Halit Mustafa Tağma, “Why does Turkey seek European Union membership a Historical Institutional Approach”, Turkish Studies, 11 (3), 2010, pp. 371-386
o Selçuk Çolakoğlu, “Turkey’s East Asian Policy: From Security Concerns to Trade Partnership,” Perceptions, 17 (4), 2012, pp. 129-158.
o Mehmet Özkan, “A New Actor or Passer-By? The Political Economy of Turkey’s Engagement with Africa,” Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 14, (1), 2012.
o Ahmet Davutoğlu, “Global Governance,” Vision Papers, Center for Strategic Research, No.2 (March 2012).
o Bülent Aras, “Turkey’s Mediation and Friends of Mediation Initiative,” Turkey Policy Brief Series, No. 6 (2012), pp.1-2.
o Behlül Özkan, “Turkey, Davutoğlu and the Idea of Pan-Islamism,” Survival, Vol.56, No.4 (2014)
o Faruk Yalvaç, “Strategic Depth or Hegemonic Depth? A Critical Realist Analysis of Turkey's Position in the World System,” International Relations, 2012, 26 (2), pp. 165-180
o Cihan Tuğal, “Democratic Janissaries Turkey’s Role in the Arab Spring,” New Left Review, Volume: 76, July August 2012, pp. 5-24

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

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Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları

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Program Outcomes
1) To be able to analyze political developments and international relations in accordance with theories in the fields of political science and international relations
2) To acquire theoretical knowledge in the field of international conflicts and conflict resolution
3) To be able to apply theoretical knowledge gained in political science and international relations to contemporary global and regional political events

Course Teaching, Learning Methods

Q & A
Case Problem Solving/ Drama- Role/ Case Management
Laboratory
Quantitative Problem Solving
Fieldwork
Group Study / Assignment
Individual Assignment
WEB-based Learning
Internship
Practice in Field
Project Preparation
Report Writing
Seminar
Supervision
Social Activity
Occupational Activity
Occupational Trip
Application (Modelling, Design, Model, Simulation, Experiment et.)
Reading
Thesis Preparation
Field Study
Student Club and Council Activities
Other
Logbook
Interview and Oral Conversation
Research
Watching a movie
Bibliography preparation
Oral, inscribed and visual knowledge production
Taking photographs
Sketching
Mapping and marking
Reading maps
Copying textures
Creating a library of materials
Presentation

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 1 % 10
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Practice Exam % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments % 0
Presentation % 0
Project % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Field Study % 0
Article Critical % 0
Article Writing % 0
Module Group Study % 0
Brainstorming % 0
Role Playing + Dramatizing % 0
Out of Class Study % 0
Preliminary Work, Reinforcement % 0
Application Repetition etc. % 0
Homework (reading, writing, watching movies, etc.) % 0
Project Preparation + Presentation % 0
Report Preparation + Presentation % 0
Presentation / Seminar Preparation + Presenting % 0
Oral examination % 0
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 50
Report Submission % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Kanaat Notu % 0
Committee % 0
Yazma Ödev Dosyası % 0
Portfolio % 0
Take-Home Exam % 0
Logbook % 0
Discussion % 0
Participation % 0
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
total % 100

Calculation of Workload and ECTS Credits

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 16 48
Laboratory
Application
Practice Exam
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 48
Article Critical
Article Writing
Module Group Study
Brainstorming
Role Playing + Dramatizing
Out-of-Class Study (Pre-study, Reinforcement, Practice Review, etc.) 4 20
Homework (reading, writing, watching movies, etc.)
Project Preparation + Presentation
Report Preparation + Presentation
Presentation / Seminar Preparation + Presenting
Oral examination
Preparing for Midterm Exams 8 40
MIDTERM EXAM (Visa)
Preparing for the General Exam 8 40
GENERAL EXAM (Final)
Participation
Discussion
Portfolio
Take-Home Exam
Logbook
Total Workload 196
ECTS (30 saat = 1 AKTS ) 6