Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Political Science and International Relations | |||||
| Bachelor | Length of the Programme: 4 | Number of Credits: 240 | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF: Level 6 |
Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri
| School/Faculty/Institute | Faculty of Econ., Admin. and Social Sciences | ||||
| Course Code | POLS 337 | ||||
| Course Title in English | History of Political Parties in Turkey II | ||||
| Course Title in Turkish | History of Political Parties in Turkey II | ||||
| Language of Instruction | EN | ||||
| Type of Course | Flipped Classroom | ||||
| Level of Course | Intermediate | ||||
| Semester | Spring | ||||
| Contact Hours per Week |
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| Estimated Student Workload | 135 hours per semester | ||||
| Number of Credits | 5 ECTS | ||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | ||||
| Pre-requisites | None | ||||
| Expected Prior Knowledge | None | ||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Registration Restrictions | Only undergraduate students | ||||
| Overall Educational Objective | To understand the impact and the legacy of political parties in post-1980 Turkey on the political system, state-society relations, and ideological reproduction. | ||||
| Course Description | Political parties in Turkey have largely shaped the pattern of state-society relations; have become essential in forming and transforming the ideological underpinnings of the Turkish state, and the nature of elite interactions. This course aims to trace the trajectory of party politics in Turkey from the post-1980 coup period up until today. It examines the origins, social bases, ideologies, and organizational structures of the major political parties in Turkey and also discusses the particular linkages Turkish political parties have established with their voters. | ||||
| Course Description in Turkish | Ders, 1980 darbesinin ardından günümüze Türkiye’de parti siyasetinin izini sürmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Siyasi partilerin kökenlerini, sosyal tabanlarını, ideolojilerini, ve kurumsal yapılarını inceleyerek 1980 sonrası siyasi partilerin seçmenleri ile ne tür ilişkiler kurduklarını analiz edecektir. |
Course Learning Outcomes and CompetencesUpon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:1) gain insight into the theoretical approaches in the study of political parties and party systems in post-1980 Turkey 2) understand the origins of political parties in post-1980 Turkey by examining the legacy of the 1980 coup on party politics 3) gain insight whether political parties in post-1980 Turkey have originated out of power struggles among the established elites or have been rooted in the broader socio-economic and cultural cleavages 4) examine the ideological differences and affinities between major political parties in post-1980 Turkey 5) gain insight into the organizational structures of political parties and party-voter linkages. |
| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) Adequate knowledge of political history necessary to comprehend and effectively evaluate contemporary Political Science and International Relations issues. | |||||
| 2) Understanding of the fundamental concepts that exist in the fields of social and behavioral sciences as well as the correlation between these concepts | |||||
| 3) Ability to analyze the fundamental theories in the field Political Science and International Relations and to assess their reflections into practice | |||||
| 4) Ability to critically discuss different aspects of theories and developments in Political Science and International Relations both individually and in the course of group work during classroom discussions. | |||||
| 5) Ability to conduct research independently, or with a team, about the developments taking place in the international arena, make foreign policy analyses, develop research-based conflict resolution models, and prepare comprehensive reports using computers and relevant software | |||||
| 6) Ability to take decisions as well as to implement these decisions by using the knowledge about the field and the skills that have been acquired during the undergraduate studies | |||||
| 7) Ability to recognize the relations between scientific thought and ethical behavior; pay attention to being tolerant and properly defend different ideas, ideologies and belief systems | |||||
| 8) Ability to work in international institutions and multicultural environments, with the help of the knowledge on different cultures, societies, political systems as well as linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate studies | |||||
| 9) Ability to display language skills in English at minimum B2 level enough for debating with colleagues on issues of Political Science and International Relations, and also display language skills in a second foreign language at minimum A2 level enough for communicating in daily life | |||||
| 10) Ability to pursue lifelong learning as well as perform advanced/graduate studies in the field Political Science and International Relations and other social sciences disciplines in academic institutions at home and abroad |
Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | Adequate knowledge of political history necessary to comprehend and effectively evaluate contemporary Political Science and International Relations issues. | H | Participation |
| 2) | Understanding of the fundamental concepts that exist in the fields of social and behavioral sciences as well as the correlation between these concepts | H | Participation |
| 3) | Ability to analyze the fundamental theories in the field Political Science and International Relations and to assess their reflections into practice | H | Participation |
| 4) | Ability to critically discuss different aspects of theories and developments in Political Science and International Relations both individually and in the course of group work during classroom discussions. | H | Participation |
| 5) | Ability to conduct research independently, or with a team, about the developments taking place in the international arena, make foreign policy analyses, develop research-based conflict resolution models, and prepare comprehensive reports using computers and relevant software | S | Presentation |
| 6) | Ability to take decisions as well as to implement these decisions by using the knowledge about the field and the skills that have been acquired during the undergraduate studies | N | |
| 7) | Ability to recognize the relations between scientific thought and ethical behavior; pay attention to being tolerant and properly defend different ideas, ideologies and belief systems | S | Presentation |
| 8) | Ability to work in international institutions and multicultural environments, with the help of the knowledge on different cultures, societies, political systems as well as linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate studies | S | Presentation |
| 9) | Ability to display language skills in English at minimum B2 level enough for debating with colleagues on issues of Political Science and International Relations, and also display language skills in a second foreign language at minimum A2 level enough for communicating in daily life | H | Participation |
| 10) | Ability to pursue lifelong learning as well as perform advanced/graduate studies in the field Political Science and International Relations and other social sciences disciplines in academic institutions at home and abroad | H | Participation |
| Prepared by and Date | BEGÜM UZUN TAŞKIN , January 2024 |
| Course Coordinator | BEGÜM UZUN TAŞKIN |
| Semester | Spring |
| Name of Instructor | Asst. Prof. Dr. BEGÜM UZUN TAŞKIN |
Course Contents
| Week | Subject |
| 1) | Introduction: Major Issues and Trends in Party Politics in post-1980 Turkey |
| 2) | The Origins of Political Parties and Party Systems in post-1980 Turkey: Theoretical Approaches |
| 3) | The 1980 Coup and Its Political Project: The Impacts on Party |
| 4) | Transition to a Civilian Regime: The Motherland Party in Power |
| 5) | Party Politics in the 1990s: Fragmentation in the Centre-Left |
| 6) | Party Politics in the 1990s: Fragmentation in the Centre-Right |
| 7) | Turkey in the 1990s: Politics, Political Elites, and Society |
| 8) | Pro-Islamist and Pro-Kurdish Opposition |
| 9) | The Rise of the Ak Party to Power and the Early Years |
| 10) | The Consolidation of the Ak Party Power |
| 11) | Regime Change in Turkey |
| 12) | Ruling Party-Voter Linkages during the Ak Party Rule-I |
| 13) | Ruling Party-Voter Linkages during the Ak Party Rule-II |
| 14) | Presentations |
| 15) | Final assesment period |
| 16) | Final assesment period |
| Required/Recommended Readings | Mainwaring, S. P. (1999). Rethinking Party Systems in the Third Wave Democratization: The Case of Brazil. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.(selected pages) Sayarı, S. (2008). “Non-Electoral Sources of Party System Change in Turkey”. In Serap Yazıcı and Fuat Keyman (eds) Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun’a Armağan.(pp.399-418). Ankara: Yetkin. Wuthrich, M. (2015). National Elections in Turkey. Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press. (selected pages) Demirel, T.(2003). “The Turkish Military’s Decision to Intervene: 12 September 1980”. Armed Forces and Society, 29(2), 253-280. Taşkın, Y. (2002). “12 Eylül Atatürkçülüğü ya da Bir Kemalist Restorasyon Teşebbüsü Olarak 12 Eylül”. In T. Bora ve M. Gültekingil Modern Türkiye’de Siyasi Düşünce: Kemalizm (pp. 570-583). İstanbul:İletişim Yayınları. Heper, M. (1990). “The Executive in the Third Turkish Republic, 1982-1989”. Governance: An International Journal of Policy and Administration, 3(3), 299-319. Ergüder, Ü.(1991). “The Motherland Party, 1983-1989”. In Metin Heper and Jacob M. Landau (eds) Political Parties and Democracy in Turkey (pp.152-169). London:I. B. Tauris. Mango, A. (1991). “The Social Democratic Populist Party, 1983-1989”. In Metin Heper and Jacob M. Landau (eds) Political Parties and Democracy in Turkey (pp.170-187). London:I. B. Tauris. Kınıklıoğlu, S. (2002). “The Democratic Left Party: Kapıkulu Politics Par Excellence”. In Barry Rubin and Metin Heper (eds). Political Parties in Turkey (pp.4-24). London: Frank Cass. Güneş-Ayata, A. (2002). “The Republican People’s Party”. In Barry Rubin and Metin Heper (eds). Political Parties in Turkey (pp.102-121). London: Frank Cass. Acar, F. (1991). “The True Path Party, 1983-1989”. In In Metin Heper and Jacob M. Landau (eds) Political Parties and Democracy in Turkey (pp.188-201). London:I. B. Tauris. Cizre, Ümit. 1996. “Liberalism, Democracy, and the Turkish Center-Right: The Identity Crisis of the True Path Party.” Middle Eastern Studies 32 (2): 142–61. Kalaycıoğlu, E. (2002). “The Motherland Party: The Challenge of Institutionalization in a Charismatic Leader Party”. Turkish Studies, 3(1), 41-61. Cizre,Ü.(2002). “From Ruler to Pariah: The Life and Times of the True Path Party”. Turkish Studies, 3(1), 82-101. Cizre,Ü.(2003). “Demythologyzing the National Security Concept: The Case of Turkey”. Middle East Journal, 57(2), 213-229. Secor, A.J. (2001). “Ideologies in crisis: political cleavages and electoral politics in Turkey in the 1990s”. Political Geography, 20, 539-560. Cizre-Sakallıoğlu,Ü. And E.Yeldan (2000). “Politics, Society and Financial Liberalization: Turkey in the 1990s”. Development and Change, 31, 481-508. Şarlak,Z. (2004). “Atatürkçülük’ten Milli Güvenlik Rejimine:1990’lar Türkiye’sine Bir Bakış”. In A.İnsel, A.Bayramoğlu ve Ö.Laçiner(eds) Bir Zümre, Bir Parti Türkiye’de Ordu (283- 293). İstanbul:Birikim Yayınları. Güney, A. (2002). “The People’s Democracy Party”. In Barry Rubin and Metin Heper (eds). Political Parties in Turkey (pp.122-137). London: Frank Cass. Öniş,Z.(1997). “The political economy of Islamic resurgence in Turkey: the rise of the Welfare Party in Turkey”. Third World Quarterly 18(4):743-766. Dorronsoro, G. and and N. F. Watts. (2013). “The Collective Production of Challenge: Civil Society, Parties, and pro-Kurdish Politics in Diyarbakır”. In Elise Massicard and Nicole Watts (eds) Negotiating Political Power in Turkey (pp.99-117). London, New York: Routledge. Göle, N. (1997). “Secularism and Islamism in Turkey: The Making of Elites and Counter- Elites”. Middle East Journal, 51(1), 46-58. Cizre-Sakallioglu,U. and M.Cinar (2003). “Turkey 2002:Kemalism, Islamism, and Politics in the Light of 28 February Process”. The South Atlantic Quarterly, 102(2&3), 309-322. Ciddi, S. (2010). Kemalism in Turkish Politics: The Republican People’s Party, Secularism, and Nationalism. London:Routledge.(selected pages) Çarkoğlu, A. (2012). “Economic Evaluations vs. Ideology: Diagnosing the Sources of Electoral Change in Turkey, 2002–2011.” Electoral Studies 31 (2): 513–21. Gümüşçü, Ş. (2013). “The Emerging Predominant Party System in Turkey.” Government and Opposition 48 (2): 223–44. Çınar, M. (2013). “Explaining the Popular Appeal and Durability of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey”. In Elise Massicard and Nicole Watts (eds) Negotiating Political Power in Turkey (pp.37-54). London, New York: Routledge. Ciddi, S. and B. Esen. (2014). “Turkey’s Republican People’s Party: Politics of Opposition in a Dominant Party System.” Turkish Studies 15 (3): 419–41. Ayan-Musil, P. (2015). “Emergence of a Dominant Party Sytem After Multipartism: Theoretical Implications from the Case of the AKP in Turkey”. South European Society and Politics 20(1): 71-92. Özbudun, E. (2014). “AKP at the Crossroads: Erdoğan’s Majoritarian Drift”. South European Society and Politics 19(2): 155-167. Esen,B. and Ş.Gümüşçü (2016). “Rising competitive authoritarianism in Turkey”. Third World Quarterly, 37(9), 1581-1606. Akkoyunlu K. and K.Öktem (2016). “Existential insecurity and the making of a weak authoritarian regime in Turkey”. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 16(4),505- 527. Bashirov,G. and C. Lancaster (2018). “End of Moderation: the radicalization of AKP in Turkey”. Democratization 25(7):1210-1230. Aydın-Düzgit, S. and E. Balta. (2018). “When elites polarize over polarization: Framing the polarization debate in Turkey”. New Perspectives on Turkey 59:109–33. Buğra, A. and Ç. Keyder. (2006). The Turkish welfare regime in transformation. European Journal of Social Policy 16, no. 3: 211–28. Yörük, E. (2012). Welfare provision as political containment: The politics of social assistance and the Kurdish conflict in Turkey. Politics & Society 40, no. 4: 517–47. Eder, M. (2014). Deepening neoliberalization and a changing welfare regime in Turkey: Mutations of populst, ‘sub-optimal’ democracy. In Turkey’s democratization process, eds. Carmen Rodriguez, Antonio Avalos, Hakan Yılmaz and Ana I. Planet, 195–220. New York, NY: Routledge. Lüküslü,D.(2016). “Creating a pious generation:youth and education policies of the AKP in Turkey”. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 16(4), 637-649. Yabancı,B. (2016). “Populism as the problem child of democracy: The AKP’s enduring appeal and the use of meso-level actors”. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 16(4), 591- 617. Doğan, S. 2016. Mahalledeki AKP: Parti İşleyişi, Taban Mobilizasyonu, ve Siyasal Yabancılaşma. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları (selected pages) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Flipped Classroom methods such as pre-class videos, group discussions, presentations, essay type exams, research paper. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Homework and Projects | Paper proposal, peer-review of proposal, research paper | ||||||||||||||||||
| Laboratory Work | None | ||||||||||||||||||
| Computer Use | None | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other Activities | None | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Course Administration |
taskinbe@mef.edu.tr Attendance and active participation are required. There would be no late presentations and make up exams unless medical report provided. MEF university values academic integrity. Therefore all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the code of student conduct and disciplinary procedures. Any improper behavior, academic dishonesty or plagiarism is subject to the YÖK Disciplinary Regulation. |
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ECTS Student Workload Estimation
| Activity | No/Weeks | Hours | Calculation | ||||
| No/Weeks per Semester | Preparing for the Activity | Spent in the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | ||||
| Course Hours | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 91 | ||
| Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | |||
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| Final Examination | 1 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Total Workload | 135 | ||||||
| Total Workload/25 | 5.4 | ||||||
| ECTS | 5 | ||||||