Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS / SBU3005 - TURKISH POLITICAL LIFE

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE

Course Code	Semester		Course Type		Course Level		Course Language

Course Title	Theoretical	Practical	ECTS

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Course Objective

Brief Content of the Course

The course begins by examining the first modernization movements in Türkiye and evaluating the changes in political life brought about by the 1808 Sened-i İttifak, 1839 Tanzimat Fermanı, and 1856 Islahat Fermanı. The Alliance of Union and Progress (İttifak-ı Hamiyet) of 1865 and the Committee of Union and Progress (İttihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti) of 1889 are discussed as the starting points of the political debates that determined the face of Turkish politics during an important period. The course then continues with the War of Independence and the establishment of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi) in 1920, as well as the debates that took place there. The early Republican period and the return to multi-party politics are then discussed. The course concludes with an evaluation of the Democratic Party's rise to power in 1950, the 1960 military intervention, the Justice Party government, the transformation of the Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi) and ideological conflicts, the 1980 coup, the paradigm shift in Turkish politics and the Motherland Party government, the weak coalitions in the 1990s, the 28 February process, the new paradigm shift in 2002, and the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi) government.

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Course Objectives

Course Objectives

To learn the historical developments in Turkish politics

To understand the basic characteristics of Turkish politics

To learn the main debates in the literature on Turkish politics

To evaluate analytically the developments in Turkish politics

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE