| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constitutional And Democratic History Of Türkiye | HUK111 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 1 | Fall | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Bayram KESKİN
Assistant Prof. Dr. Gündüz Alp ASLAN
Assistant Prof. Dr. Oğuzhan Bekir KESKİN
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Students can follow the constitutional and democratic developments from the Ottoman Empire until today
2) Students can grasp the causes and effects of the Ottoman-Turkish constitutional developments
3) Students can define the factors that leads to the political/democratic developments
4) Students can interpret contemporary constitutional-democratic developments from a historical perspective
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||||||
| 1 | No relation | No relation | Middle | High | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | Low | Middle | Middle | |
| 2 | High | High | Middle | High | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | Low | Middle | Middle | |
| 3 | High | High | Middle | High | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | Low | Middle | Middle | |
| 4 | High | High | Middle | High | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | Low | Middle | Middle | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not Required
Course Contents
Constitutional and democratic history of Turkey will be analyzed with an interdisciplinary perspective. In this context, starting from the Tanzimat Period of the Ottoman Empire, the constitutional transformations which are triggered and affected by the political and democratic developments will be studied.
Weekly Schedule
1) General Introduction, An Overview of the Weekly Classes, Introduction of the Sources and Syllabus, Questions2) Ottoman Modernization from the Nizam-ı Cedid until the Ottoman Constitution of 1876
3) The First and Second Ottoman Constitutional Periods: Formal and Actual
4) 1918-1920: Submissive Sultanate & Self-Determinative Anatolia
5) GNAT Government: Pluralist Assembly, Fusion of Powers and Democratization
6) B
7) Transition into Multi-Party System and Democracy (or lack thereof)
8) Midterm Exam
9) 1960 Coup d’état and the 1961 Constitution
10) From a Coup to a Military Memorandum and then to Another Coup
11) The 1982 Constitutional Order Before the AK Party
12) From the 2001 Crisis to the 367 Crisis
13) From the 367 Crisis to the Cumhurbaşkanlığı System of Government
14) Democracy in Turkey on the Centenary of the Republic
15) Discussion, Questions
16) Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
30% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
70% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required