COURSE SYLLABUS

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOPOLITICS OF TURKEY

1	Course Title:	POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOPOLITICS OF TURKEY
2	Course Code:	SOS3206
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	2
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. EMİN ATASOY
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The purpose of this course teacher candidates and political geography of the main specs to give some information about political geography; political geography physical, human and economic factors on the world political, military and economic organization of the size of the world and Turkey to develop these in a systematic way; teach the factors that affect the politics of the country; these factors must follow transfer the impact of the development of national and international policies that interpreting and Turkey in a comparative perspective.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Ability to analyze the emergence of states and power sources;
2	Ability to classify States according to their political structure;
3	Ability to evaluate politically problematic regions in the world;
4	Ability to analyze Turkey's position in the Balkans-Caucasus-Middle East triangle, between the countries of the Central Asia-Caspian Sea Basin, European countries and African countries, as well as the advantages and disadvantages caused by this;
5	Ability to evaluate the goals of activities of regional and global political organizations;
6	Ability to comment on political activities in the country and their consequences;
7	Understanding how the acquisition of 'patriotism' can be transferred to students within the framework of the geopolitical-geoeconomic-geosocultural and geostrategic position and importance of our country;
8	Political, economic, military and commercial cooperation organizations around the world: UN, OIC, EU, OECD, APEC;
9	Transboundary waters, Straits, continental shelf and Aegean problems of Turkey.;
10	General review ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	A) Introduction (the place of political geography in Geographical Science, the use of tools and tools that facilitate spatial analysis and learning; positioning with latitude relations using maps and determining landforms and natural resources with climate belts).
2	B) static factors in political geography B.1. Area
3	B.2. Format
4	B.3. Boundaries
5	B.4. Location (theories of political geography)
6	Geopolitics of Turkey: New World Order in a globalized world (New Geopolitics/geostrategic scenarios, projects) and New Geopolitics of Turkey
7	Geopolitics of Turkey (regional, continental and international political-economic-military organizations and Turkey's position in them. Political geography regions affecting Turkey (European Union, Middle East, Balkans, Cyprus, Caucasus and Central Asia).
8	Political problems affecting the world and Turkey 1-border (land, sea, air) disputes on a global scale and the problem of sharing Water Resources, 2-Energy Resources and energy policies in the world and Turkey.
9	Aegean Continental Shelf, territorial waters and FIR line problems within the framework of Turkey-Greece relations throughout history 4-geopolitical / geostrategic importance of Cyprus from past to present
10	The importance and future of the Turkish Straits in a changing world. 6-The Problem Of Underdevelopment In Terms Of Political Geography. E) overview of countries in terms of political geography (key elements in learning Political Geography, continents and countries).
11	The importance and future of the Turkish Straits in a changing world. 6-The Problem Of Underdevelopment In Terms Of Political Geography. E) overview of countries in terms of political geography (key elements in learning Political Geography, continents and countries).
12	Theories about geopolitics: The Theory of integration of Civilizations, The Theory Of The Grand Chessboard, The Theory of domination of Axis countries, The Theory of domination of space, the applicability of geopolitical theories
13	Political, economic, military and commercial cooperation organizations around the world: UN, OIC, EU, OECD, APEC
14	General review

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. GÜNEL, Kamil (2002) political power of Geography, bagay bookstore, Istanbul. 2. GÖNEY, Süha (1979) political geography, I.Finish. Faculty Of Letters Publication No: 103, Istanbul. 3. Ozey, R.., (2002) Political Geography on the scale of the world and Turkey, Aktif Publishing House, Istanbul. 4. ARIBAŞ, K., (2007) Political Geography In The Global Age, Comic Bookstore Publications, Konya. 5. AKENGIN, H., (2010) Political Geography, Pegem Academy Publishing House, Ankara. 6. LACOSTE, Y., (2008) Understanding The Big Game, geopolitics: today's long history, NTV publications, Istanbul. 7. Dredger, N., (2003) The Science of statesmanship: geopolitics and geostrategy, Torbay bookstore, Istanbul. 8. Love, C. (1988)' Turkey's strategic position in terms of historical development of geopolitics and geostrategy', Journal of Aegean geography, Issue: 4, Izmir, P. 214-249. 9. Dredger, N., (2003) geopolitical analyses on Turkey and the world, bagay bookstore, Istanbul. 10. GARABAGH, P., (2002) Politicization Of Space, Nobel Publication Distribution, Ankara.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	0	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	10	10
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	20	20
Total WorkLoad			58
Total workload/ 30 hr			1,93
ECTS Credit of the Course			2

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7	PQ8	PQ9	PQ10	PQ11	PQ12	PQ13	PQ14	PQ15	PQ16
LO1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High