COURSE SYLLABUS

TURKEY’S BALKAN POLICY

1	Course Title:	TURKEY’S BALKAN POLICY
2	Course Code:	ULI6107
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	X
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. İbrahim Canbolat
16	Course Lecturers:	X
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	icanbol@hotmail.com - 0224 2941060 Uludağ Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü 16059 Görükle-BURSA
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19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of this course is to obtain information to students about the political and ethnic situation of the Balkans; current problems of the Balkans; Historical and cultural ties of Turks with the Balkans; The Relations of Turkey with Balkan countries; The Turks in the Balkans and their problems; Balkan policies of major powers and Balkan immigrants.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to analyze the political and ethnic situation of the Balkans;
2	To be able to analyze the importance the Balkans for the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey;
3	To be able to evaluate Turkey's Balkan policy;
4	To be able to put forward ideas about the great powers policies on the Balkans and its consequences;
5	To be able to evaluate the impact of the Turks in Balkans and Balkan immigrants on the Turkish foreign policy;
6	To be able to participate in discussions about the Turks in the Balkans and their problems;
7	To be able to analyze the problems in the Balkans;
8	To be able to predict about the Turkey's Balkan policy;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Analysis of the ethnical and political fragmentation in the Balkans
2	The problem of identity in the Balkans
3	The problem of the nationalization and national interest in the Balkans
4	Historical and cultural ties of Turks with the Balkans
5	Relations with the Balkan countries in the first years of the Republic of Turkey
6	The Balkan Pact initiative and its consequences
7	Great powers policies on the Balkans and its consequences
8	The problem of Western Trace in the Turkish-Greece relations
9	Bulgarian Turks, their impact and problems in Bulgaria
10	The role of Balkan immigrants over internal and external politics
11	The Relations of Turkey with withMacedonia
12	The Relations of Turkey with Albania
13	The Collapse of Yugoslavia and after
14	The Relations of Turkey with Bosnia and Kosovo

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Maria Todorova, Balkanları Tahayyül Etmek, İletişim Yay.,İstanbul François Georgeon,Paul Dumont, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nda Yaşamak,Çeviren Maide Selen, İletişimYay.,İstanbul 2000 İbrahim S.Canbolat, Savaş ve Barış Arasında Dünya, Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul 2003 Relevant essays
24	Assesment

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

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High