1	Course Title:	CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
2	Course Code:	ULI5105
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second 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:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. TAYYAR ARI
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-posta: atayyar@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 02242941052 Adres: Uludağ Üniversitesi İ.İ.B.F Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	In this course, it is aimed to analyse the Middle East Politics by dealing with both contemporary and historical facts.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To be able to learn learn the basics of Middle East Politics from an historical perspective; 2 To be able to comprehend the historical background of Middle Eastern issues; 3 To be able to learn the foreign policies of regional powers; 4 To be able to get knowledge about the big power politics on the Middle East; 5 To be able to acquire knowledge about current Turkish politics on the Middle East;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The Ontology of the Middle East
2	Palestinian Conflict in Historical Context
3	Zionism as a Political Movement
4	The structure of the opposition in Syria and the future of Esad Regime
5	Israel Domestic Dynamics
6	Regional and international effects of Arab Israel Wars
7	Turkey’s Middle East Politics in the Cold War
8	Political structure and foreign policy of Iraq after the occupation
9	The Effects of Change in Egypt to its Foreign Policy
10	The effects of Arap – Israel War to regional and international politics
11	The effect of Iran revolution to regional and international security
12	Domestic dynamics of Palestinian Issue: El-Fetih and Hamas
13	Nuclear Proliferation and Iran’s relations with the West
14	Armament in the Middle East and its Effects on regional security

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	TAYYAR ARI, GEÇMİŞTEN GÜNÜMÜZE ORTA DOĞU: SİYASET, SAVAŞ VE DİPLOMASİ, 4. BASKI, BURSA: MKM YAYINLARI,2008. TAYYAR ARI: YÜKSELEN GÜÇ: TÜRKİYE-ABD İLİŞKİLERİ VE ORTA DOĞU, BURSA: MKM YAYINLARI, 2010. WILLIAM L. CLEVELAND, A HISTORY OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST, DENVER: WESTVIEW PRESS, 2000. BERNARD LEWIS, THE ARABS IN HISTORY, NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2002. BERNARD LEWIS, THE MIDDLE EAST: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LAST 2,000 YEARS, TOUCHSTONE BOOKS, 1997. ALBERT HOURANI AND MALISE RUTHVEN, A HISTORY OF THE ARAB PEOPLES: SECOND EDITION. NEW YORK:WARNER, 1991.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	2	50
Final Exam	1	50
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	2	28
Homeworks, Performances	2	10	20
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	20	20
Total WorkLoad			96
Total workload/ 30 hr			3,2
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 LO1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 LO4 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High