1	Course Title:	TURKEY MIDDLE EAST RELATIONS
2	Course Code:	ULI5116
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
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:	Doç.Dr. FERHAT PİRİNÇÇİ
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ferhat Pirinççi Uludağ Üniversitesi İİBF Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü 0224 294 10 56 ferhat@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The objective of this course is to understand Turkey’s foreign policy towards the Middle East which is stilll a significant region for the world politics.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To be able to understand the effects of Turkey’s domestic dynamics to the region; 2 To be able to comprehend the importance of the Middle East in Turkey’s Foreign Policy; 3 To be able to understand the difference between the policies Turkey pursued before and now towards the Middle East.; 4 To be able to analyze Turkey’s rising effect in the Middle East. ; 5 Turkey’s relations with global powers and effects on Middle East politics;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The dynamics affecting Turkey’s relations with the Middle East in the Cold War
2	The transformation of Turkey's relations with the Middle East in 2000s.
3	Continuity and Change in Turkish Foreign Policy in the context of Arab Spring
4	Turkey – İran relations in political economical context
5	Iran’s nuclear activities in Turkish Foreign policy
6	Turkey – Syria relations in the Cold War
7	The change in Turkey Syria relations in 2000s
8	Turkey Iraq relations after Saddam
9	The dynamics of Turkey Israel relations
10	Turkey Egypt Relations
11	Turkey’s relations with Gulf States
12	Turkey’s relations with North African States
13	Turkey’s relations with other actors of the region
14	Turkey’s relations with Middle East in political economic sense

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Tayyar Arı, Yükselen Güç: Türkiye - ABD İlişkileri ve Orta Doğu, Bursa: MKM Yayınları, 2010. Tayyar Arı ve Ferhat Pirinççi, "Turkey’s New Foreign Policy towards the Middle East and the Perceptions in Syria and Lebanon" Gazi Akademik Bakış Dergisi, Cilt 4, Sayı 7, Kış 2010, ss. 1-16. ISSN: 1307 – 9778. Tayyar Arı, Geçmişten Günümüze Orta Doğu: Siyaset, Savaş ve Diplomasi, 4. Baskı, Bursa: MKM Yayınları, 2008. Bülent Aras, Ortadoğu ve Türkiye, İstanbul: Q Matris Yayınları, 2003. Tayyar Arı ve Veysel Ayhan, "Basra Körfezi Ülkelerinin Türkiye'nin Orta Doğu'daki Rolüne Bakışı", Orta Doğu Analiz, Sayı 23, Kasım 2010, ss. 7-17. (Veysel Ayhan ile birlikte) Tayyar Arı, Irak, İran, ABD ve Petrol, Güncellenmiş 2. Baskı, İstanbul: Alfa Yay., 2007.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	2	40
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	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
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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	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	2	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	35	35
Total WorkLoad			119
Total workload/ 30 hr			3,97
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 LO1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 4 LO2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 4 LO3 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 5 4 LO4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 5 4 LO5 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 4

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High