COURSE SYLLABUS

MIDDLE EAST POLITICS

1	Course Title:	MIDDLE EAST POLITICS
2	Course Code:	ULU3106
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
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-mail: atayyar@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 02242941052 Address: Uludağ Üniversitesi İ.İ.B.F Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of this course is to analytically analize the importance of Middle East Politics both in historical and contemporary sense.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to get information about the importance of the location of Middle East. ;
2	To be able to emphasize the turning points in Middle East history ;
3	To be able to have knowledge about the dynamics of the politics of regional and global powers towards Middle East.;
4	To be able to analyze how Arab-Israel conflict has affected Middle East Politics;
5	To be able to analyze the domestic dynamics of Arab countries;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Middle East and World Politics: Strategic, economic, religion.
2	Soviet and American Politics towards Middle East in the Cold War
3	The role of international dynamics in Palestinian conflict
4	Armament initiatives and potential security risks in the Middle East
5	Great Middle East Project and regional dynamics
6	Palestinian domestic dynamics
7	Persian Gulf and its effects on Middle East Politics
8	The effects of Arab Israel Wars to regional stability
9	Regional and international reflections of Iran – Iraq War
10	Second Gulf War
11	Civil Society and Democracy in Middle East
12	Nationalism in Middle East
13	Asymetric threats and conventional powers in Middle East
14	The role of petrol in Middle East Politics

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. TAYYAR ARI, GEÇMİŞTEN GÜNÜMÜZE ORTA DOĞU: SİYASET, SAVAŞ VE DİPLOMASİ, 4. BASKI, BURSA: MKM YAYINLARI,2008. 2. TAYYAR ARI, YÜKSELEN GÜÇ: TÜRKİYE-ABD İLİŞKİLERİ VE ORTA DOĞU, BURSA: MKM YAYINLARI, 2010. 3. WILLIAM L. CLEVELAND, A HISTORY OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST, DENVER: WESTVIEW PRESS, 2000. 4. BERNARD LEWIS, THE ARABS IN HISTORY, NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2002. 5. BERNARD LEWIS, THE MIDDLE EAST: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LAST 2,000 YEARS, TOUCHSTONE BOOKS, 1997. 6. ALBERT HOURANI AND MALISE RUTHVEN, A HISTORY OF THE ARAB PEOPLES: SECOND EDITION. NEW YORK: WARNER, 1991. 7. ALBERT H. HOURANI (EDITOR), PHILLIP KHOURY (EDITOR), MARY WILSON (EDITOR). THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST, SECOND EDITION. NEW YORK: J.B. TAURIS, 2004. 8. RASHID KHALIDI, RESURRECTING EMPIRE: WESTERN FOOTPRINTS AND AMERICA’S PERILIOUS PATH IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BOSTON, MASS: BEACON PRESS, 2005. 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	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

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