1	Course Title:	GEOGRAPHY AND GEOPOLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
2	Course Code:	COG6146
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
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. BAYRAM ÇETİN
16	Course Lecturers:	Yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	bayramcetin@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Along with the history of the Middle East, researching, discussing and evaluating political practices and theories related to the geopolitical (geoeconomic and geocultural) counterpart of the area, defined as the Middle East, on the basis of its borders, countries and certain geographical features.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Along with the history of the Middle East, it is active in gaining the practice of reaching, discussing and evaluating political practices and theories related to their geopolitical (geoeconomic and geocultural) counterpart on the basis of the borders, countries and certain geographical features of the area defined as the Middle East.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To know, criticize and discuss the literature on the concept, emergence and borders of the Middle East.; 2 To be able to evaluate geoeconomic and geocultural dynamics within the Middle East geopolitics.; 3 To be able to evaluate Ibn Khaldun and the concept of "Companions" in understanding the Middle Eastern geoculture.; 4 To have a basic knowledge of the literature on Middle Eastern history and to be able to criticize its content.; 5 To have a wide level of literature knowledge about the Middle East and to be able to evaluate the content.; 6 To have knowledge of the literature about the social and cultural structure of the Middle East and to be able to evaluate the content.; 7 To be able to criticize the literature and information about the basic dynamics that are effective in political structuring in the Middle East.; 8 To be able to criticize the geoeconomic and geocultural foundations of the political structuring in the Middle East in the 19th and 20th centuries.; 9 To be able to criticize the geoeconomic and geocultural foundations of postcolonial political structuring in the Middle East; 10 To be able to criticize the geoeconomic and geocultural foundations of the political structuring of the BOP and “Arab Spring” process in the Middle East.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The concept of the Middle East, its emergence and the borders of the Middle East.
2	Is the Middle East as a concept and place a geographical concept? Or is it a political concept?
3	Geopolitical, geoeconomic and geoculture concepts.
4	Geoeconomic and geocultural dynamics in the Middle East geopolitics.
5	Ibn Khaldun and the concept of "Ashabiyet" in understanding the Middle East geoculture.
6	Major belief systems in the Middle East and their social and political reflections.
7	The reflection of the racial social structure on the political order in the Middle East.
8	The recent history of the Middle East.
9	General lines of the Middle East geography.
10	General characteristics of the social and cultural structure of the Middle East.
11	The main fundamental dynamics influencing the political structuring of the Middle East.
12	Geoeconomic and geocultural foundations of the political structuring in the Middle East in the 19th and 20th centuries.
13	Geoeconomic and geocultural foundations of postcolonial political structuring in the Middle East.
14	Geoeconomic and geocultural criticism of the BOP and Arab Spring process in the Middle East.

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Sandıklı, A., Çomak, H., vd. (2006). Büyük Ortadoğu Projesi, Yeni Oluşumlar ve Değişen Dengeler. TASAM Yayınları. Fuller, G., E., (2017). Türkiye ve Arap Baharı. Eksi Kitaplar. Demirtaş, E., (2017). Ortadoğu’da Devlet ve İktidar, Otoriter Rejimler Üzerine Bir İnceleme. Metis Yayınları. Bozarslan, H., (2016). Ortadoğu’nun Siyasal Sosyolojisi, Arap İsyanlarından Önce ve Sonra. İletişim Yayınları. Lewis, B., (2017). İnanç ve İktidar, Ortadoğu’da Din ve Siyaset. Akılçelen Kitaplar. Fuller, G. E., Henze, P. B., and Brown, J. F., ( 1993). Turkey’s New Geopolitics. Westview Press. Cleveland, W. L., (2008). Modern Ortadoğu Tarihi. Agora Kitaplığı. Yerasimos, S., (2015). Milliyetler ve Sınırlar, Balkanlar, Kafkasya ve Orta-Doğu. İletişim Yayınları. Barr, J., (2016). Kırmızı Çizgi, Paylaşılamayan Toprakların Yakın Tarihi. Pegasus Yayınları. Harris, W., (2005). Levant/Bir Kültürler Mozaiği. Literatür Yayınları.
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	written examination
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	7	98
Homeworks, Performances	0	14	14
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	1	1
Total WorkLoad			155
Total workload/ 30 hr			5,17
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 PQ13 PQ14 PQ15 LO1 4 4 4 3 5 5 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 LO2 3 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 0 0 LO3 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 3 5 5 3 0 0 LO4 2 3 4 5 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 3 0 0 LO5 3 4 4 3 5 4 5 5 2 3 4 3 4 0 0 LO6 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 LO8 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 LO10 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