COURSE SYLLABUS

GEOPOLITIC-GEOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND TURKEY

1	Course Title:	GEOPOLITIC-GEOLOGICAL APPROACHES AND TURKEY
2	Course Code:	COG5113
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
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. BAYRAM ÇETİN
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. BAYRAM ÇETİN
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	bayramcetin@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The internal and external political dynamics of Turkey (especially territoriyal aspect) to assess major geopolitical-geostrategic interests views.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	The internal and external political dynamics of Turkey (especially territoriyal aspect) to evaluate the interests of the major geopolitical-geostrategic vision.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To comprehend the subject, field of study, principles, methods, geopolitical actors of geopolitics.;
2	To comprehend the geopolitical views belonging to different sources that concern the development of geopolitics and the world political order.;
3	Classical geopolitical-geostrategic approaches, and grasp the world order envisioned the potential impact of Turkey.;
4	Postmodern geopolitical-term geostrategic approach, grasp the imagination of the world order and the potential impact of Turkey.;
5	To comprehend the changing world order imagination with globalization and new approaches towards it.;
6	To comprehend the New World Order, the Critical Geopolitical approach and its philosophical infrastructure.;
7	To comprehend the relations between globalization, new actors and the nation state. To comprehend the relations between globalization, new actors and the nation state. ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Geopolitical-geostrategic concepts.
2	In the classical style, ‘The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660- 1783’ and Turkey
3	Heartland theory-Turkey
4	Rimland theory- Türkiye
5	Continentalblock theory-Türkiye
6	Geography and Politics in a World Divided and Turkey’s position
7	theory of the end of history and Turkey's position
8	The Clash of Civilizations thesis and Turkey's position
9	‘Anticipating the Future’ future of civilizations and Turkey’s position
10	The Grand Chessboard and Turkey's position
11	Neo-Eurasianism and Turkey’s position
12	Globalization-Critical geopolitics
13	Globalization and the nation-state relationship
14	Thomas Barnett-Geopolitics of Globalization-Non-Integrated Gap

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Flint, C., Taylor, P. J., 2014, Siyasi Coğrafya, Dünya - Ekonomisi, Ulus-Devlet ve Yerellik . Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık Lacoste, Y., 2004, Coğrafya Savaşmak İçindir. Doruk Yayımcılık, Ankara. Günel, K., 2010, Coğrafyanın Siyasal Gücü. Çantay Kitabevi, İstanbul. Akengin, H., 2013, Siyasi Coğrafya, İnsan ve Mekân Yönetimi. Pegem Akademi. Karabulut, B., 2013, Strateji, Jeostrateji, Jeopolitik. Barış Kitap, Ankara. Tezkan, Y., Taşar, M. M., 2013, Dünden Bugüne Jeopolitik Dünya ve Türkiye. Ülke Yayın Habercilik, İstanbul. Karabağ, S., 2014, Jeopolitik Açıdan Sınırlar. Pegem Akademi. Heywood, A., 2019, Siyaset. Felix Kitap. Hasanov, A., 2012, Jeopolitik. Babıali Kültür yayıncılığı, İstanbul. Defay, A., 2009, Jeopolitik. Dost Kitabevi.
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
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