COURSE SYLLABUS

TURKISH POLITICAL LIFE IN REPUBLIC PERIOD

1	Course Title:	TURKISH POLITICAL LIFE IN REPUBLIC PERIOD
2	Course Code:	TRH3077 BH
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	0
6	Semester:	0
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
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. SAIME YÜCEER
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Behçet Kemal Yeşilbursa
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	syuceer@uludag.edu.tr 0224 29 41 857 Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tarih Bölümü, 16059 - Görükle Yerleşkesi/Bursa
18	Website:	http://tarih.uludag.edu.tr/
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of this course is to inform students on the phases of Turkish democracy history from the beginning of the modern political system. In addition, it is aimed to make students be able to make inward assessments by discussing the community’s awareness of the true meaning of democracy and to what extent they internalize democratic values.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To get informed on the phases of Turkish democracy history from the beginning of the modern political system.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to comprehend the processes of Turkish democracy history;
2	To have information about political institutions;
3	To have information about constitutions ;
4	To have ability of objective evaluation of the political events;
5	To gain the ability of predicting the future by evaluating the political process in the past;
6	To interpret domestic politics in universal dimension;
7	To be able to judge cases at vertical and horizontal processes;
8	To have information about the development of democracy culture in the world and in Turkey;
9	To possess the knowledge to assess the level of democracy in society;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The political transformation of the Ottoman State in the nineteenth century
2	Second Constitutional Monarchy: 1876 Legal Constitution
3	The Committee of Union and Progress (İttihat Terakki Cemiyeti) and the Second Constitutional Monarchy: Assessment of the 1909 constitutional amendments
4	Political events of the Armistice Period
5	Grand National Assembly of Turkey 1921 and 1924 Constitutions
6	Republican People's Party
7	Political revolutions and multi-party life experiments: TCF
8	Political revolutions and multi-party life experiments: SCF
9	Multi-party life after the Second World War
10	Democratic Party government and undemocratic practices: Investigation Commission
11	Military Coup of 1960 and 1961 Constitution
12	Structuring the extreme left and extreme right in Turkish politics
13	Military Coup of 1980 and 1982 Constitution
14	Political developments in the 1990s and general assessment

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1) Tunaya, Tarık Zafer, Türkiye’de Siyasi Partiler 1859-1952, 2. Baskı, Arba Yayınları, İstanbul 1995. 2) Karpat, Kemal, Türkiye’de Siyasal Sistemin Evrimi, 1876-1980, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, İstanbul 2007. 3) Çavdar, Tevfik, Türkiye’nin Demokrasi Tarihi, 4. Baskı, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, İstanbul 2008. 4) Özbudun, Ergun, Türkiye’de Parti ve Seçim Sistemi, İstanbul, 2011. 5) Yüceer, Saime, “Demokrasi Yolunda Önemli Bir Aşama: Türk Kadınına Siyasal Haklarının Tanınması” Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, C. 14, Sayı: 14, Yıl: 9, s. (131–151), 2008.
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	Written Examination
Information	1 Midterm Exam 1 Final Exam

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