COURSE SYLLABUS

HISTORY OF TURKISH DEMOCRACY

1	Course Title:	HISTORY OF TURKISH DEMOCRACY
2	Course Code:	TAR6127
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
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:	Yrd. Doç. Dr. Seher Boykoy
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 purpose of this course is to examine social, economic, cultural and political dimensions of processes in the history of Turkish democracy, constitutions adopted since the beginning of the era of modern political system, political parties, democratic and undemocratic changes of government and society.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To obtain information on the Turkish Constitutional History;
2	To comprehend the accepted constitutions rely on which model of democracy;
3	To gain the ability of analyzing history of Turkish Democracy objectively;
4	To be able to perform original researches on history of Turkish Democracy;
5	To evaluate the founding constitution of new state in the context of democracy;
6	To analyze constitutions of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey comparatively;
7	To evaluate relations between political parties within a historical process;
8	To have information on the ethical values of the Science of History;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Contemporary Political Developments in the 19th Centur
2	The first Constitutional Monarchy and Legal Constitution of 1876
3	The second Constitutional Monarchy and constitutional changes in 1909
4	The Committee of Union and Progress
5	The Armistice Period and the Freedom and Entente Party
6	The establishment process of the Republic of Turkey
7	Congresses and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
8	Founding Constitution: The Law of Teşkilat-ı Esasiye
9	Republican People's Party
10	1924 The Law of Teşkilat-ı Esasiye and the trials of multi-party life in the Atatürk era
11	Multi-party political life after the Second World War
12	Democratic Party, the Military Coup and the Constitution of 1961
13	Political parties and the Military Coup in 1980
14	The 1982 Constitution and political parties

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	- Tunaya, Tarık Zafer, Türkiye’de Siyasi Partiler 1859-1952, 2. Baskı, Arba Yayınları, İstanbul 1995. - Akçura, Yusuf, Üç Tarzı Siyaset, İstanbul 1938. - Ağaoğlu, Ahmet, Serbest Fırka Hatıraları, İstanbul 1949. - Yetkin, Çetin, Türkiye’de Tek Parti Yönetimi (1930-1945), Altın Kitaplar, İstanbul 1983. - Tanör, Bülent, Osmanlı-Türk Anayasal Gelişmeleri, 9. Baskı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları İstanbul 2002. - Karpat, Kemal, Türk Demokrasi Tarihi, Sosyal Ekonomik, Kültürel Temeller, AFA Yayınları İstanbul 1996. - Çavdar, Tevfik, Türkiye’nin Demokrasi Tarihi, 4. Baskı, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, İstanbul 2008. - Özbudun, Ergun, Türkiye’de Parti ve Seçim Sistemi, İstanbul, 2011. - 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	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	50
Final Exam	1	50
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
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