👨🏽💼 Lecturer: Assist. Prof. Dr. Gökser Gökçay ✉️ Email: [email protected] 🗣️ Lecture Hours: Thursday 9:00-11:30, Hybrid Lecture Zoom and Face-to-Face, South Campus GEB103 👥 Office Hours: Zoom meeting, only by appointment. Click the link to make an appointment: https://calendly.com/gokser-gokcay/officehours
Following the discussions made in our preceding course, which covered Turkish Politics until 1960, this course will provide a critical introduction to the political life in Turkey from the 1960 to current Turkish politics. Various political groups, movements, and parties emerged after the adoption of the 1961 Constitution and diversified the political discussions in Turkey's public discourse. Since then, despite the diversification in democratic forces, Turkey was caught up in military interventions in almost every decade. Turkey managed to revert to representative democracy every time after military control, albeit with more authoritarian versions. In this course, we will not only analyze the political aspects of these developments, but also their socio-economic origins up until today.
<aside> 📌 Below is the ideal schedule for this semester. Changes or modifications may occur, for a variety of reasons. We will discuss and make changes if the need arises.
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<aside> 📌 All the required readings must be done prior to the classes. You could acquire the required readings as printed editons or electronically. Optional readings are provided for in-depth studies for those who are interested.
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Optional Readings (English and Turkish)
The exams will be essay–type and open ended. The students will be responsible for both course materials and class notes. There will be no fill in the blanks, true or false, or multiple choice type of questions. The detailed information about the exams will be given during the lectures the week before the exam. Grade Distribution: Mid-Term Exam 40% + Final Exam 60%.
<aside> 📌 After taking this course, students are expected:
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