TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

Course Description

The main objective of this seminar is to transmit an overall perspective of the Turkish Foreign Policy to fourth year International Relations students as well as enabling them to think objectively and rationally on the historical issues regarding the Turkish Foreign Policy. A chronological and a thematic approach will be followed while covering Turkey’s regional and trans-regional relations throughout the past century. Concerning today’s global dynamics shaping the Turkish Foreign Policy; the fluidity of the global market, the rise and impact of Multi-National Companies, the geopolitical situations of conflicting countries and other causes will be analyzed and discussed in class.

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

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Course outcomes

1. 01 1.Demonstrate the method and the approach of the Foreign Policy Analysis
2. 02 2. Assess the theoretical framework of Turkish Foreign Policy in relation to the Turkish Political History
3. 03 3. Identify how the theory coincides with the historical cases
4. 04 4 Explain the important milestones of Turkish Foreign Policy
5. 05 5. Illustrate individually and collectively the processes and procedures through which the Foreign Policy decisions are taken

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Baskın Oran (eds.), Turkish Foreign Policy, University of Utah Press, 2008 .

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 1.Demonstrate the method and the approach of the Foreign Policy Analysis
2. L02 2. Show the theoretical framework of Turkish Foreign Policy in relation to the Turkish Political History
3. L03 3. Realize how the theory coincides with the historical cases
4. L04 4. Show the important milestones of Turkish Foreign Policy
5. L05 5. Practice individually and collectively the processes and procedures through which the Foreign Policy decisions are taken

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1. Having the ability to understand and discuss international relations discipline by using an interdisciplinary methodology to merge the knowledge coming from sociology, economics, psychology, political sciences well as diplomatic history.
2. P02 2. Having an adequate knowledge of the history and the epochs of international system and being able to identify historical evolution of the contemporary world politics.
3. P03 3. Recognizing local, regional and international actors functioning within the international system.
4. P04 4. Understanding the legal framework of the current international system
5. P05 5. Ability to identify the relations between the key actors of the international system – the states – from a theoretical as well as multi-dimensional scientific and academic methods.
6. P06 6. Ability to analyse the roles and positions of the non-state actors – international organizations in particular – within the current world system.
7. P07 7. Ability to recognize political, socio-economic and cultural structures embedded in international relations.
8. P08 8. Exploring the roots of conflicts among the actors and produce solutions at local, regional and international levels with an analytical focus.
9. P09 9. Being able to understand the politics and the functioning of political institutions in theory and practice.
10. P10 10. Understanding the historical emergence of various political cultures and gaining ability to assess them comparatively.
11. P11 11. Prepare international relations graduates; having a vast knowledge, academic formation and skills to work in public offices, civil society organizations, international institutions and companies at local and global levels.
12. P12 12. To have moral and ethical understanding in the field of work.

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