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History 302, Spring 2005
MW 11:30-12:20 and 12:30-13:20
ENG Auditorium
Zafer Toprak SOS 238
Dilek Barlas SOS 232
Office hours: M. W. 14:00-16:00
Instructors: Nazan Albayrak, Hande Bayrak,
Eda Daloğlu, Gülçin Erdeniz, Çetin Eren, Hande
Özkan, Duygu Parmaksızoğlu, SOS 151 and SOS 171
History of the Turkish Revolution II
This course covers the general outlines of the evolution of reforms in the history of Turkey.
This subject will treat the evolution of the reforms from the beginning of the Kemalist period
to the more contemporary periods. It will be devoted to a study of Atatürk's reforms and
afterwards in chronological and thematic order. This course will mainly cover the period from
1923 to 2000.
Course Requirements:
Grading will be as follows:
1)
discussion session: 30
a) participation: 15
-- pop quizzes: 5
-- participation to class discussions: 10 (≠ attendance)
b) presentation: 15
If you miss more than 3 discussion sessions with or without medical excuses, you will not get
any points for the discussion session.
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mid-term exam: 35%
final exam: 35%
The readings are electronically available at:
http://libunix.ku.edu.tr/search/r?SEARCH=HIST%20302&SUBMIT=Search
Or Library/online catalog/reserves by course (HIST 302) or reserves by instructor
(Barlas). For further information on this matter please see İlkay Gürbüz at Suna Kıraç
Library.
In the examinations, students will be responsible for material covered in both the
lectures and the readings.
It is required that students do not miss the exams (in case of illness, a valid medical excuse
has to be submitted within one week of absence).
Attendance:
The general catalogue of the university states: “Students are required to attend all classes”
(p.58).
Academic Honesty:
Please refer to p. 60 of the general catalogue.
Class Schedule :
Week I: February 7-9
Introduction: From Single-Party Era to Multi-Party Era
Bernard Lewis, “The Republic after Kemal,” chapter in The Emergence of Modern Turkey,
Oxford University Press, 1968, pp. 294-319.
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Erik J. Zürcher, “The Transition to Democracy 1945-50,” chapter in Turkey – A Modern
History, by Erik J. Zürcher, I. B. Tauris, 1997, pp: 215-228.
Richard D. Robinson, “The Postwar Decade, 1946-1956,” chapter in The First Turkish
Republic, Harvard University Press, 1965, pp: 124-161.
Week II: February 14-16
Transition to Democracy and Liberalism
Erik. J. Zürcher, “The Rule of the Democratic Party, 1950-60,” chapter in Turkey – A Modern
History, by Erik J. Zürcher, I.B. Tauris, 1997, pp: 231-252.
Feroz Ahmad, “Towards Multi-Party Politics and Democracy, 1938-1960,” in Turkey – The
Quest for Identity, Oxford; Oneworld, 2003, pp. 75-94.
Week III: February 21-23
27 May 1960 and the 1961 Constitution
C. H. Dodd, “Revolution and Republic,” chapter in Politics and Government in Turkey,
Manchester University Press, 1969, pp: 20-51.
C. H. Dodd, “The Turkish Constitution,” chapter in Politics and Government in Turkey,
Manchester University Press, 1969, pp: 107-127.
Week IV: February 28-March 2
Problems of Pluralism and Democracy
Erik J. Zürcher, “The Second Turkish Republic, 1960-80,” chapter in Turkey – A Modern
History, by Erik J. Zürcher, I. B. Tauris, 1997, pp: 253-291.
Feroz Ahmad, “Military Guardians, 1960-1980,” in Turkey – The Quest for Identity, Oxford;
Oneworld, 2003, pp. 119-148.
Week V: March 7-9
Political and Economic Restructuring
Erik J. Zürcher, “The Third Republic: Turkey since 1980,” chapter in Turkey – A Modern
History, by Erik J. Zürcher, I. B. Tauris, 1997, pp: 292-342.
Feroz Ahmad, “The Military, the Parties, and Globalization, 1980-2003,”in Turkey – The
Quest for Identity, Oxford; Oneworld, 2003, pp. 149-184.
Week VI: March 14-16
Towards the 21st Century
Z. Y. Hershlag, “Sixty Years of the Republic,” chapter in The Contemporary Turkish
Economy, by Z.Y. Hershlag, Routledge, 1988, pp: 1-28.
Ziya Öniş, “Domestic Politics versus Global Dynamics: Towards a Political Economy of the
2000and 2001 Financial Crisis in Turkey,” chapter in The Turkish Economy in Crisis, Frank
Cass, 2003, pp: 1-30.
Week VII: March 21-23
Turkey and Globalization
Review Sessions.
Week VIII: March 28-30
Mid-term Exam
Week IX: April 11-13
Foreign Policy of Early Republic
Feroz Ahmad, “The Historical Background of Turkey’s Foreign Policy” chapter in the Future
of Turkish Foreign Policy by L. G. Martin and D. Keridis, Massachusetts: The MIT Press,
2004, pp: 9-33.
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Week X: April 18-20
Beginning of the Cold War and Turkey in the Western Bloc
Melvyn P. Leffler, Strategy, Diplomacy, and the Cold War: the United States, Turkey, and
NATO, 1945-1952, the Journal of American History, Vol. 71, Issue 4 (March 1985),807-825.
G. Harris, Cross-Alliance Politics: Turkey and the Soviet Union in Türk Yıllığı, 1972, XI1,
pp: 1-32.
Week XI: April 25-27
Turkey and the Middle East
Bilge Criss and Pınar Bilgin, “Turkish Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East”, Middle East
Review of International Affairs, Vol. 1 (January 1997), 1-11.
Philip Robins, Turkey and the Middle East (London: Chatham House, 1991), pp: 74-79.
Kemal Kirişci, “The Future of Turkish Policy toward the Middle East,” chapter in Turkey in
World Politics by Barry Rubin- Kemal Kirişci, İstanbul: Boğaziçi University Press, 2002, pp:
122-150.
Week XII: May 2-4
Cyprus and its Effect on Turkish Foreign Policy
Robert McDonald, “Greek-Turkish Relations and the Cyprus Conflict” chapter in GreekTurkish Relations in the Era of Globalization by Dimitris Keridis and Dimitrios
Triantaphyllou, pp: 116-150.
Week XIII: May 9-11
European Economic Community and Turkey
Atila Eralp, “Turkey and the European Community in the Changing Post-War International
System,”chapter in Turkey and Europe by Canan Balkır and Allan M. Williams, London:
Pinter, 1993, pp: 24-42.
Atila Eralp, “Turkey and the European Union” chapter in the Future of Turkish Foreign
Policy by L. G. Martin and D. Keridis, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2004, pp: 63-82.
Week XIV: May 16-18
Turkey and the Balkans
Dilek Barlas, “Turkey and the Balkans: Cooperation in the Interwar and Post-Cold War Eras”,
Turkish Review of Balkan Studies, Annual 1998/99, no. 4, İstanbul: ISIS, pp: 65-81.
Fuat Aksu, “Confidence, Security and Conflict Resolution Initiatives in the Balkans,” chapter
in Turkish Review of Balkan Studies, Annual 2003, no. 8, İstanbul: Bigart, pp: 41-85.
Week XV: May 23-25
Turkey After the Cold War
Sabri Sayarı, “Turkish Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: The Challenges of MultiRegionalism”, Journal of International Affairs 54, No. 1 (Fall 2000), pp: 169-182.
Serhat Güvenç, Rise and Demise of a “Strategic Partnership”: In Search of Context for the
Post-Cold War Turkish-American Relations, Istanbul: Boğaziçi University, 2003, pp: 1-19.