TURKEY AS A
EUROPEAN NATION?
DATE
TOPIC
LECTURER
PROGRAM GOTHENBURG
INTRODUCTION
Monday
7 June
10-12
Monday
7 June
13-15
PART 1
Monday
14 June
AM
Moday
14 June
PM
Tuesday
15 June
AM
Tuesday
15 June
PM
Wednesday
16 June
AM
Wednesday
16 June
PM
Wednesday
16 June
LA
Thursday
17 June
AM
PART 2
Thursday
17 June
12-17
Thursday
17 June
18-20
Registration and presentation of the course
Lokal: Statsvetenskapliga inst GU B 225
Turkey and the European Union in historical
perspective
Lokal: Statsvetenskapliga inst GU Dragonen
PROGRAM ISTANBUL
LATE OTTOMAN PERIOD
Ann-Kristin Jonasson
Ingmar Karlsson
1839-1908
General introduction
Historical overview
Periodization (Eric Zürcher)
Excursion I
The Historical Peninsula
Ann-Kristin Jonasson
Turkey as an agrarian empire.
Agrarian empires and modern nations: some
theoretical aspects
Political, social and religious institutions
Elisabeth Özdalga
Turkey draws closer to the West:
Modernizing reforms – the Tanzimat
reforms.
Turkey draws closer to the West:
The empire splits up
Serhat Paktaş
Süreyya Faroqhi
Bilgi University
Istanbul
Edhem Eldem
Bogazici University
Istanbul
Edhem Eldem
Round table discussions I (the groups is
divided into two; one hour each)
Ann-Kristin Jonasson
Westernization under authoritarian rule: the
Hamidian era (1876-1909)
Ferdan Ergut
METU
Ankara
THE YOUNG TURK ERA
1908-1950
Excursion II
Yildiz Sarayi, Dolma Bahce Sarayi
Serhat Paktaş
The Young Turk period (1908-1918)
Vangelis Kechriotis
Bogazici University
Istanbul
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Friday
18 June
AM
Friday
18 June
PM
Saturday
19 June
AM/PM
PART 3
Monday
21 June
AM
Monday
21 June
PM
Monday
21 June
LA/Evening
Tuesday
22 June
AM/PM/LA
Wednesday
23 June
AM
Wednesday
23 June
PM
Wednesday
23 June
LA
Thursday
24 June
AM
Thursday
24 June
PM
Thursday
24 June
LA
Friday
25 June
AM
Friday
25 June
PM
The modern republic
Secularizing reforms
Mete Tunçay, Bilgi
University, Istanbul
The one-party regime (1923-1946)
Reforms and repression
Günay Göksu Özdogan
Marmara University
Istanbul
Serhat Paktas
Feryal Tansuğ
Excursion III
Fener Patrikhanesi
The Orthodox school (Heybeliada)
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY
AND
THE EUROPEAN UNION
Political liberalism, parliamentary
democracy. The Democrat Party (1950-60)
Election statistics
Rural transformations
Kemalism and the peasants
The village institutes and Mahmut Makal’s
A Village in Anatolia
Excursion IV
Various urban areas in Istanbul
1950-2010
Ilkay Sunar
Bahçeşehir University
Istanbul
Bahattin Aksit
Maltepe University
Istanbul
Asım Karaömerlioğlu
Boğaziçi University
Istanbul
Şermin Kaska
Serhat Paktaş
Political parties from the single party period
until today
Elisabeth Özdalga
Poltical parties (especially pro-Islamic
parties) in comparative perspective
Ann-Kristin Jonasson
Round table discussions II (the groups is
divided into two; one hour each)
Ann-Kristin Jonasson
Ideologies: Kemalism
Ertan Aydın
SETA Foundation
Ankara
Arus Yumul
Bilgi University
Istanbul
Rusen Çakır, NTV
Ideologies: Nationalism (Turkish and
Kurdish)
Ideologies: Political Islam
The new movements: NGOs
Urbanization
The changing urban landscape
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Daniella Kuzmanovic
University of
Copenhagen
Sencer Ayata
Friday
25 June
Evening/
Night
SaturdaySunday
26-27 June
Monday
28 JuneAM
Monday
28 June
PM
Monday
28 June
LA
Tuesday
29 June
AM
Tuesday
29 June
PM
Wednesday
30 June
AM
Wednesday
30 June
PM/LA
Thursday
1 July
AM/PM
MIDSUMMER
CELEBRATION
Excursion V
Bilecik/Iznik/Bursa
Serhat Paktaş
Turkey and EU
General introduction
Şahin Alpay
Bahçeşehir University
Istanbul
Şule Kut
Bilgi University
Istanbul
Beyza Çağatay Tekin
Turkey and EU
The accession process: obstacles ahead
European resistance against Turkish EU
membership
Turkey and its Middle Eastern neighbors:
old and new trends in Turkish foreign policy
AKP’s vision for peace in the Middle East: a
critical evalutaion
The Turkish media
Excursion VI
Newspapers
Open office, preparation for the exam
Torkel Stjernlöf
Swedish Consul
General, Istanbul
Soli Özel
Bilgi University
Istanbul
Şahin Alpay
Bahçeşehir University
Istanbul / Zaman
Milliyet
Menderes Özel
Taraf
Ann-Kristin Jonasson
Elisabeth Özdalga
EXAMINATION AND
CONCLUSIONS
Friday
2 July
AM
Friday
2 July
LA
Exam I: Written exam
Ann-Kristin Jonasson
Elisabeth Özdalga
Conclusion and farewell to Istanbul
Ann-Kristin Jonasson
Elisabeth Özdalga
PROGRAM GOTHENBURG
Ann-Kristin Jonasson
Friday
Exam II: Submission of term paper
9 July
12.00
AM = 9.30-11.30
PM = 13.00-15.00
LA/Evening = 17.00-19.00
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