Şuhnaz Yılmaz
Assoc. Professor
Koç University
INTL 445/HIST 445
Fall 2011
TURKISH - AMERICAN RELATIONS
CLASS HOURS
: Tue./Thu. 11:00-12:15
OFFICE HOURS
: Tue 15:30-17:00, CAS. 146, ext. 1668
E-MAIL
: syilmaz@ku.edu.tr
COURSE DESCRIPTION : This course focuses on the diplomatic history of Turkish-American
relations with a particular emphasis on Cold War and post-Cold War periods. It aims to provide a better
understanding of significant issues pertaining to Turkish-American relations such as the impact of
international developments on foreign policy decisions, the role of key figures and organizations in
shaping the relations, the interaction of political, economic, cultural and military factors in policy
formation and the importance of mutual perceptions in shaping actual relations. Another major goal of
the course is to situate Turkish-American relations in the larger context of diplomatic history and
international relations, through an evaluation of how the United States’ relations with Turkey fit into the
general guidelines of American foreign policy and also through an examination of the conduct and
changing priorities of Turkish foreign policy.
REQUIRED READINGS
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
ACADEMIC HONESTY
- INTL 445 Course package
- Mid-term exam
(25%)
- Paper & Group Presentation
(30%)
- Final exam
(30%)
- Informed Discussion & Participation
(15%)
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Şuhnaz Yılmaz
Assoc. Professor
Koç University
INTL 445/HIST 445
Fall 2011
COURSE OUTLINE
Week 1
:
From Strangers … : Introduction
Initial Contacts
Ottoman-American Relations
Week 2
:
Problematic Era: Rejection of the Lausanne Treaty:
- Roger Trask, The U.S. Response to Turkish Nationalism and Reform,
University of Minnesota Press (1971), pp 3-15, 37-63.
Week 3
:
Interwar Period: Image and Issues:
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Nur B. Criss, “Shades of Diplomatic Recognition: American
Encounters with Turkey”, in Nur Bilge Criss and George S. Harris
(eds) Studies in Atatürk's Turkey: The American Dimension, Brill,
(2009), pp 97-144.
Şuhnaz Yılmaz, “Challenging the Stereotypes: Turkish-American
Relations in the Inter-war Era”, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 42, No:
2, (2006), pp 223-237.
Newspaper articles
Week 4
:
“Active” Neutrality: World War II
- Thomas A. Bryson, Seeds of Mideast Crisis: The United States
Diplomatic Role in the Middle East During World War II,
McFarland, (1981), pp 143-161.
- Selim Deringil, “On the Razor’s Edge”, Turkish Foreign Policy
During the Second World War, Cambridge University Press (2004),
pp 144-165.
Week 5
:
… to Allies : Thorny Road Towards Alliance and NATO Membership
- George S. Harris, Troubled Alliance: Turkish-American Problems in
Historical Perspective, 1945-1971, AEI-Hoover policy studies
(1972), pp 9-44.
- Behçet Yeşilbursa, “Turkey’s Participation in the Middle Eastern
Command and Its Admission to NATO, 1950-52”, Middle Eastern
Studies, Vol. 35, No: 4 (1999), pp 70-102.
- B. Oran, Turkish Foreign Policy: 1919-2006 Facts and Analyses with
Documents, Utah Series and Turkish and Islamic Studies (2010), pp
311-334
Week 6
:
Cold War Relations
- B. Oran, Turkish Foreign Policy: 1919-2006 Facts and Analyses with
Documents, Utah Series and Turkish and Islamic Studies (2010), pp
334-343.
- George S. Harris, Troubled Alliance: Turkish-American Problems in
Historical Perspective, 1945-1971, AEI-Hoover policy studies
(1972), pp 49-66, 85-101.
- George S. Harris, “Turkish-American Relations Since the Truman
Doctrine”, in Mustafa Aydın and Çağrı Erhan (eds) TurkishPage 2 of 4
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Assoc. Professor
Koç University
INTL 445/HIST 445
Fall 2011
American Relations: Past, Present and Future, Routledge (2004), pp
66-87.
Week 7
:
Film & Discussion (Nov. 1)
MIDTERM (Nov. 3)
Week 8
:
National Holiday (Nov. 8)
Discussion Session (Nov. 10)
Week 9
:
Pandora’s Box: Cyprus Crisis Episode I
- George S. Harris, Troubled Alliance: Turkish-American Problems in
Historical Perspective, 1945-1971, AEI-Hoover policy studies
(1972), pp 105-125.
- W. Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy, Portland: Frank Cass, (2000), pp
146-163.
Week 10
:
Pandora’s Box: Cyprus Crisis Episode II
- Monteagle Sterns, Entangled Alliance: US Policy Towards Greece,
Turkey, and Cyprus, Council of Foreign Relations Press (1992), pp 839.
- Aylin, Güney “The USA ‘s Role in Mediating the Cyprus Conflict: A
Story of Success or Failure?”, Security Dialogue, Vol. 35, No:1,
(2004), pp 27 -42
- Tarık Oğuzlu, “Turkey and the Cyprus Dispute: Pitfalls and
Opportunities”, Ankara Bar Review, 2010/1, p. 73-82.
Week 11
:
Issues and Problems: Rise of Anti-Americanism
- George S. Harris, Troubled Alliance: Turkish-American Problems in
Historical Perspective, 1945-1971, AEI-Hoover policy studies
(1972), pp 125-148, 149-172.
- Aylin Güney, “Anti-Americanism in Turkey: Past and Present”,
Middle Eastern Studies, Vol.44, No: 3, (2008), p. 471-487.
Week 12
:
Social, Cultural and Economic Relations
- Şuhnaz Yılmaz, “Impact of Lobbies on Turkish-American
Relations”, in Mustafa Aydın and Çağrı Erhan (eds) TurkishAmerican Relations: Past, Present and Future, Routledge (2004), pp
181-209.
- S. Yılmaz, S. Özel and A. Akyüz, “Rebuilding Partnership: TurkishAmerican Relations For a New Era, A Turkish Perspective”, TÜSİAD
Publications, (2009), pp 81-85.
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Assoc. Professor
Koç University
Week 13
:
INTL 445/HIST 445
Fall 2011
Geo-Political and Security Relations in the Post-Cold War Era
- S. Yılmaz, S. Özel and A. Akyüz, “Rebuilding Partnership: TurkishAmerican Relations For a New Era, A Turkish Perspective”, TÜSİAD
Publications, (2009), pp 37-43, 63-77.
- Kamer Kasım, “US Policy on Caspian Oil and Its Implications for
Turkish-American Relations”, in Mustafa Aydın and Çağrı Erhan
(eds) Turkish-American Relations: Past, Present and Future,
Routledge (2004), pp 129-149.
- Andrew C Kuchins and Alexandros Petersen, “Turkey, Russia, The
Black Sea, The Caucasus and Central Asia”, in Stephen J. Flanagan
(eds) Turkey’s Evolving Dynamics: Strategic Choices for US-Turkey
Relations, Center for Strategic & International Studies (2009), pp 6180.
Week 14
:
The Middle Eastern Context of Turkish – American Relations
- Meliha B. Altunışık, “Turkish-American Security Relations: The
Middle East Dimension”, in Mustafa Aydın and Çağrı Erhan (eds)
Turkish-American Relations: Past, Present and Future, Routledge
(2004), pp 151-179.
- William Hale, Turkey, the Kurds and Iraq, SOAS Middle East Issues
(2007), pp 81-156.
- Haim Malka, “Turkey and the Middle East”, in Stephen J. Flanagan
(eds) Turkey’s Evolving Dynamics: Strategic Choices for US-Turkey
Relations, Center for Strategic & International Studies (2009), pp 3759.
- S. Yılmaz, S. Özel and A. Akyüz, “Rebuilding Partnership: TurkishAmerican Relations For a New Era, A Turkish Perspective”, TÜSİAD
Publications, (2009), pp 47-59.
Week 15
:
Alliance Revisited: Prospects for the Future
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Sayari, Sabri “Challenges of Triangular Relations: The US, the EU,
and Turkish Accession”. South European Society and Politics, 16: 2,
251 -263. Routledge (2011), pp 251-263.
Bruce Kuniholm, “Thinking about the Future: Turkey, the US and the
World”, in Mustafa Aydın and Çağrı Erhan (eds) Turkish-American
Relations: Past, Present and Future, Routledge (2004), pp 213-229.
Stephen J. Flanagan and Samuel J Brannen, “Implications for U.S.Turkey Relations”, in Stephen J. Flanagan (eds) Turkey’s Evolving
Dynamics: Strategic Choices for US-Turkey Relations, Center for
Strategic & International Studies (2009), pp 81-95.
FINAL EXAM
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