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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | TYL166 | Geopolitics of the Republic of Turkey | Elective | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | Second Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | To understand main opinions regarding political geography, to comprehend factors of physical, human, economic and political, military, economic organizations in the world, to teach factors which affect politics of country. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Doç. Dr. Serdar GÖKTAŞ | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | learn geopolitical advantages and disadvantages | | 2 | comprehend how he/she teaches acquisition of Turkey. | | 3 | Explains the reasons for the establishment of international political, economic and military organizations. | | 4 | Explains the geopolitical importance of Turkey. |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Normal Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | None | | Course Contents | | The place of political geography in geographical science, spatial analysis and the use of tools that facilitate learning; Key elements in learning political geography, continents and countries; Positioning with latitude relations and determining climate zones, landforms and natural resources using maps; physical factors in political geography; location, climate, vegetation, landforms, country forms, borders; human factors in political geography; population characteristics, settlement patterns, economic structure; political geography theories (Greater Middle East Project, Clash of Civilizations Theory, global climate change); creating political geography theory by using geographical features; Turkey's geopolitics, country associations affecting the world and Turkey; Political geography regions affecting Turkey (European Union, Middle East, Balkans, Cyprus, Caucasus and Central Asia); Political problems affecting the world and Turkey. | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Introduction of the Purpose and Content of the Course, Political Geography, geopolitics, geostrategy concepts | | | | 2 | Physical factors in Political Geography | | | | 3 | Human factors in political geography | | | | 4 | Human factors in political geography | | | | 5 | Basic theories in political geography | | | | 6 | Basic theories in political geography | | | | 7 | Political, economic, military and commercial cooperation organizations around the world | | | | 8 | Mid Term Exam | | | | 9 | Political, economic, military and commercial cooperation organizations around the world | | | | 10 | Turkey's geopolitics and political unions affecting Turkey | | | | 11 | Türkiye-Middle East countries relations | | | | 12 | Türkiye-Balkan countries relations | | | | 13 | Turkey relations with Caucasian countries and Turkish Republics. | | | | 14 | Turkey's transboundary waters, straits, continental shelf and Aegean Problems. Main political problems in the world. | | | | 15 | An Overview | | | | 16 | Final Exam | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | Akengin H. (2011). Siyasi Coğrafya, PegemA, Ankara.Karabağ, S. (2012). Mekanın Siyasallaşması. Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.Colin Flint, Peter J. Taylor (2014). Siyasi Coğrafya, Dünya - Ekonomisi, Ulus - Devlet ve Yerellik. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık. Nazmiye ÖZGÜÇ (Prof. Dr.), Hamza AKENGİN (Dr.). Siyasi Coğrafya. tdkbilim yayınları | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Writing Paper | 2 | 15 | 30 | | Criticising Paper | 2 | 15 | 30 | | Self Study | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 2 | 15 | 30 | | Individual Study for Final Examination | 2 | 15 | 30 | | Homework | 2 | 15 | 30 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | LO2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | | LO3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | LO4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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