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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TYL184History of Turkish DemocracyElective126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
It aims to understand the emergence of democracy from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic by understanding the development process of our democracy and to establish a connection with the present.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Serdar Göktaş
Learning Outcomes
1Students will understand the importance of democracy in Turkish political development.
2Students will understand the basic features of democracy.
3Students will understand the importance of democratic life.
4Students will explain the relationship and contrast between the concepts of Republic and Democracy.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Our history of democracy from the Tanzimat to the Republic.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction to the course
2Parliaments in Europe Before the Declaration of the Constitutional Monarchy in the Ottoman Empire
3Declaration of the Constitutional Monarchy in the Ottoman Empire
4Elections in the Second Constitutional Monarchy Period, Parliaments of the Ottoman State and Their Studies.
5Elections in the Second Constitutional Monarchy Period, Parliaments of the Ottoman State and Their Studies.
6Constitution and Elections
7Union and Progress - Ideologies and Actions of the Freedom and Entente Party
8Midterm Exam
9Political Parties and Their Ideologies in the Second Constitutional Monarchy Period
10General Characteristics of Armistice Period, Issues Discussed in Public.
11The First Assembly and the 1921 Constitution, the Declaration of the Republic and the Formation of Political Parties.
12Multiparty living conditions in Turkey in the 1924 Constitution
13Establishment of Democratic Party and Elections of 1946; 1950 Elections And The Power Of The Democratic Party
14An Overview
15An Overview
16The final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Turkey: A Modern History - Erik Jan Zürcher
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Writing Paper12020
Criticising Paper620120
Self Study11414
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11212
Individual Study for Final Examination11212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)182
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