| Teaching Staff
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| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe (Turkish) |
| Type Of Course |
Elective |
| Prerequisites |
No Pre-requisites |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
To help the students to offer solutions by considering the reflections of the historical and current events developing around Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean to the present and the future, based on their effects on the region. To approach the events from an objective point of view by touching on the untold subjects of history. |
| Course Content |
The history of Cyprus and the geopolitical, geostrategic and economic importance of the Eastern Mediterranean will be covered. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
1. To have knowledge about Cyprus.
2. To create resources for students who want to study in this field by learning about the socio-economic and political activities of the Eastern Mediterranean and its hinterland. |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Introduction, course description and explanation. |
| 2. Week |
Early history of Cyprus and the Ottoman conquest. |
| 3. Week |
The Turk rule (1571-1878). |
| 4. Week |
The British colonial period (1878-1959). |
| 5. Week |
1945-1960 ENOSIS-TAKSIM and the Republic of Cyprus as a result of International Guarantor Negotiations. |
| 6. Week |
Greece, Megali Idea, and Turkish Resistance against the EOKA Terror with TMT. |
| 7. Week |
The Cyprus Peace Operation in 1974 and the establish of the TRNC (1983). |
| 8. Week |
MIDTERM |
| 9. Week |
The search for an international solution to the Cyprus Issue and the ANNAN Planı. |
| 10. Week |
Eastern Mediterranean history and geography. |
| 11. Week |
Important developments in the Middle East and the region during the Cold War and present. |
| 12. Week |
Energy and trade policies in the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean: Turkish-Greek conflict. |
| 13. Week |
The Arab Spring, terrorism and its impacts on the region. |
| 14. Week |
General review and evaluations. |
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| Assessment |
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Percentage(%) |
| Mid-term (%) |
40 |
| Quizes (%) |
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| Homeworks/Term papers (%) |
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| Practice (%) |
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| Labs (%) |
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| Projects/Field Work (%) |
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| Seminars/Workshops (%) |
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| Final (%) |
60 |
| Other (%) |
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| Total(%) |
100 |
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| Course Book (s) and/or References |
Rauf Raif Denktaş, Ahmet Gazioğlu, Salahi Sonyel, İsmail Bozkurt, Şükrü Sina Gürel, Kudret Özersay, Nikolas Stelya, Ulvi Keser, Ata Atun, Ergenekon Savrun, George Hill, Lawrence Durrell, Harry Luke, Ahmet Göksan. |
| Work Placement(s) |
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| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| PQ 1 | PQ 2 | PQ 3 | PQ 4 | PQ 5 | PQ 6 | PQ 7 | PQ 8 | PQ 9 | PQ 10 | PQ 11 | PQ 12 | PQ 13 | PQ 14 | PQ 15 | PQ 16 | PQ 17 | PQ 18 | LO 1 | | 5 | 5 | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | LO 2 | | 5 | 5 | | 5 | | 5 | | 5 | | 5 | | | | | | | 5 |
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |