| Teaching Staff
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| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe (Turkish) |
| Type Of Course |
Compulsory |
| Prerequisites |
There is no pre-requisite for this course. |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
Objective of the course is to make general and current inferences on social and political life in contemporary Middle East through analyzing one by one each Middle Eastern country whose boundaries drown in the course. |
| Course Content |
Middle East is a geographical region both having importance for international politics and including Turkey as a part of. Having knowledge on current social and political structure of Middle East serves the purpose of understanding contemporary event taking place in Middle East better. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
The students who attended the course and were successful at the end of semester will acquire the followings;
1) Having knowledge on current Middle East affairs.
2) Establishing a mutual relation between current social and political structure of Middle East and contemporary affairs in Middle East;
3) in this way, develop the capability of making scrutiny on international politics.
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| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Middle East: Its Importance and Current Geopolitics |
| 2. Week |
An Overview on Recent History of Middle East |
| 3. Week |
Problems Coming to the Fore in Middle East: Energy, Armament, Security and Water |
| 4. Week |
Gulf Countries (Kuwait, Qatar)-I and Places of these Countries in Social and Political Life of Middle East |
| 5. Week |
Gulf Countries (UAE and Bahrain)-II and Places of these Countries in Social and Political Life of Middle East |
| 6. Week |
Palestine and Place of Palestine in Social and Political Life of Middle East |
| 7. Week |
Iraq and Place of Iraq in Social and Political Life of Middle East |
| 8. Week |
Egypt and Place of Egypt in Social and Political Life of Middle East |
| 9. Week |
Lebanon, Jordan and Places of these Countries in Social and Political Life of Middle East |
| 10. Week |
Syria and Place of Syria in Social and Political Life of Middle East |
| 11. Week |
Israel and Place of Israel in Social and Political Life of Middle East |
| 12. Week |
Saudi Arabia and Place of Saudi Arabia in Social and Political Life of Middle East |
| 13. Week |
Iran and Place of Iran in Social and Political Life of Middle East |
| 14. Week |
General Review and Discussion |
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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 |
Tayyar Arı, Geçmişten Günümüze Ortadoğu Cilt 1, Siyaset, Savaş ve Diplomasi, Bursa, MKM Yayınları, 2012, 560 sayfa.
Peter Mansfield, Çev. Ü. H. Yolsal, Ortadoğu Tarihi, İstanbul, Say Yayınları, 2012, 664 sayfa.
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| Work Placement(s) |
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| The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO) |
| | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 | PQ11 | PQ12 | PQ13 | PQ 14 | PQ 15 | PQ 16 | PQ 17 | PQ 18 | LO1 | 5 | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | LO2 | | 5 | 4 | | 4 | | | 3 | 3 | | 5 | | | | | | | 5 | LO3 | | 5 | | | | | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 5 |
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |