| Teaching Staff
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| Language of Instruction |
Türkçe (Turkish) |
| Type Of Course |
Elective |
| Prerequisites |
There is no pre-requisite for this course. |
| Recommended Optional Programme Component |
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| Course Objectives |
To improve the ability of a student that is familiar with the Balkans to anaylze the political developments correctly, as well as analyzing sudden political or social events and their direction and the precautions adopted for Turkey's security. |
| Course Content |
This course aims to introduce the Balkan region with its historical, geographical, political and social dimensions to the students. The course also aims to teach and analyze the importance of Balkans to Turkey, the general state structure in the Balkans and Turkey-Balkan relations. |
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
1- Improving the ability to identify and analyze the location and the functioning of Balkan states.
2- Improvingthe ability to scrutinize the relations of Balkan States with Turkey, security and other issues.
3- Improving the ability to identify and analyze the direction Turkey and Balkans should adopt considering the changing global tendencies and regional changes
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| Mode of Delivery |
Face to face |
| Course Outline |
| Week |
Topics |
| 1. Week |
Introduction to the region |
| 2. Week |
Introduction of the Balkans in historical, geographical, political and social dimensions |
| 3. Week |
Turkish-Greek relations - I: Historical background, problems |
| 4. Week |
Turkish-Greek relations - II: Historical background, problems |
| 5. Week |
Incidents in Cyprus, the Turkish Peace Operation. The impact on Turkish foreign policy and Balkan policies. |
| 6. Week |
Introduction of Bulgaria, problems, areas of cooperation. Description and operations of BSEC. |
| 7. Week |
Macedonia's structure, problems with her neighbors and the relations with Turkey. |
| 8. Week |
Yugoslavia's location, description, political importance and historical development |
| 9. Week |
The political effects of Yugoslavia: The establishment, and the disintegration of it. |
| 10. Week |
War in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Balkan struggle, disintegration of Yugoslavia |
| 11. Week |
Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia, the political entities, problems, their contribution to the Balkan policies |
| 12. Week |
Kosovo, Macedonia and Albania in the context of policies and developments in Albania |
| 13. Week |
An overview of Romania and Moldavia |
| 14. Week |
Overall Evaluation & 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 |
Ömer E. Lütem-Birgül Demirtaş Çoşkun,ed. Balkan Diplomasisi, ASAM Yayınları,Balkan araştırmaları Dizisi no:3, Ankara, 2001
- Hugh Poulton, Balkanlar: Çatışan Azınlıklar, Çatışan Devletler. Sarmal Yayınevi, İstanbul , 1991.
- Şükrü Gürel, Tarihsel Boyut İçinde Türk Yunan İlişkileri (1821-1993), Ümit Yayıncılık,Ankara, 1993.
- Ahmet Zeki Bulunç,ed. Kıbrıs Görüşme Süreci, Tehditler ve KKTC Seçimleri, Başkent Üniversitesi Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi Yayını, 2009.
- M. Tahir Hatipoğlu, Bosna’ya Farklı Bakış Selvi Yayınları, Ankara, 1996.
- T.C.Genelkurmay Askeri Tarih ve Stratejik Etütü Başkanığı, Türk Yunan İlişkileri ve Megalo İdea, Gnkur. Basımevi, Ankara, 1985
- ATO ( Ticaret Odası), derleyen, Annan Planı ve Bilinmeyen Gerçekler
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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 | | 3 | | | 5 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | LO2 | | 4 | 3 | | 5 | | 2 | | | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 5 | LO3 | | | | | 5 | | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 5 |
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |