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Course Name	Turkish	Türkiye ve Dünya
	English	Turkey in World Affairs
Course Code	ITB 209E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Ayşe Sözen Usluer
Course Objectives		This course aims: 1. To familiarize students with the key contemporary issues and problems pertaining to Turkey's relations with the world, 2. To provide students with the theoretical perspectives available in explaining and understanding global politics, 3. To encourage students to think analytically and critically about political, economic, and cultural dynamics in Turkey in the light of the complexity of problems posed by contemporary global politics, 4. To help students develop their oral and writing skills to communicate effectively about these issues.
Course Description		his course is intended to provide students with the intellectual tools and background knowledge that will assist them in developing their own theoretically informed analysis of the issues that pertain to Turkey’s relation with the world. The course is comprised of four units. The first unit aims to familiarize students with the conceptual and theoretical tools for analyzing global politics. The second unit takes as its focus Turkish foreign policy and investigates the historical roots, trends, and dynamics that shape the foreign policy agenda, paying particular attention to the period since the end of the Cold War. The third unit takes a “global turn” and investigates the ways in which globalization of security, global political economy, and emergence of global norms influence Turkey’s domestic politics and foreign policy. The fourth section attends to Turkey’s relations with specific countries and regions such as the United States, Europe, Euroasia, and the Middle East.
Course Outcomes		Students who successfully complete the course will: 1. Have in-depth knowledge about the key issues and central problems pertaining to Turkey’s relations with the world, 2. Learn about different theoretical perspectives in analyzing global politics, 3. Develop their skills in critical analysis about political, economic, and cultural dynamics in Turkey from a historical perspective in the light of the complexity of problems posed by contemporary global politics, 4. Gain competence in communicating themselves effectively, orally and in writing, about Turkey’s relations with the world.
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