ITB 208 - Modern Türkiye'nin Oluşumu

Dersin Amaçları

Istanbul Technical University
Assistant Professor Umut Uzer, Ph.D.

Formation of Modern Turkey

Course Description: In a globalizing world, it is essential to understand international affairs. Turkish politics offers exhilarating prospects for testing theoretical propositions about modernization theory, nationalism, democratization, state-religion relations as well as foreign policy making. This course offers an in-depth analysis of Turkish politics within the framework of continuity and rupture between the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic and deals with questions of identity, secularism and democracy in modern Turkey.

Dersin Tanımı

Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course the students will 1) master the transition from a multinational empire to a secular modern republic 2) analyze the democratization process in Turkey 3) grasp the major political events in Turkey 4) comprehend the relationship between religion and politics 5) discuss civil-military relations