SUİ102

School of Economics and Administrative Sciences \ Political Science and International Relations

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Compulsory

Turkish

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Compulsory for SUI, Faculty or University Elective for Other Programs

This course aims to examine the development of world history from the beginning of the European Concert established by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the end of the Cold War. Political History is crucial for understanding contemporary international relations, as the contemporary world has been heavily influenced by the developments of the last two centuries. Therefore, studying the historical evolution of world politics in the last two centuries, comparing events synchronously and analyzing their interactions with each other is essential for learning the basics of contemporary international relations.

1. Fahir Armaoğlu, 19. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi, 14. Baskı (İstanbul: Timaş Yayınları, 2014)
2. Anthony Best vd., 20. Yüzyılın Uluslararası Tarihi (Ankara: Siyasal Kitabevi, 2012)
3. Henry Kissinger, Diplomasi, 12. Baskı (İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, 2014).
4. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, Cilt I: İlkçağlar’dan 1918’e, 27. Baskı (Ankara: İmge Kitabevi, 2014)
5. Oral Sander, Siyasi Tarih, Cilt II: 1918-1994, 24. Baskı (Ankara: İmge Kitabevi, 2014)

The Political History course will have three main targets. The first of these is synchronization; in other words, the relations within and between Europe and the non-European world will be dealt with simultaneously and in a comparative manner. This will prevent the development of a singular narrative. Secondly, Eurocentrism will be avoided as much as possible. Of course, Europe played a dominant role in the international system, especially until the end of the Second World War, but it is essential that the non-European world be studied as much as, and in some cases more than, the European world, both before and after that date. Therefore, while European history will dominate this course, the non-European world will also be analyzed both in terms of its internal dynamics and its interaction with Europe. Thirdly, in this course, the fact that historiography is a fiction in itself will not be ignored, and on the other hand, events and processes will be interpreted as objectively as possible within the historical methodology. Of course, history as a discipline presents historical cases as “truth” through its own methods; however, it should not be overlooked that this “truth” is the truth of the historian.

1. At the end of this course, students will be able to compare the political history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries both chronologically and synchronologically.
2. At the end of this course, students will be able to locate countries on a map and will have knowledge about the location of important events throughout the history covered in the course.
3. At the end of this course, students will be able to discuss the evolution of the modern international system.
4. By the end of this course, students will be able to comment on world political history.

Week 1: Course Introduction
Week 2: The Vienna Order in Europe, Revolutions of 1830 and 1848, Independence Movements in Latin America and the Expansion of the United States, Developments in the Ottoman Empire, China and Japan in the first half of the 19th century
Week 3: From the Crimean War to the Italian and German Unification (1853-1871), the Triple Alliance and German Supremacy in Europe (1871-1890)
Week 4: Establishment of the Triple Entente and New Balances in Europe (1890-1914), Non-European World in the Second Half of the 19th Century (1850-1914).
Week 5: World War I (1914-1918)
Week 6: Great Powers and Disarmament Attempts in the Interwar Period (1918-1929), Far East and Middle East in the Interwar Period (1918-1939)
Week 7: Escalation of Conflict in the International System (1929-1939), Second World War (1939-1945)
Week 8: The Beginning of the Cold War in Europe (1945-1950), The Beginning of the Cold War in Asia and the Middle East and Decolonization (1945-1960)
Week 9: Integration and Crisis in Europe (1950-1970), Integration and Crisis in the Eastern Bloc (1950-1970)
Week 10: Conflict and Transformation in Asia, Africa and Latin America (1960-1990), Conflict and Transformation in the Middle East (1960-1990)
Week 11: Detente in Europe and the End of the Cold War (1970-1990)
Week 12: Post-Cold War New World Order (post-1990), Course Evaluation and Conclusion

• Midterm 40 %
• Final 40 %
• Participation 20 %