SUİ213

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

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Compulsory

Turkish

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Compulsory for students of Political Science and International Relations departments, elective for other departments.

This course is an introduction to Turkish Foreign Policy. It examines Turkish foreign policy from 1919 to the present.

Olaylarla Türk Dış Politikası (1919-1995), Siyasal Kitabevi: Ankara.
2. Baskın Oran (ed.), Türk Dış Politikası: Kurtuluş Savaşı’ndan Bugüne Olgular, Belgeler,
Yorumlar, Cilt I: 1919-1980, (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2001).
3. Mustafa Serdar Palabıyık, “Uluslararası Sistemde Türkiye”, Şaban Kardaş ve Ali Balcı
(der.), Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş, (İstanbul: Küre Yayınları, 2014.
4. Nuri Bilge Criss, “Turkey’s Foreign Policies During the Interwar Period (1923-1939), in
Pınar Gözen Ercan (ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy: International Relations, Legality and
Globall Reach, London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
5. William Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy since 1774, London and New York: Routledge,
2013.
6. Necmeddin Sadak, “Turkey Faces the Soviets”, Foreign Affairs 27/3 (1949).
7. Mehmet Ali Birand, “Turkey and the European Community”, The World Today, 34/2
(1978).
8. Ali Balcı, Türkiye Dış Politikası: İlkeler, Aktörler, Uygulamalar (İstanbul: Etkileşim,
2013).
9. Ömer Karasapan, “Turkey and US Strategy in the Age of Glasnot”, Middle East Report,
160 (1989).
10. Süleyman Demirel, “Adress By The President Of The Republic Of Turkey in the
Ceremony Organized On The Occasion Of The European Day”, 9 May 2000.
11. İsmail Cem, “Turkish Foreign Policy: Opening New Horizons for Turkey at The
Beginning of A New Millennium”, Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, (2002).
12. Didem Ekinci, “Russia-Turkey Relations (1991-2016): Diverging Interest and
Compelling Realities”, in Pınar Gözen (ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy: International
Relations, Legality and Globall Reach, London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan,
2017.
13. Ayşe Ömür Atmaca, “Turkey-US Relations (2009-2016): A Troubled Partnership in a
Troubled World”, in Pınar Gözen (ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy: International Relations,
Legality and Globall Reach, London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
14. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Stratejik Derinlik, İstanbul: Küre Yayınları, 2009..

The main purpose of this course is to examine the main lines of Turkish foreign policy from the beginning of the War of Independence to the present day. In doing so, it is aimed to analyze the transformations that Turkish foreign policy has undergone within the framework of the evolution of the international system and the foreign policy practices of decision makers towards different regions by following a chronological order.

1. Students will learn about the implementation and functioning of Turkish Foreign Policy;
2. Students will perceive Turkey's role in the international system
3. Students will develop their ability to interpret historical events within a cause-effect relationship

Week 1: Conceptual and Institutional Framework of Turkish Foreign Policy
Week 2: Turkish Foreign Policy in the Atatürk Era (1919–1939)
Week 3: Turkish Foreign Policy in the World War II Era (1939–1945)
Week 4: Turkish Foreign Policy After the War (1945-1960)
Week 5: Cold War and Turkey
Week 6: Cyprus Issue
Week 7: Turkish Foreign Policy from the Coup to Civilianization (1960-1973)
Week 8: Multilateral Diplomacy Efforts in Turkish Foreign Policy (1960-1980)
Week 9: Turkey-EEC Relations
Week 10: 1980 Coup and Turkish Foreign Policy During the Özal Era (1980-1990)
Week 11: Turkish Foreign Policy After the Cold War (1990-2002)
Week 12: Turkish Foreign Policy from 2002 to the Present

• Class participation and Participation: 10 %
• Midterm 30 %
• Final 60 %