EGE UNIVERSITY Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
6013000942010	PRINCIPLES OF ATATURK AND RECENT TURKISH HISTORY II	Compulsory	1	2	2

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Objectives of the Course

The general goal of this course is to educate individuals who are loyal to the nationalism concept of Atatürk, the Turkish Nation's national, ethical, spiritual and cultural values in line with the Principles of Atatürk and the Revolution, and who are open to universal and modern innovations.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Lecturer İbrahim ÇOBAN

Learning Outcomes

1	Have knowledge about Atatürk’s reforms
2	Have knowledge about the Turkish Foreign Policy in Atatürk’s period
3	Have knowledge about Atatürk’s principles
4	Have basic level of knowledge about the political developments in Turkey and the world during and after the Second World War.

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

* Atatürk’s reforms * Turkish Foreign Policy in Atatürk’s period * Atatürk’s principles * Political developments in Turkey and the world after 1938.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	The reforms in the political field (The removal of the sultanate, declaration of Ankara as the capital, declaration of the Republic and abolition of the Caliphate)	Introduction, Theoretical
2	The foundation of the Progressive Republican Party, Sheikh Said Rebellion, declaration of the tranquility law and the attempted assassination of Atatürk.	Theoretical
3	The foundation of the Free Republican Party, The rally of Izmir, closing the party, Menemen and Bursa events.	Theoretical
4	The Constitution of 1924, other constitutions, the developments in the area of law, reforms regarding the regulation of social life and the process of secularization of the Republic of Turkey	Theoretical
5	Reforms related to education and Culture (the Unification of the Education, introduction of the Latin letters, National Schools, establishment of Turkish history and Turkish Language Institutions and their activities, Turkish history thesis, the sun-language theory, 1933 university reform, (the People's Houses), healthcare developments.	Theoretical
6	İzmir Economic Congress, economic policies in the first years of the Republic, the World Economic Depression in 1929 and its reflection on the statist economic policy agenda of Turkey, and the I. Five-Year Development Program.	Theoretical
7	Midterm Exam
8	Turkish foreign policy during the Atatürk period (Turkish-English, Turkish-Soviet, Turkish-French, Turkish-Italian relations during 1923 to 1938, and relations with the neighbors, and Sadabat and Balkan Pacts).	Theoretical
9	Kemalist Thought System, its scope and Principles (republicanism, secularism, nationalism, populism, statism, reformism) and threats to those principles.	Theoretical
10	Turkey After Ataturk (Inonu's presidency, II. World War and Turkey, foundation of the Democratic Party and the transition to multiparty system).	Theoretical
11	Democratic Party’s rule, Turkey's entry to NATO, 27 May 1960 military intervention.	Theoretical
12	Political developments in Turkey during the 1960s and '70s (1961 Constitution, Justice Party’s rule, 12 March 1971 military intervention, left-right conflicts)	Theoretical
13	Domestic political developments in Turkey from September 12 1980 to the present day (the country's situation after September 12 military intervention, the return to the civil administration, the Motherland Party government, the coalition government, political and economic crises, military interventions to the civil administrations).	Theoretical
14	Foreign policy of Turkey from 1960 to the present (Turkey during the Cold War, developments with the European Union, the Cyprus Peace Operation, relation with neighbors).	Theoretical
15	So-called Armenian genocide allegations and the facts (Armenians under the Ottoman rule, Armenian revolts, the relocation, Armenians during the National War of Independence and the Republic era, ASALA and Armenian terrorism, Turkey's actions in the face of the Armenian Diaspora	Theoretical
16	Final exam