Course Descriptions

The founding dynamics of the Republic. Economic policy between statism and liberalism. The debates on Kemalism as an ideology. Kadro movement. New generation of Republican intellectuals. Second World War and Turkey. Integration to the Post-war World order. The Cold War and Turkey. Democratic Party. The 27 May Military Intervention and the constitution of 1961. 1960s new cultural and political dynamics. 12 March Military Intervention. Cyprus as an international question and the formation of European Union. The 1970s and political polarization. The 1980 military intervention and the 1982 Constitution. Özal governments. Social transformation in Turkey from 1980s to 1990s.

The consequences of World War I and the international system between the two World Wars. The failure of the attempts to build a global security by the League of Nations; the "Great Depression" and the rise of fascism; developments leading to the disastrous World War II.

Similarities and differences between various political systems. State-society relations, parliaments and governments, democratic institutions, policy making processes, political parties and party systems, electoral systems, central-local relations and political culture. A comparative survey of various Western, non-Western, democratic and authoritarian systems.

Introduction to theory-oriented research in political science. Research problems, research designs, qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques, data processing, data analysis. Interpretation of social science data with special emphasis on quantitative methods, and report writing on the basis of data analysis and findings.

General Elective-I

The economic role of government. Social goods and market failure. Public provision for social goods. Efficient provision of social goods. Fiscal instruments of distribution policy. Budget process and budget program. Public expenditures: structure and growth. Public budgets and efficiency: expenditure evaluation principles. Principles of taxation. Taxation and equity. Principles of tax incidence and general equilibrium. Personal income tax and taxable income. Corporate income tax and tax base. Consumption and sales taxes. Value added taxation. Property and wealth taxes. Turkish taxation system. Fiscal policy and stabilization. Policy mix and crowding-out. Fiscal stabilization in the open economy. Economics of the public debt.

The basic theories in Ethics (the Philosophy of Morality). The practical implications of these theories in particular professions and areas such as engineering, medicine, pharmacology, genetics, technological innovation, artificial intelligence and robotology, management, marketing, international relations, public services, media and law. The meaning and significance of virtue and values. Moral principles within particular professions and their foundation in Ethics.

Examination of Ancient Greek, Roman, and medieval political thinkers, the analysis of their major contributions to the development of modern political theory. The essence and nature of concepts and themes related to political theories.

Typologies and functions of political parties; electoral systems; political participation. Concept of depoliticization. Political regimes and political participation; structure of political power; government-opposition relations. Analysis of the relationship between politics and interest competition; types of interest groups; examples of interest groups from the experiences of other countries; lobbying activities; lobbying types (religious and ethnical interst groups, etc.). Economic face of politics; class structures; relations of interest groups within politics.

Similarities and differences between various political systems. State-society relations, parliaments and governments, democratic institutions, policy making processes, political parties and party systems, electoral systems, central-local relations and political culture. A comparative survey of various Western, non-Western, democratic and authoritarian systems.