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Program Type: 
Thesis
Non Thesis
Course Code: 
POLS 521
Course Type: 
Elective
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
8
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 

This course aims to develop a theoretical and analytical perspective on Turkey EU relations for students. In this context, students will be able to critically evaluate the basic issues related to the European Union and Turkey relations.

Course Content: 

The course begins with an overview of the historical development of Turkey and the European Union Relations and provides analytical discussions on the question of identity. The European Union enlargement process is examined from different theoretical perspectives.

Teaching Methods: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussions
Assessment Methods: 
A: Exam, B: Experiment, C: Homework

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes Program 

Learning Outcomes

Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
Students will have detailed information about the Turkey-EU relations. 2,9 1,2,3 A
Students can discuss the European enlargement process from different theoretical perspectives. 2,7 1,2,3 A
Students can discuss the main issues in the relations between Turkey and the European Union with different perspectives. 2,3 1,2,3 A,D
Students will be able to measure future scenarios by assessing the dynamics of European Union and Turkey relations. 2,10 1,2,3 A,D

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week Topics Study Materials
1 Introduction: An overview of Turkey-EU relations Müftüler-Baç 2000
2 Identity in Turkey-EU relations: Is Turkey European? Kösebalaban 2007

Wood 2013

3 Turkey’s relations with the EU: A historical perspective Hughes 2001

Öniş 2001

4 European enlargement: A theoretical account Schimmelfennig 2001

Sjursen 2002

5 Turkey: A challenge for European Enlargement Redmond 2007

Morelli 2013

İçener et. al. 2010

Schimmelfennig, 2009

6 The European public opinion towards Turkey Pahre 2009

McLaren 2007

Sokullu 2011

7 Turkish public opinion towards EU membership Çarkoğlu 2011

Cenker 2008

8 MIDTERM EXAM  
9 The impact of the EU on Turkey: Democracy and Human Rights Gürsoy 2011

Müftüler-Baş 2005

Türkeş 2011

10 The Impact of the EU on Turkey: Economy Fırat 2013

Choudhury 2009

11 The Impact of the EU on Turkey: Foreign Policy Müftüler-Baç&Gürsoy 2010

Oğuzlu 2010

Öniş&Yılmaz 2009

12 Turkey, EU and Cyprus Kyris 2012

Kerlindsay 2007

Adamczyk 2012

13 The Current Stalemate  Aydın-Düzgit&Keyman 2012

Bürgin 2012

14 The Future of Relations Tocci 2012

Karakaş 2013

15 Conclusion       

Recommended Sources

SOURCES
Main Resources Meltem Müftüler-Baç, “Through the Looking Glass: Turkey in Europe”, Turkish Studies, vol.1, no.1, Spring 2000, pp.21-35. 

 

Hasan Kösebalaban, “The Permanent ‘Other’? Turkey and the Question of European Identity, Mediterranean Quarterly, 18:4, 2007, pp.83-111.

 

Steve Wood, “Turkey and Europe: Identity and Other Crises”, TurkishStudies, 14:2, 2013, pp.272-291

 

Edel Hughes, “Weighing history: Turkey’s Path to Accession in Turkey’s Accession to the European Union, Oxon: Routledge, 2001, 15-56. 

 

Ziya Öniş "An Awkward Partnership: Turkey's Relations with the European Union in Comparative-Historical Perspective". Journal of European Integration History, Vol. 7, No.1, Spring 2001.

 

Frank Schimmelfennig, ‘The Community Trap: Liberal Norms, Rhetorical  Action, and the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union’ , International Organization, 55 (1): 2001, 47-80.

 

Helene Sjursen, ‘Why Enlarge’, Journal of Common Market Studies , 40 (3): 2002, 491-515.

 

John Redmond, “Turkey and the European Union: Troubled European or European trouble? ”, International Affairs, Vol. 83, no.2, March 2007, pp.305.

 

Vincent Morelli, “European Union’s Enlargement: A Status Report on

Turkey’s Accession Negotiations”, CPS Report for Congress, 2013, 1-18.

 

Erhan İçener, David Phinnemore and Dimitris Papadimitriou, “Continuity and change in the European Union's approach to enlargement: Turkey and Central and Eastern Europe compared”, Journal of Southeast European & Black Sea Studies, 10(2), 2010, p.207-223.

 

Frank Schimmelfennig, ‘Entrapped Again? The way to EU membership 

negotiations with Turkey”, International Politics, 46(4), 2009, pp.413-431. 

Robert Pahre and Burcu Ucaray-Mangitli, “The Myths of Turkish Influence in the European Union” Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 47, no.2, March 2009, pp.357-384.

 

Lauren McLaren, Explaining opposition to Turkish membership of the EU, European Union Politics,vol. 8, no.2, June 2007, pp.251-278.• 

 

Ebru Canan Sokullu, “Turcoscepticism and threat perception: European public and elite opinion on Turkey's protracted EU membership”, South European Society and Politics, 16 (3), 2011, p.483-497.

 

Ali Çarkoğlu and Çiğdem Kentmen, “Diagnosing trends and determinants in public support for Turkey's EU membership”, South European Society and Politics, 16(3), 2011, p.365-379.

 

Işıl Cerem Cenker, “Turkey’s Changing Perceptions of the EU: From

Partnership to Patronship – The Ever Chaning Nature of EU Conditionality in an Ever Distanced Europe” in Turkey-European Union Relations: Dilemmas, Opportunities, and Constraints, eds. Meltem Müftüler-Baç and Yannis Stivachtis, Plymouth: Lexington Books, 2008.

 

Yaprak Gürsoy, “The Impact of EU-Driven Reforms on the Political 

Autonomy of the Turkish Military”, South European Society and Politics, 16( 2), 2011, 293-308. 

 

Meltem Müftüler Baç, ‘Turkey’s Political Reforms: The Impact of the 

European Union’, South East European Politics and Societies , 10 (1): 2005, 16-30.

 

M.Selin Türkeş, “Human Rights in the European Union ’ s Foreign Policy Universal in Discourse , Flexible in Practice”, RECON Online Working Paper, 21, 2011.

 

Bilge Fırat, “Failed promises: economic integration, bureaucratic 

encounters, and the EU-Turkey Customs Union”, Dialectical Anthropology, 37(1), 2013, pp 1-26.

 

Askar Choudhury and G.N.Naidu, “Turkey's economic integratıon with the EU: an evaluation of current status and future prognosis”, Journal of International Business Research, 8(1), 2009, p29-43.

 

Meltem Müftüler-Bac and Yaprak Gursoy, “Is there a Europeanization of Turkish Foreign Policy?: An Addendum to the Literature on EU Candidates”,Turkish Studies, Volume 11, Number 3, September 2010, 405-427.

 

Tarık Oğuzlu, “Turkey and Europeanization of Foreign Policy?”, Political

Science Quarterly, Vol. 125(4), 2010, p.657-683.

 

Ziya Öniş and Suhnaz Yılmaz, “Between Europeanization and 

Euro-Asianism: Foreign policy activism in Turkey during the AKP era”, 

Turkish Studies, vol.10, no.1, 2009, pp.7-24. 

George Kyris, “The European Union and the Cyprus problem: a story of limited impetus”, Eastern Journal of European Studies, 3(1), 2012, p.87-99.

James Kerlindsay, “The Policies of Greece and Cyprus towards Turkey’s EU Accession”, Turkish Studies, 8(1), 2007.

 

Artur Adamczyk, “Cypriot Presidency in the Context of the Cyprus Question and EU-Turkey Relations”, Yearbook of Polish European Studies, 15, 2012, pp.107-123. 

 

Senem Aydın-Düzgit and Fuat Keyman, “EU-Turkey Relations and the 

Stagnation of Turkish Democracy”, Global Turkey in Europe Working 

Papers, 2, 2012, p.1–24.

 

Alexander Bürgin, “Disappointment or New Strength: Exploring the 

Declining EU Support Among Turkish Students, Academics and Party 

Members”, Turkish Studies, 13(4), 2012, p.565-580.

 

Natali Tocci, N., & Bechev, D. “Will Turkey Find its Place in Post-Crisis 

Europe ?”, Global Turkey in Europe Policy Briefs, 5, 2012.

 

Cemal Karakaş, “EU-Turkey: Integration without Full Membership or 

Membership without Full Integration? A Conceptual Framework for 

Accession Alternatives”, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies , 2013, p.1-17.

Material Sharing

MATERIAL SHARING
Documents  All reading materials will be provided by the instructor.
Assignments Presentations will be made in groups.
Exams The mid-term exam will be held during the course and in the classroom where the course is taught.

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES NUMBER PERCENTAGE
Mid-term / Final 1 30
Presentations 1 15
Participation and attendance  1 15
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE   40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE   60
Total   100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5  
1 Students will demonstrate their comprehensive knowledge of the basic concepts and theories of Political Science and International Relations as well as other related disciplines such as Law, Economics and Sociology.     X      
2 Students will interpret the structure, institutions and operation of national, international and supranational entities via utilization of the concepts and theories of Political Science and International relations and produce project reports that include possible solutions to problems of such institutions when necessary.          X  
3 Students will demonstrate that they have developed a comparative, analytical and interdisciplinary approach vis-à-vis human societies and political systems.         X  
4 Students will have improved their skills and awareness of personal responsibility and team membership through conducting group or independent research projects, doing internships and producing their graduation dissertations.   X        
5 Students will demonsrate proficiency in quantitative and qualitative data collections methods.   X        
6 Students will prove their understanding of  the rapidly-evolving dynamics of national and global environments requires  constant self-assessment, life-long learning, and the ability to formulate innovative solutions to maintain their personal and professional development.        X    
7 Students should be able to critically evaluate the body of knowledge in political science, assess self-competency and direct self-learning efforts accordingly.       X    
8 Students will implement written and oral communication skills in English and Turkish in both academic and professional settings.          X  
9 Students should be able to effectively demonstrate their knowledge of written,  oral and reading skills in English both in international institutional settings and follow and interpret the global dynamics of the International Relations discipline.        X    
10 Students will demonstrate their social skills and experience required by public or private institutions or in the academia.    X        
11 Students will show empathy and respect towards societies other than one’s own.       X    
12 Students should be able to effectively utilize computer and information technologies commonly-used in the social sciences. X          
13 Students will interpret domestic and international developments and express opinions, having acquired advanced knowledge and proficiency in the via communication with international scholars and students.     X      

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORK LOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities Quantity Duration
(Hour)
Total
Workload
(Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) 16 3 48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 16 5 80
Mid-terms 1 8 8
Homework 2 27 54
Final examination 1 10 10
Total Workload     200
Total Workload / 25 (h)     8
ECTS Credit of the Course     8