History 302 History of the Turkish Revolution Fall 2010

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1 Instructor: Efe Baysal SOS 314 Ext: 1579 Office hrs: Mon & Wed 13:00-14:00 History 302 History of the Turkish Revolution Fall 2010 History 302 course covers the general outlines of the evolution of reforms in the history of Turkish Republic. This subject will treat the evolution of the reforms from the beginning of the Kemalist period to the more contemporary periods. It will be devoted to the passage to political democracy in the wake of the Second World War, problems of pluralism and democracy, evolution of the Turkish economy and Turkish foreign policy in the 20 th century. Course Requirements: Grading will be as follows: NOTES: Exams -- mid-term exam: 35% -- final exam: 35% In-Class Evaluation -- Participation (not equal to attendance): 6 points -- Pop quizzes: 12 points -- Question and Answer: 6 points -- In-Class Activities: 6 points 1 Grading based on Question and Answer includes the instructors asking questions and students answering them. The students responsible for Question and Answer are required to come to both sessions of the week having read the materials assigned for that week. Number of questions may vary according to the topic. 2- Grading based on In-Class Activities includes the instructors preparing extra-syllabus materials, including primary resources, documents, short reading, pictures, films etc. The students are required to participate at the discussions around or comment on these materials, in oral and/or written forms. 1

2 Grading Scale (A) (A-) (B+) (B) (B-) (C+) (C) (C-) (D+) (D) (F) 59< Attendance If you miss more than 9 sessions with or without medical excuse, you will fail the course. Students lose all points (including attendance, participation, and quiz points etc.) for the sessions they do not attend. Students who have less than 60 points in both the mid-term and the final will automatically fail. The readings are electronically available at: 301&searchscope=8 For further information on this matter please see Feriha Kayacan at Suna Kıraç Library. In the examinations, students will be responsible for material covered in both the lectures and the readings. It is required that students do not miss the exams (in case of illness, a valid medical excuse has to be submitted within one week of absence). Academic Honesty: Please refer to p. 60 of the general catalogue. 2

3 Class Schedule BUILDING A NATION Week 1 : September The Foundation of The Republic; Nation building process; The Republican People's Party; Elimination of the opposition; New Cultural Institutions and Reforms Introduction The Emergence of Modern Turkey and Reforms Roderic H. Davison The Turkey of Ataturk, in Turkey A Short History, Biddles Ltd, 1998 p İlter Turan, Atatürk's Reforms as a Nation and State Building Process in Southeastern Europe, 1984: 2, p Week 2 : October 4 6 Consolidation of the Regime; Economic policies of Turkey; Six Principles; Turkish Foreign Policy between Consolidation of the New Regime Stanford Shaw, The Turkish Republic, in History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey Vol 2, Cambridge 2002 p Meliha Benli Altunışık, Özlem Tür, Turkey In World Affairs in Turkey Challenges of Continuity and Change, Taylor & Francis E-Library 2005, p Ali H. Bayar, The Developmental State and Economic Policy in Turkey in Third World Quarterly, Vol. 17 No. 4, p Bent Hansen, The Etatist Experiment, , in the Political Economy of Poverty, Equity, and Growth Egypt and Turkey, Oxford University Press, 1991, p TURKEY IN WORLD WAR II Week 3 October Foreign Policy of Turkey between ; World War II; Turkish Neutrality ; Turkish Society during World War II World at War and Turkish Neutrality William Hale, Turkey and the Second World War, in Turkish Foreign Policy , Routledge, 2002, p Turkish Society during World War II Kemal Karpat, The Social Classes and Wartime Developments chapter in Social Change and politics in Turkey. A Structural-Historical Analysis, Leiden, Brill 1973, pp

4 Interview : Rıdvan Akar, Parseh Gevrekyan'la Görüşme in Aşkale Yolcuları Varlık Vergisi ve Çalışma Kampları, Belge Yayınları, İstanbul 2000, p FROM SINGLE PARTY TO MULTI-PARTY ERA, Week 4 : October Transition to Limited Democracy and Liberalism; The Democrat Party; Polarization of the world politics; Turkey in Western World Rise of Demirkırat and beginning of the Multi-Party Era in Turkey Erik J. Zürcher, Transition to Democracy, , The Rule of the Democratic Party in Turkey A Modern History, I.B Tauris, 2005, pp Primary Source : C. Bayar, F. Köprülü, R. Koraltan, A. Menderes, Dörtlü Takrir in 75 Yılda Düşünceler, Tartışmalar, Tarih Vakfı, 1999, p William Hale, Turkey and the Cold War : The Engagement Phase, in Turkish Foreign Policy , Routledge, 2002, p Week 5 October Opposition and Return to Authoritian Politics. The Military Takeover (27 May) Fall of Demirkırat and the 1960 Military Takeover Erik J. Zürcher, Transition to Democracy, chapter in Turkey A Modern History, Erik J. Zürcher, I.B Tauris, 2005, pp / Meliha Benli Altunışık, Özlem Tür, The Turkish Economy in Turkey Challenges of Continuity and Change, Taylor & Francis E-Library 2005, p Documentary Demirkırat : Bir demokrasinin doğuşu, by Mehmet Ali Birand, Can Dündar, Bülent Çaplı. Week 6 November 1 3 Documentary Demirkırat : Bir demokrasinin doğuşu, by Mehmet Ali Birand, Can Dündar, Bülent Çaplı. Review THE SECOND REPUBLIC Week 7 November 8 10 Impact of 1960 Coup; The New Constitution; The Transition; Formation of New Parties; Political Radicalism; 12 March Memorandum; Military in Politics Problems of Pluralism and Democracy, Erik J. Zürcher, The Second Republic: chapter in Turkey A Modern History, I.B Tauris, 1994, pp

5 Primary Source : Bülent Ecevit Ortanın Solu in 75 Yılda Düşünceler, Tartışmalar, Tarih Vakfı, 1999, p The New Constitution Ergun Özbudun, The politics of Constitution Making in Contemporary Turkish Politics: Challenges to Democratic Consolidation, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000 p C. H. Dodd, 8 The Turkish Constitution in Politics and Government in Turkey, Manchester University Press, p Week 8 Nov Problems of Pluralism and Democracy, Impact of 12 March Memorandum; Polarization in Politics and Society; Radical Movements; Military in Politics Erik J. Zürcher, The Second Republic: chapter in Turkey A Modern History, By Erik J. Zürcher, I.B Tauris, 1994, pp Week 9 November 29 1 December Changing dynamics in Turkish Economy; Import-Substition Model; The Crisis of ISI Cyprus Issue, Western Disappointment and Activism Turkish Economy between Zülküf Aydın, The Planned Period in The Political Economy of Turkey, Pluto Press 2005, p Çağlar Keyder, The Political Economy of Import-Substituting Industrilisation in State and Class in Turkey, Verso, 1987, p Foreign Policy Between Additional reading will be announced. TURKEY AFTER 1980 Role of Turkish Military in Politics; The Military coup; Impact of the 80 Coup; '82 Constitution Week 10 December 6-8 Military Intervention of 1980 and '82 Constitution Jim Paul, The Coup in MERIP Reports No 93, Turkey The Generals Take Over (Jan, 1981), p 3-4 Ahmet Kemal, Military Rule and the Future of Democracy in Turkey in MERIP Reports No. 122, Turkey Under Military Rule (Mar-Apr 1984), pp

6 Dietrich Jung, Wolfango Piccoli, Return of the Janissaries, in Turkey at the Crossroads, Zed Books Ltd, 2001, p Ergun Özbudun, The politics of Constitution Making in Contemporary Turkish Politics: Challenges to Democratic Consolidation, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000 p Documentary Week 11 December Restoration of the Civil Regime; Formation of New Parties; Rise of ANAP, Foreign Policy in 1980s; January 24 Decisions; From ISI to Liberal Economic Model Political Restructuring Meliha Benli Altunışık, Özlem Tür, Politics in the Turkish Republic in Turkey Challenges of Continuity and Change, Taylor & Francis E-Library 2005, p Berdal Aral, Dispensing with Tradition? Turkish Politics and International Society during the Özal Decade, , Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 37 No. 1 (Jan. 2001), p Economic Developments after 1980 Zülküf Aydın, Development since 1980 in The Political Economy of Turkey, Pluto Press 2005, p Meliha Benli Altunışık, Özlem Tür, From ISI to Export Growth Strategy The 24 January Decisions in Turkey Challenges of Continuity and Change, Taylor & Francis E-Library 2005, p Week 12 December Turkey's Relations with EU and the Middle East Turkey Middle East Dietrich Jung, Wolfango Piccoli, Encircled by Enemies? Turkey's Foreign Policy and its Middle Eastern Neighbours, in Turkey at the Crossroads, Zed Books Ltd, 2001, p Turkey EU Additional reading will be announced. Week 13 December TBA Week 14 January 3-5 Film & Review 6