PSIR314 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TURKEY
| Course Code: | 3540314 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and International Relations |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assist.Prof.Dr YONCA ÖZDEMİR |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course is designed to introduce you to the political economy of Turkey. The course topics are grouped according to the various social, political and economic issues that the Republic of Turkey has faced since its establishment. The goal is to understand various topics regarding Turkish politics and economy, such as underdevelopment, the tension between democracy and economic growth, industrialization, class conflicts, economic liberalization, democratization, financialization, and economic crises. Although we will follow a chronological order of events in the first half of the course, in the latter part the issues we will focus on will not follow a time order. This will be a comprehensive review of the modern Turkish history and an evaluation of the roots and consequences of the current social and economic problems of Turkey.
Course Content
This course is designed to introduce you to the political economy of the Turkey. The course topics are grouped according the various political and economic issues that Turkey has faced. The course will start by the economic and political foundations of the early Turkish Republic and continue with the state-led development, agricultural policies, and import substitution industrialization experience. Later, it will focus on the political and economic crisis in the 1970s and the military coups. Next, we will focus on the economic and political liberalization efforts in 1980s and the main problems faced in the 1990s. Lastly, some current issues in Turkish political economy will be discussed. Underdevelopment, the tension between democracy and economic growth, industrialization, agricultural policies, class conflicts, economic liberalization, regionalization, chronic inflation, and financial crises will be among the course topics.
Course Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the students will:
- know historical processes in Turkish economic, social and political development
- understand the connections between Turkish politics and economics
- have the ability to apply different theoretical perspectives of global political economy and development to the Turkish case
- know the major problems in the area of Turkish political economy and understand the sources of these problems
- be able to develop policy recommendations and solutions to current problems of Turkey
- have sensibility to interdisciplinary methods and analytical skills
- have better thinking, research and writing skills
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Having academic knowledge in Political Science and International relations disciplines | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Developing an interdisciplinary perspective incorporating other areas of the social sciences as well | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Being capable of evaluating political, economic and social matters at local, national and international levels | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Being capable of making sense of, follow and analyze political, economic and social events | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Being sensitive to global, environmental and social problems | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Developing a critical mind capable of making constructive criticisms, open to lifelong learning, researching, inquiring, questioning and problems solving | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Being capable of individual work, entrepreneur, good time management and able to actively take part in group work for common purposes | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Having effective communication skills in Turkish and English languages | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Being capable of using communication technologies in reaching to information and organizing and presenting this information in a systematic way | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution