SOC531 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES IN TURKEY
| Course Code: | 2320531 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. AYŞE CEYLAN TOKLUOĞLU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course offers a general overview of the enlightenment period and its introduction to the Turkish society and politics following the breakdown of the Ottoman society and the formation of the modern Turkish nation-state. On this basis the course will evaluate concepts such as society, modernity, Westernization, populism, ideological conservatism, statism, and ideologies of domination in internal politics. These themes will be discussed in relation to some of the following major Turkish sociologists like Abdullah Cevdet (1869-1932), Yusuf Akçura (1876-1935), Ziya Gökalp (1876-1924), Prens Sabahattin (1877-1948), Şevket Süreyya Aydemir (1897-1976), Hilmi Ziya Ülken (1901-1974), Ziyaeddin Fahri Fındıkoğlu (1901-1974), Ömer Lütfü Barkan (1902-1979), Ömer Celal Sarç (1906-1998), Mümtaz Turhan (1908-1969), Niyasi Berkes (1908-1988), Nurettin Şazi Kösemihal (1909-1972), Behice Boran (1910-1987), İbrahim Yasa (1914-1983), Cahit Tanyol (1914-??), Cemil Meriç (1916-1987), Cavit Orhan Tütengil (1921-1979), Sabri Ülgener (1911-1983), Mübeccel Belik Kıray (1923-2007), Baykan Sezer (1939-2002).
Course Content
Formation of nation-state; capitalist penetration and incorporation; state and capital; populism; ideological conservatism; modernity, Westernization; statism; merchant bourgeoisie and political rule; state and hegemony; breakdowns of the internal order and the establishment of hegemony; ideologies and patterns of domination in internal politics; social movements; relations among and between subordinate and dominant classes.
Course Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course:
- The students will comprehend the politically significant intellectual currents in the late Ottoman and early republican periods.
- The student will comprehend the introduction of the Enlightenment ideals into the Turkish society and politics during the late Ottoman period.
- The student will trace the continuities and breakdowns in Turkish intellectual history.
- The student will become familiar with outstanding Ottoman and Turkish intellectuals.
- The student will grasp the ideological currents influencing the formation of the modern Turkish nation.
- The student will make sense of the concepts of modernity, society, westernization, populism, conservatism, statism, and ideologies of domination in the Turkish context.