ADM6110 TURKISH POLITICS&POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
| Course Code: | 3106110 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This is a course that aims at a very high level knowledge in Turkish Politics and Contemporary Turkish Political History.The students are expected to learn the major perspectives, theories and interpretations of Turkish Politics and in a comparative framework.
Course Content
The main purpose of this course is to analyse various factors that constitute Turkish politics, and the political parties within the Turkish political system. The course has three parts: first, Turkish political system with respect to factors affecting the political structure in Turkey, such as ideology, religion, culture, economy, development and consolidation of democracy. Second, the political parties within the Turkish political system are examined. Finally, the analysis of voting behaviour in terms of various criteria such as ethnicity, class, gender are discussed.
Course Learning Outcomes
1The students are expected to learn the major works of scholarswith different perspectives of Turkish politics and Contemporarys political history.
2 The students acquire the skill of thracing how grand theories have influenced Turkish Scholars.