IR 504: Issues in Turkish Foreign Policy Spring 2014 Instructor: Bezen Balamir Coşkun Class Hours: Tuesdays 13.00-15.50 Class: ZÜSEM Office/Phone: Rektörlük Binası 416 / 2116796 Office Hours: Monday & Tuesday by appointment E-mail: bezencoskun@zirve.edu.tr wiki address: http://wiki.zirve.edu.tr/groups/economicsandadministrativesciences/wiki/f6191/ IR_504__Issues_in_Turkish_Foreign_Policy.html The course as a whole focuses on Turkish foreign policy from historical and conceptual perspectives. It deals with the main issues, decision-making process, internal and external factors influencing Turkey’s foreign policy from the late Ottoman times until the early 2000s. After clarifying foundations and basic principles (in its historical evolution) of the TFP, selected issues in TFP will be discussed. Course Requirements • Students are expected to do readings, watch weekly podcasts/videos and be ready to discuss in class. • Students will participate in class discussions and write weekly blog postings • Each student is required to write a Foreign Policy Analysis paper (3500-5000) • Guidelines for the assignments will be circulated early in the semester. 1. Attendance (5% of the final grade will come from participation over 70%) Students are expected to take active part in the class, 2. Class discussions (25%) As the format of the course is based on class discussions not lectures students are expected to attend classes regularly and to take active part in class discussions. 3. Blog Posts (40%) During the term students will be asked to have a blog for this course and write weekly blog posts in class to publish in their blogs after instructor’s corrections/revisions. In total students are required to write 8 blog posts. 4. Foreign Policy Analysis Report (30%) Reading Guidelines As participation of class discussions are significant part of the assessment students are expected to read before the class. There is no weekly readings lists. Students are expected to read selectively among suggested textbooks. In their blog posts and class discussions they are expected to show their level of knowledge on the literature. Besides the following textbook suggestions students will be provided a list of bibliography on Turkish Foreign Policy. Suggested Textbooks: William Hale, Turkish Foreign Policy, 1774-2000, London: Frank Cass, 2002. Baskın Oran (ed.), Türk Dış Politikası Cilt 1 -3 Baskın Oran (ed.) Turkish Foreign Policy Vol.1-3 Ertan Efegil, Dış Politika Analizi, 2012 Faruk Sönmezoğlu, Türk Dış Politikası, Der Yayınları Ahmet Davutoğlu, Startejik Derinlik Ahmet Davutoğlu, Strategic Depth Kemal H. Karpat, Türk Dış Politikası Tarihi Habibe Özdal, Mülakatlarla Türk Dış Politikası Erman Akıllı, Türkiye’de Devlet Kimliği ve Dış Politika, Nobel yayınları Mustafa Aydın, Turkish Foreign Policy, Old Problems, New Parameters, UNISCI, 2010 Ertan Eegil (ed.) Türkiye’nin Değişen Dış Politikası, Nobel Yayınları Bezen Balamir Coşkun ve Birgül Demirtaş (ed.), Avrupa Birliği ve Komşuları, Elips Kitap Bezen Balamir Coskun and Birgul Demırtas-Coskun (eds.), Neighbourhood Challenge: EU and its Neighbours, Universal Publishers Meliha Altunışık ve Özlem Tür, Turkey: Continuity and Change, Routledge Ali Ayata ve Murat Ercan, Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye ile İlişkileri, Nobel yayınları Türkiye’nin Ortadoğu Politikası, Kadir Has Yayınları COURSE SCHEDULE Week 1. General introduction to the course, Review of Course Policies and Requirements, Introduction (18 February) Course syllabus, reading lists and course schedules will be given to students. Week 2. Lecture: TFP from a historical perspective (25 February) Week 3. Lecture: Principles, paradigmatic changes and decision making in TFP (4 March) Blog Post (1) Week 4. Class Discussion: Cyprus (11 March) • Cyprus issue from a historical perspective (Salih Aydemir) • Cyprus issue in TFP (Emrehan Emiroğlu) Blog Post (2) Week 6. European Union (18 March) • Turkey’s relations with the EU (Betül Karayiğit) Blog Post (3) Week 7. Documentary & class discussion (25 March) Week 8. International Financial Institutions (1 April) • IMF’s structural adjustment programs and TFP • Globalization, IPE and TFP (Furkan Kaya) Blog Post (4) Week 9. USA (8 April) • Turkish - American relations from an historical perspective (Fatih Kaya) • Turkey’s relations with the USA and TFP (Zeynel Abidin Polattaş) Blog Post (5) Week 10. Terrorism (15 April) • PKK and the other Islamic terror groups and TFP • The effects of regional and global terrorism on TFP (Ali Duman) Blog Post (6) Week 11. Documentary & Class Discussion (22 April) Week 12. Energy (29 April) • Energy security and TFP (Bahar Aktaş) • The role of Energy in TFP (Ahmet Kaplan) Blog Post (6) Week 13. Middle East (6 May) • Middle East in TFP (Mehmet Kılıç) • Arab spring and TFP (Ahmet Muhsin Kankılıç) Blog Post (8) Week 14. Wrap Up, Conclusions and submission of Foreign Policy Analysis Reports (13 May)