INRL 401- Turkish Foreign Policy-1 Last Update: 22.09.2014 Instructor: Assoc.Prof.Emre İşeri Office: O111 Office Hours: By appointment Personal Website (Regularly check for announcements & slides): http://eiseri.yasar.edu.tr/ E-mail: emre.iseri@yasar.edu.tr 1)Course Description and Aim The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a comprehensive introduction to Turkish foreign policy. It aims to discuss the contours of Turkish Foreign Policy through theoretical/historical perspectives. For that purpose the course will refer, major principles and trends, continuities and changes for contemporary issues at hand. The course aims to - Introduce students to fundamental determinants of Turkish foreign policy - Provide students with a better understanding of the domestic and international factors shaping Turkey’s foreign policy approach - Enable students to analyze current problems of Turkish Foreign Policy at its instable immediate neighborhood through historical lenses. 2) Generate plausible and persuasive policy recommendations on Turkish Foreign Policy. Course Requirements Informed active participation: 10% 2 Quizzes: 25% ( each 12,5%) Mid-Term: 25 % Final: 40 % 1 3) Sources There is no single source for this course. While two required readings form the backbone of the course, it will useful to be familiar with recommended books and articles. To buy those books, you can consult variety on-line book stores ( kitapyurdu, d&r, idefix, , Pandora, etc.) Required : Hale, William. Turkish foreign policy since 1774 , Routledge, 2012. (Ofisser Photocopy) Oran, Baskın (eds.). Turkish foreign policy, 1919-2006: facts and analyses with documents. Univ of Utah Pr, 2010. (Offiser Photocopy) Recommended Academic/Semi-Academic Journals: Turkish Studies - http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ftur20#.U-t09GxrP4g Insight Turkey - http://www.insightturkey.com/ Perceptions - http://sam.gov.tr/category/publications/perceptions/ Highly Recommended/Must buy Turkish Books on TFP: Oran,Baskın (ed.), Türk Dış Politikası , Cilt 1, İletişim Yayınları. Sönmezoğlu,Faruk, İki Savaş Sırasında ve Arasında Türk Dış Politikası, Der Yayınları,2012. Sönmezoğlu,Faruk, II.Dünya Savaşından Günümüze Türk Dış Politikası, Der Yayınları,2006. Selected Links on Current Turkish Politics/Foreign Policy Al Monitor – Pulse of Turkey - http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/turkey-pulse# Brookings Turkey Project - http://www.brookings.edu/research/topics/turkey Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Silk Road Studies, The Turkey Analyst http://www.silkroadstudies.org/new/turkey.html GMF - Turkey Program - http://www.gmfus.org/programs/turkey-program/ Republic of Turkey , Ministry of Foreign Affairs - http://www.mfa.gov.tr/default.en.mfa Washington Institute – Policy Analysis on Turkey http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/topic/turkey#categories=63 2 For reading techniques ( Skimming, Scanning, etc.): BBC – Skillswise: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic-group/reading SEMESTER OUTLINE Week 1 (September 25) - Introduction Week 2 ( October 2) – Conceptual/Historical Framework Required: Oran, p.1-23. Recommended: Aydin, Mustafa. "Determinants of Turkish foreign policy: Historical framework and traditional inputs." Middle Eastern Studies 35.4 (1999): 152-186. Week 3 (October 9) – Continued & the late Ottoman Period Required: Hale, Chapter 1 Recommended: Sönmezoğlu, İki Savaş Sırasında , p. 7-64. (skim) Week 4 (October 16) – Continued & The Time of Liberation 1919-1923 Required: Oran, Section-1 Recommended: Hale, p.31-41. Sönmezoğlu, İki Savaş Sırasında… , p. 81-223. (skim) Week 5 (October 23) – Continued Week 6 (October 30) – Quiz & Relative Autonomy 1923-1939 Required: Oran,Section-2 Recommended: Hale, p.41-55 Sönmezoğlu, p.223-392. (skim) 3 Week 7 (November 6) – Continued & Relative Autonomy and WWII 1939-1945 & Revision before the Mid-Term Required: Oran, Section 3 Recommend : Hale,Chpt.3 Sönmezoğlu, İki Savaş Sırasında… , p. 393-487. (skim) Week 8 (November 13) – Continued & Revision before the Mid-Term Week 9 ( Week of November 17) – Mid-Term Exam Week 10 (Week of November 24) – No need. Class – Make up class will organized in case of Week 11 (December 4) – Turkey and the Cold War : In the Orbit of Western Block -1 1945-1960 Required: Oran, Section 4 Aydin, Mustafa. "Determinants of Turkish foreign policy: Changing patterns and conjunctures during the cold war." Middle Eastern Studies 36.1 (2000): 103-139. Recommended: Hale,Chpt.4 Sönmezoğlu, II.Dünya Savaşından Günümüze , p.13-200. (skim) 4 Week 12 (Week of December 11) – Turkey and the Cold War: Relative Autonomy 19601980 Required: Oran, Section 5. Recommended: Hale,p.104-118. Sönmezoğlu, II.Dünya Savaşından Günümüze…,p.203-376. (skim) Week 13 (December 18) – Quiz & Turkey and the Cold War: Turkey in the Western Orbit 1980-1990 Required:Oran,Section 6. Recommended: Hale,pp.118-134. Sönmezoğlu, II.Dünya Savaşından Günümüze…,p.377-460. (skim) Week 14 (Week of December 25) – Continued Week 15 (Week of December 29) – News Year Eve Holiday Week 16 (Week of January 5) – Revision Before the Final 5