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History 302, Spring 2008 MW 11:30-12:20 and 12:30-13:20 and 14:30-15:20 ENG Auditorium

Zafer Toprak SOS 203 Office hours: M. W. 9:30-11:30 Dilek Barlas SOS 259 Office hours: M. W. 14:00-16:00 Instructors: Pelin Aksoy, Nazan Albayrak, Efe Baysal, Eda Dalolu, Melih Egemen, Hseyin Yener Erkse, aziye Burcu Giray, Yavuz Sezer, Pelin nsal SOS 314, SOS 305, SOS 309

History of the Turkish Revolution II This course covers the general outlines of the evolution of reforms in the history of Turkey. This subject will treat the evolution of the reforms from the beginning of the Kemalist period to the more contemporary periods. It will be devoted to the passage to political democracy in the wake of the Second World War, problems of pluralism and democracy and Turkish foreign policy in the 20th century. Course Requirements: Grading will be as follows: 1) discussion session: 30 a) participation: 14 -- pop quizzes: 8 -- participation to class discussions: 6 ( attendance) b) presentation: 10 question & answer: 6 If you miss more than 3 discussion sessions with or without medical excuses, you will not get any points for the discussion session. Medical excuses are not accepted for presentations and pop quizzes. If you come to discussion sessions more than 15 minutes late, you will be considered absent. If you get Fs from both mid-term and final exams, discussion session points will not help you pass the class. 2) 3) mid-term exam: 35% final exam: 35%

The readings are electronically available at: http://libunix.ku.edu.tr/search/r?SEARCH=hist+302&SUBMIT=Search For further information on this matter please see lkay Grbz at Suna Kra Library. In the examinations, students will be responsible for material covered in both the lectures and the readings. It is required that students do not miss the exams (in case of illness, a valid medical excuse has to be submitted within one week of absence). Attendance: The general catalogue of the university states: Students are required to attend all classes (p.60). If you miss more than 1/3 of lectures with or without medical excuses, you will fail the course. Academic Honesty: Please refer to p. 62 of the general catalogue.

Class Schedule : Week I: February 4-6 Introduction: The Emergence of Modern Turkey : 1923-1929: The Foundation of the Republic; The Republican Peoples Party; Early Reforms; the Legal Reception Movement; and Diplomacy. Feroz Ahmad, The Kemalist Era, 1919-1938 in Turkey The Quest for Identity, Oxford; Oneworld, 2003, pp. 75-94. Bent Hansen, Postwar Recovery, 1923-29, chapter in The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity, and Growth Egypt and Turkey, Oxford University Press, 1991, pp. 312-318. Week II: February 11-13 Turkey and the World in Transition: 1929-1939: Etatism and Regional Policies such as the formation of the Balkan Pact. Bent Hansen, The Etatist Experiment, 1929-50, chapter in The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity, and Growth Egypt and Turkey, Oxford University Press, 1991, pp. 319337. Feroz Ahmad, The Historical Background of Turkeys Foreign Policy chapter in the Future of Turkish Foreign Policy by L. G. Martin and D. Keridis, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2004, pp: 9-33. Week III: February 18-20 Reforms and the Single-Party Era: 1923-1945: The 1931 and 1935 Congresses of the RPP; The Opposition and Revivalist Challenge; New Cultural Institutions and Reforms; and Single Party at Work. Ersin Kalaycolu, Founding the Republic and the Cultural Revolution (1923-1946) in Turkish Dynamics Bridge Across Troubled Lands, Malcmillan Palgrave, 2005, pp. 45-66. Feroz Ahmad, The new Turkey: politics (1923-1945), chapter in The Making of Modern Turkey, London, Routledge, 1993, pp: 72-101. Week IV: February 25-27 Turkey during WWII: The Triple Alliance, National Chief and the RPP; Turkish Neutrality; War Economics; and the Capital Tax Law. William Hale, Turkey and the Second World War, 1939-1945 chapter in Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000, London; Frank Case, 2000, pp.79-108. erafettin Turan, D Destekli Akmlar ve nsan Haklar Sorunu chapter in smet nn, Yaam, Dnemi ve Kiilii, Ankara, Bilgi Yaynevi, 2000, pp: 259-265. Week V: March 3-5 From Single Party to Multi-Party Era, 1946-1960: Transition to Democracy and Liberalism; The Coming of Democracy, The Democrat Decade, 1950-1960; A Quest for Pluralism; The Opposition and The Return to Authoritarian Politics. Erik J. Zrcher, Transition to Democracy, 1945-1950 chapter in Turkey A Modern History, by Erik J. Zrcher, I.B. Tauris, 1994, pp: 215-228. Feroz Ahmad, Towards Multi-Party Politics and Democracy, 1938-1960, in Turkey The Quest for Identity, Oxford; Oneworld, 2003, pp. 95-118.

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Week VI: March 10-12 Beginning of the Cold War and Turkey in the Western Bloc: The Western alliance; The Truman Doctrine; The Marshall Plan; The North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) ; The Korean War and The Suez Crisis. Melvyn P. Leffler, Strategy, Diplomacy, and the Cold War: the United States, Turkey, and NATO, 1945-1952, the Journal of American History, Vol. 71, Issue 4 (March 1985),807-825. G. Harris, Cross-Alliance Politics: Turkey and the Soviet Union in Trk Yll, 1972, XI1, pp: 1-32. Week VII: March 17-19 Problems of Pluralism and Democracy, 1960-1980: The Military Takeover (27 May); The New Constitution; Return to Democracy; The Transition; Justice Party in Power; Left of Center; Political Radicalism and 12 March Ultimatum. Ersin Kalaycolu, The Second Republic (1961-1980) in Turkish Dynamics Bridge Across Troubled Lands, Malcmillan Palgrave, 2005, pp. 91-124. Mid-Term Exam Week VIII: March 24-26 Social and Economic Restructuring, 1960-1980: The Economic Crisis of the 1970s; Social Change; Trade Unions and Social Security. Erik J. Zrcher, The Second Republic: 1960-1980, chapter in Turkey A Modern History, by Erik J. Zrcher, I. B. Tauris, 1994, pp: 253-291. Week IX: March 31-April 2 Turkey and Regional Policies: Different phases of Turkish Foreign Policy; Territorial Consolidation, Neurality, Integration into the Western Bloc, Western Disappointment and Activism. Dietrich Jung with Wolfango Piccoli, Turkeys Foreign Policy and its Middle Eastern Neighbours, in Turkey at the Crossroads, London & New York; Zed Books, 2001, pp. 132152. Kemal Kirici, The Future of Turkish Policy toward the Middle East, chapter in Turkey in World Politics by Barry Rubin- Kemal Kirici, stanbul: Boazii University Press, 2002, pp: 93-113. April 7-9 Spring Break Week X: April 14-16 Economic and Social Change, 1946-2001: Towards a More Liberal Economy; the Age of Import Substitution; The Process of Industrialization; Demographic Transformation; The Crisis of ISI; Agriculture and Migration; Urbanization; Increasing Instability; Welfare and Distribution; Export-Led Economic Policy evket Pamuk, Turkey 1946-1990, chapter in A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century, by Roger Owen & evket Pamuk, I.B. Tauris, 1998, pp. 104-126. Mine Eder, The Challenge of Globalization and Turkeys Changing Political Economy, chapter in Turkey in World Politics An emerging multiregional power, by Barry Rubin & Kemal Kirii, (eds.) stanbul; Boazii University Press, 2002, pp. 189-215.

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Week XI: April 21-23 (Holiday) Military Intervention and Political Restructuring, 1980-2007: The Military Coup and the New Constitution; Gradual liberalization; the Rise and Fall of MP; Religion and Politics; Demirels Return; The Islamist Ascendancy and Kemalist Restoration. Erik J. Zrcher, The Third Republic: Turkey since 1980, chapter in Turkey A Modern History, by Erik J. Zrcher, I. B. Tauris, 1994, pp: 292-320. Feroz Ahmad, The Military, the Parties, and Globalization, 1980-2003,in Turkey The Quest for Identity, Oxford; Oneworld, 2003, pp. 149-175. Week XII: April 28-30 The European Union and Turkey: Turkey and EC Enlargement; The Impact of Eastern Enlargement; The Helsinki Sumit; The Economic Dimension; Democracy and Human Rights Issues. Atila Eralp, Turkey and the European Community in the Changing Post-War International System,chapter in Turkey and Europe by Canan Balkr and Allan M. Williams, London: Pinter, 1993, pp: 24-42. Atila Eralp, Turkey and the European Union chapter in the Future of Turkish Foreign Policy by L. G. Martin and D. Keridis, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2004, pp: 63-82. Week XIII: May 5-7 Turkeys Regional Policies in the post-Cold War Era Dilek Barlas, Turkey and the Balkans: Cooperation in the Interwar and Post-Cold War Eras, Turkish Review of Balkan Studies, Annual 1998/99, no. 4, stanbul: ISIS, pp: 65-81. Gareth Winrow, Turkey and the Newly Independent States of Central Asia and the Transcaucasus, chapter in Turkey in World Politics An Emerging Multiregional Power, by Barry Rubin & Kemal Kirii, (eds.), stanbul; Boazii University Press, 2002, pp. 173-188 Week XIV: May 12-14 Turkish Foreign Policy After the Cold War Sencer Ayata, Changes in Domestic Politics and the Foreign Policy Orientation of the AK Party, chapter in the Future of Turkish Foreign Policy by L. G. Martin and D. Keridis, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2004, pp: 243-276. FINAL EXAM