TURKISH DEMOCRACY IRE409 INSTRUCTOR PROF DR ESAT ARSLAN

TURKISH DEMOCRACY IRE-409 INSTRUCTOR PROF. DR. ESAT ARSLAN

PURPOSE OF THIS COURSE To analyze the role that political leaders have played in the evolution of Turkish politics, with special emphasis on their impact on the achievements and shortcomings of Turkey's experience with democratic politics. l To bring together case studies of government and party leaders who reached the pinnacles(zirve) of political power and influence in Turkey since the founding of the Republic in 1923. l

SYLLABUS l l l INSTRUCTOR NAME : Prof. Dr. Esat Arslan PHONE : 1217 OFFICE HOURS : Wednesday 13. 30 – 15. 20 OFFICE LOCATION : Staff of Faculty of Economy and Adminastrative Sciences COURSE CODE SECTION COURSE NAME IRE- 409 Turkish Politics CREDIT : 3

TEXT BOOK(s) l l l Recommended Readings : State and Society in the Politics of Turkey’s Developm İlkay Sunar Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science Publication Turkey’s Politics Kemal Karpat Princeton University Press Political Parties and Democracy in Turkey Metin Heper and Jacob Landau (eds. ). I. B. Tauris The Development of Secularism in Turkey Niyazi Berkes Mc. Gill Univ. Press Recommended Textbook Turbulent Era: A Diplomatic Record of Forty Years, 19041945 Joseph Grew Hammond&Hammond Com. , Ltd Türk Dış Politikasında Ödün Değil Uzlaşı Esat Arslan Siyasal Kitabevi Turkey: A Modern History Erik J. Zurcher I. B. Tauris Ataturk: Founder of a Modern State Ali Kazancigil and Ergun Ozbudun, eds. C. Hurst and Co Contemporary Turkish Politics, Challenges to Democratic Consolidation, Ergun Ozbudun, Lynne Rienner Publication The Turkish Experiment with Democracy 1950 -1975 Feroz Ahmad C. Hurst and Co The Emergence of Modern Turkey Bernard Lewis Oxford University Press Articles, Finansal Forum, Diplomatik Eki; Articles, 2023. gen. tr Esat Arslan Turkey in Transition- New Perspectives I. C. Schick and E. Ahmet Tonak (eds. ) Oxford University Press

MAIN SOURCE l Ergun Ozbudun, Contemporary Turkish Politics, Challenges to Democratic Consolidation, Lynne Rienner Publication

Recommended Readings l Esat Arslan, Türk Dış Politikasında Ödün Değil Uzlaşı, Siyasal Kitabevi

OTHER MATERIAL(s) l Serif Mardin, “Projects as Methodology. Some Thoughts on Modern Turkish Social Science, ” in Resat Kasaba and Sibel Bozdogan, eds. , Rethinking Modernit

Subjects Covered l l l l WEEK-1 General Information and Introduction to Course WEEK-2 Atatürk: Founding Father, Realist, and Visionary WEEK-3 İsmet İnönü: A Rationalistic Democrat WEEK-4 Celal Bayar: Conspiratorial Democrat WEEK-5 Adnan Menderes: Between Democratic and Authoritarian Populism WEEK-6 Süleyman Demirel: National Will and Beyond WEEK-7 Bülent Ecevit: From Idealist to Pragmatist MIDTERM : 17 -28 OF NOVEMBER, 2008

Subjects Covered l l l l l WEEK-8 Necmettin Erbakan: Democracy for the Sake of Power WEEK-9 Alparslan Turkeş: A Colonel Turned Politician WEEK-10 Turgut Ozal: Pious Agent of Liberal Transformation WEEK-11 Mesut Yilmaz: From Ozal's Shadow to Mediator WEEK-12 Tansu Çiller: Lusting for Power and Undermining Democracy WEEK-13 Recep Tayyip Erdogan and His Impact on Turkish Democracy WEEK-14 General Conclusion FINAL: 07 -18 of January, 2009

Case Study of Leadership l Origins and Political Career l Personality l Beliefs, Ideology, and Goals l Leadership Style, Skills, and Strategies l Impact on Turkish Democracy

Turkish Parties

Turkish Admin. System