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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / IR401 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Code: IR401 Course Title: TURKEY-EU RELATIONS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer İLHAN ARAS (ilhanaras@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) İLHAN ARAS,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To provide academic learning about history of EU-Turkey relations and current developments about this relationship.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 To explain basic texts of EU-Turkey relations. PO-3 Has basic information about the main actors of international relations and the rules of the international system.
PO-6 Has the skills to analyse theoretical knowledge about International Relations and its sub-branches (international economy, international politics, international law, international organizations, international security, history of diplomacy, foreign policy, etc.) and to evaluate their global and regional reflections, to define problems and to offer solutions.
PO-10 Has a command of the basic conceptual and theoretical framework in the field of International Relations at a level to make analysis.
LO-2 To introduce history of Turkey-EU relations. PO-3 Has basic information about the main actors of international relations and the rules of the international system.
PO-6 Has the skills to analyse theoretical knowledge about International Relations and its sub-branches (international economy, international politics, international law, international organizations, international security, history of diplomacy, foreign policy, etc.) and to evaluate their global and regional reflections, to define problems and to offer solutions.
PO-10 Has a command of the basic conceptual and theoretical framework in the field of International Relations at a level to make analysis.
LO-3 To evalute possible future of Turkey-EU relations PO-3 Has basic information about the main actors of international relations and the rules of the international system.
PO-4 Has a command of the basic concepts in the fields of history, sociology, economics and law at a level to do interdisciplinary work.
PO-12 Informs listeners interested and unrelated to the field on issues related to International Relations and clearly conveys their thoughts, problems and solution methods in written and oral form.
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Turkey-EU relations since Ankara Agreement to our times, crises, Turkey’s candidate membership process, negotiations, migration and refugee problem.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Westernisation policies in Ottoman Empire Lecturing
2 Westernization policies in Turkey Republic. Lecturing
3 Reasons of Westernization policies Lecturing
4 Turkey's application to EU for membership Lecturing
5 Ankara Tretay Lecturing
6 The Additional Protocol Lecturing
7 Turkey's application to EU for full membership Lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 Turkey as a candidate state Lecturing
10 Negotiations Lecturing
11 Recent Developments in Turkey-EU Relationship Lecturing
12 EU Perception in the Turkey Lecturing
13 Turkey Perception in the EU Member States Lecturing
14 EU Institutions Lecturing
15 General Evaluation Lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 EU-Turkey Relations in the 21st Century, Birol Yesilada
2 New Perspectives on Turkey-EU Relations, Chris Rumford
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbook

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 1 6 6
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 16 16
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 150