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70006 Introduction to Turkish History

Efthymia Kanner

Lecturer

canner[at]turkmas.uoa[dot]gr

3 hours per week

Course Objectives

Students completing the course should be able to:

Perceive ideological, political and social developments in Turkey as part of the European and international context.
Link political developments to the social context in the process of construction of the Turkish state and its several transformations.
Understand Turkey’s particularity within the Muslim world.

Course Structure

The course is structured around the following axes:

Ideological, political and social developments leading to the transition from the multi-ethnic Ottoman Empire to the Turkish nation-state.
Kemalist reforms, ideological components of Kemalism, re-interpretations of Kemalism in the history of the Turkish Republic.
Military coups d’état.
Turkey’s economy in the 1980s and 1990s/ Rise of an enterpreunial bourgeoisie as a power group/ Turkish political Islam.
Globalization, AKP and modifications in Turkish political culture.

These topics are approached through historical sources and documents concerning current situation in Turkey. They are also theoretically contextualized. The course takes the form of a dialogue based on sources and bibliography available in the e-class.

Assessment

Assessment is effected: (a) through a written assignment (up to 2,000 words) (30% of the overall grade) on topics related to the course. A list of recommended titles is provided. Students are encouraged to present a draft of their assignment during the last session for comments by the tutor and the other students; (b) through the final written examination (70% of the overall grade).

Required readings

Bozarslan, Hamit, 2004, Histoire de la Turquie Contemporaine, Éditions La Découverte, Paris, [Greek Edition, Athens 2008, Savvalas Publishers].

Kızılyürek, Niyazi, 2006, Κεμαλισμός. Η γένεση και η εξέλιξη της επίσημης ιδεολογίας της σύγχρονης Τουρκίας, [Kemalism. The Rise and Transformations of Modern Turkey's official ideology] (in Greek) Mesogeios/Hellenica Grammata Publishers, Athens.

Lewis, Bernard, 1961, The Emergence of Modern Turkey, Vols I.,II., Oxford University Press, London, New York, Toronto, [Greek Edition, Athens 2002, Papazisis Publishers].

Zürcher, Erik J., 2003, Turkey: A Modern History, I.B. Tauris, London, [Greek Edition, Athens 2004, Alexandria Publishers].

Bibliography

Bozarslan, Hamit, Ιστορία της Σύγχρονης Τουρκίας. Από την Επανάσταση των Νεοτούρκων μέχρι σήμερα, μτφρ. Μάρθα Οικονόμου, Σαββάλας, Αθήνα 2008, σ. 34-39, 41, 46-47, 111-116.

Kızılyürek, Niyazi, Κεμαλισμός. Η γένεση και η εξέλιξη της επίσημης ιδεολογίας της σύγχρονης Τουρκίας, Εκδ. Μεσόγειος/Ελληνικά Γράμματα, Αθήνα 2006.

Lewis, Bernard, Η ανάδυση της σύγχρονης Τουρκίας, τόμος Ι: Τα στάδια της ανάδυσης, μτφρ. Π. Κωνσταντέας, επιμέλεια- μετάφραση-σχολιασμός Στέφανος Παπαγεωργίου, Παπαζήσης, Αθήνα 2001.

–– Η ανάδυση της σύγχρονης Τουρκίας, τόμος ΙΙ: Όψεις της αλλαγής, επιμέλεια- μετάφραση-σχολιασμός Στέφανος Παπαγεωργίου, Παπαζήσης, Αθήνα 2001.