Anthony Deriziotis

Lecturer

aderiziot[at]turkmas.uoa[dot]gr

3 hours per week

Course Objectives

The aim of this course is the study of  Turkish history from a political perspective, from the late ottoman period until the 1980s. The course is planned to provide the students an overview of the birth and the evolution of political institutions in the Turkish Republic, through the analysis of the political environment, the socio-economic factors, the formation of ideologies and the transition from monarchy to parliamentary republic.

Course Structure

1. From Selim III to Mahmud II and the Tanzimat period

The subject area provides the students with an overview of:

i) The efforts of Sultans Selim III and Mahmud II for the modernization of the Ottoman Empire through reforms.

ii) The Tanzimat period and the changes it brought on the political and social framework of the Ottoman Empire (especially to the non-Muslim populations), through the reforms of the the Hattı Şerif and Hattı Hümayun decrees.

2. The Abdülhamid II years.

This subject area focuses on the period of the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II  (1876-1909), which consists of important reforms, the rise of the concept of pan-Islamism and the political developments in the Empire.

3. The Young Turks

The focus of this subject area is the Young Turks movement. The birth, the evolution and the political activity of the movement has played a critical role at the end of the Ottoman empire, during World War I and the transition to the nation-state.

4. Kemalism, the Kemalist state and multi-party governments

Students are asked to study the formation of the Kemalist state, on the basis of the Kemalist ideology, from Mustafa Kemal's reforms and World War II as well as the political developments that led to the transition to a multi-party political system.

5. 1950-1980

The focus of this subject area is the evolution of the Turkish political scene through the multi-party system, during the administration of Menderes's Democratic party in the 1950s, the clashes between left and far-right political groups, the military coups of 1960, 1971 and 1980 and the constitutional reform of 1982, that formed the constitutional framework of the Turkish state for almost 30 years.

Assessment

Essay (25%), mid-term exam (25%), final written exam (50%).

Bibliography

Bozarslan, H., Ιστορία της σύγχρονης Τουρκίας, μτφ Μ. Οικονόμου, Αθήνα: Σαββάλας, 2004

Lewis, B., Η ανάδυση της σύγχρονης Τουρκίας, τόμοι Ι-ΙΙ, μτφ Στ. Παπαγεωργίου, Αθήνα: Παπαζήσης, 2002

Mango, A., Atatürk, London: J. Murray, 1999

Shaw, S.J., Shaw, E.K., History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Reform and Revolution, London: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Zürcher, E.J., Σύγχρονη ιστορία της Τουρκίας, μτφ Β. Κεχριώτης, Αθήνα: Αλεξάνδρεια, 2004