The objective of this course is to survey the developments  in Turkish politics  since the 1940s to provide for the students of politics with familiarity with the following issues in Turkish politics:

1. the forces of continuity and change in the political history of Turkey with a specific focus on democratization dynamics;

2. the development of its political institutions, basic  parameters of Turkish  political culture, and its major political actors;

3. turning points in the Turkish political development including the military coups and the transitions to democracy;

4.the development of major political ideologies 

5. patterns of state-society relations during the  specific phases of democratic progress

6. recent issues in Turkish democratization with a focus on its specific challenges

Students will survey Turkish political history until the 2000s on the basis of the above-mentioned objectives. 

The evaluation criteria will be  based on  exams, in -class presentations  and written assignments.