1. The student will comprehend various anthropological and sociological debates about Turkish modernization.

2. The student will locate classic anthropological and sociological readings on Turkish family, marriage, kinship relations, lineage, and patriarchal structures.

3. The student will explain the dynamics of family, marriage, kinship, lineage, and patriarchy with reference to the conflict between traditionalism and modernization.

4. The student will identify multiple methods of data collection and methodological approaches in the fields of sociology and social anthropology.

5. The student will trace the tension between cultural, ideological and political thinking in the context of Turkish modernization.