FACULTY OF AGRICULTURALSCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES / BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING / TBT4054 - THE HISTORY OF TURKISH DEMOCRACY

Contents Of The Courses in a weekly Period

Week 
Subjects 
Sources 
1Introduction to the concept of democracy and its global historical roots[1] p. 186-203
2Democracy in the late Ottoman Empire: Constitutional periods (1876, 1908)[1] p. 209-211
3The foundation of the Republic and single-party rule (1923–1945)[1] p. 211-223
4Transition to multiparty democracy and the 1950 elections[1] p. 224-245
5The 1960 coup and the 1961 Constitution[1] p. 246-248
6Political and social transformations of the 1970s[1] p. 247-254
7The 1980 coup and the 1982 Constitution[1] p. 255-262
8Democratization efforts in the 1980s and 1990s[1] p. 262-272
9Civil-military relations in Turkish democracy[1] p. 273-290
10The rise of political Islam and its impact on democracy[1] p. 293-310
11European Union accession process and democratic reforms[1] p. 313-323
12The 2000s: Constitutional amendments and political polarization[1] p. 329-339
13Recent challenges to democracy in Turkey[1] p. 340-351
14General evaluation and future perspectives of Turkish democracy[1] p. 186-203