| 1 | Introduction to the course; basic concepts related to democracy and political history | [1] |
| 2 | The roots of democracy in the Ottoman Empire: Tanzimat and constitutional movements | [1] |
| 3 | The First Constitutional Monarchy (1876) and the Constitution | [1] |
| 4 | The Second Constitutional Monarchy (1908) and political developments | [1] |
| 5 | Transition from Empire to Republic: The War of Independence and the opening of the Grand National Assembly | [1,2] |
| 6 | The proclamation of the Republic (1923) and the foundations of the new state | [1,2] |
| 7 | Single party period (1923–1946) | [1,2] |
| 8 | Transition to multi-party life and the Democratic Party period (1946–1960) | [2] |
| 9 | The 1960 coup and the 1961 Constitution | [1] |
| 10 | Political developments, social movements and conflicts in the 1960s–1970s | [1,2] |
| 11 | The 1980 coup and the 1982 Constitution | [1,2] |
| 12 | Democratization efforts and political liberalization in the 1980s–1990s | [1,2] |
| 13 | Turkish democracy in the 2000s: reforms, the EU process and current problems | [2] |
| 14 | An overview of the history of Turkish democracy; current problems and future perspectives | [2] |