| 1 | Week 1 Syllabus; Introductions; What is EU? (Introduction) | |
| 2 | Week 2 History of the European Unification Project 1 (the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1951, “the German Question”, the establishment of the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) and the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1958, the period under the influence of De Gaulle, Luxembourg compromise and the British Budget Question (BBQ)) | Related chapters in the reading materials |
| 3 | Week 3 History of the European Unification Project 2 (Eurosclerosis or Europessimism in 1970s and 1980s for the European unification project; “The Maastricht Convergence criteria” and acquis Communautaire; and various enlargement waves) | Related chapters in the reading materials |
| 4 | Week 4 Historical Evolution of Turkey-EU Relations – (Establishment of the Association Agreement, Additional Protocol and the Transitional Stage of the Association, Turkey’s Application for full Membership to the EC) | Related chapters in the reading materials |
| 5 | Week 5 Developments, Problems and Challenges in Turkey-EU Relations Concerning the Association/ Customs Union | Related chapters in the reading materials |
| 6 | Week 6 Enlargement Perspective of Turkey-EU Relations | Related chapters in the reading materials |
| 7 | Week 7 Helsinki Summit and Turkey’s Candidacy Status | Related chapters in the reading materials |
| 8 | Week 8 MIDTERM EXAM | |
| 9 | Week 9 Turkey – EU Relations in the Post-Helsinki Period | Related chapters in the reading materials |
| 10 | Week 10 Turkey’s Political Reforms and Its Impacts on Turkey-EU Relations | Related chapters in the reading materials |
| 11 | Week 11Copenhagen Summit and the Commencement of Accession Negotiations | Related chapters in the reading materials |
| 12 | Week 12 Changing Internal Dynamics in the EU and Turkey concerning Turkey’s Accession Negotiation Process after 2005 | Related chapters in the reading materials |
| 13 | Week 13 Turkey-EU Relations after 2010, De-Europeanization?, Current Dynamics (Readmission and Visa Liberalization?, Refugee Crisis, Right Wing Populism in the EU, Brexit) in Turkey-EU Relations | Related chapters in the reading materials |
| 14 | Week 14 General Evaluation of the course | |