Contemporary Turkish Politics

This course enable students to develop its knowledge concerning the Turkish contemporary domestic and foreign policy. At the same time it gives the students an opportunity to obtain the broader knowledge of particular type of concepts within basic political science concepts and discuss the issues crucial for the contemporary political systems and international relations.

This course enables students to develop its knowledge concerning the Turkish contemporary domestic and foreign policy. At the same time it gives the students an opportunity to obtain the broader knowledge of particular type of concepts within basic political science concepts and discuss the issues crucial for the contemporary political systems and international relations. Within the course students learn among others about the particular type of such concepts as: “modernization”, “democratization”, “de-democratization”, “nationalism”, “laicism”; “populism”, “soft power”, “hard power” and “middle power”. Presentation of issues concerning the Turkish politics means also discussing such issues as: the European identity, Islam in the contemporary world, Muslim minorities in Europe as well as politics in the Middle East. Estimated total number of hours needed to achieve the learning outcomes – 100 hrs..

I. TURKISH DOMESTIC POLITICS

S. E. Aytaç, E. Elçi, “Populism in Turkey” in Populism Around the World. A Comparative Perspective, ed. Daniel Stockemer, Cham, Springer, 2019, pp. 89-108.

B. Esen, S. Gümüşçü, Rising Competitive Authoritarianism in Turkey, Third World Quarterly, vol. 37, issue 9, 2016, pp. 1581-1606.

B. Esen, S. Gümüşçü, A Small Yes for Presidentialism: The Turkish Constitutional Referendum of April 2017. South European Society and Politics, vol. 22, no. 3, 2017, pp. 303-26.

B. Esen, S. Gümüşçü, Killing Competitive Authoritarianism Softly: The 2019 Local Elections in Turkey, South European Society and Politics, vol. 24, issue 3, 2019, pp. 317–342.

E. Kalaycıoğlu, A hundred years of flux: Turkish political regimes from 1921 to 2023, Turkish Studies, vol. 24, no. 3-4, 2023, pp. 412-434.

P. A. Musil, Emergence of a Dominant Party System After Multipartyism: Theoretical Implications from the Case of the AKP in Turkey, South European Society and Politics, vol. 20, no. 1, 2015, pp. 71-92.

E. Özbudun, Ö. F. Gençkaya, Democratization and the politics of constitution-making in Turkey, Central European University Press 2009, selected chapters.

A. Szymański, J. Wódka, W. Ufel and A. Dziubińska, Between Fair and Rigged. Elections as a Key Determinant of the ‘Borderline Political Regime’ - Turkey in Comparative Perspective”, Peter Lang Verlag 2020, chapter 3.

M. H. Yavuz, Understanding Turkish secularism in the 21th century: a contextual roadmap, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Vol. 1, no. 1, 2019, pp. 55-78.

E. Zürcher, Turkey. A Modern History, I. B. Tauris 2005, part 1 and 2.

II. TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

M. Aydın, The Determinants of Turkish Foreign Policy, and Turkey’s European Vocation, in: G. Nonneman (ed.), Analysing Middle East Foreign Policies and the Relationship with Europe, Routledge 2005, pp. 197-222.

S. Aydın-Düzgit, N. Tocci. Turkey and the European Union. London, New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2015, selected chapters.

P. Baev, Russia and Turkey. Strategic Partners and Rivals, IFRI, May 2021.

M. Benli Altunışık, The trajectory of a modified middle power: an attempt to make sense of Turkey’s foreign policy in its centennial, Turkish Studies, vol. 24, no. 3-4, 2023, pp. 658-672

S. M. Bölme, NATO-Türkiye Relations: From Irreplaceable Partner to Questionable Ally, Studia Europejskie/Studies in European Affairs, vol. 26, issue 3, 2022, pp. 93-116.

A. Cianciara, A. Szymański, Differentiated integration: towards a new model of European Union-Turkey relations? Turkish Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2020, pp. 254-273.

E. İçener, Surviving a Coma? Türkiye-EU Relations in Times of Crises (2005–2022), Studia Europejskie/Studies in European Affairs, vol. 26, issue 3, 2022, pp. 71-91.

M. Kutlay, Z. Öniş, Turkish foreign policy in a post-western order: strategic autonomy or new forms of dependence?”, International Affairs. vol. 97, issue 4, 2021, pp. 1085–1104.

A. Murinson, The Strategic Depth Doctrine of Turkish Foreign Policy, Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 42, no. 6, 2006, pp. 945-964.

Z. Öniş, Historic missed opportunities and prospects for renewal: Turkey-EU relations in a post-Western order, Turkish Stjudies, vol. 24, no. 3-4, 2023, pp. 691-713.

M. Pierini, Understanding the Erdoğan-Putin Duet, Carnegie Europe, 30 August 2022.

A. Szymański, ’Domestification’ of the Middle Eastern Policy of Turkey”, in: S. Gardocki, R. Ożarowski, R. Ulatowski (eds.), The Islamic World in International Relations, Peter Lang Verlag 2019, pp. 93-116.

J. Zanotti, C. Thomas, Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief, Congressional Research Service, 5 August 2022.