HIST 1104.

History of Modern Turkey II

Işık University

Doğu Durgun, Ph.D. Spring 2020

Email: dogu.durgun@isikun.edu.tr

Office Hours: Please contact me via e-mail for appointment.

Course Description:

This course is designed to present crucial historical events, moments and periods in the history of modern
Turkey from World War II to present. We will discuss Turkey’s democratization process and its challenges,
military coups, social movements, political economy, as well as Europeanization and other current issues
that are crucial in the transformation of Turkish state, politics and society. The course aims to provide an
analytical understanding of the history of modern Turkey from 1945 to present day.

Required Text:

Erik J. Zürcher (2004) Turkey: A Modern History, London, New York: I.B. Taurus.

Exams:

There will be a mid-term and final exam. Please contact me for a make-up if you miss an exam. You need
to present evidence for your absence in order to take the make-up exam.

Grade Breakdown:

Mid-Term %45 Final %55

Course Outline

Week 1: Introduction

Week 2: World War II and the Emergence of Multi-Party Politics

Erik J. Zürcher (2004), The Transition to Democracy,1945–50, Turkey: A Modern History, London, New
York: I.B. Taurus, pp. 206-218.

Week 3: The Rule of the Democrat Party

Erik J. Zürcher (2004) The Rule of the Democratic Party, 1950–60, Turkey: A Modern History, London,
New York: I.B. Taurus, pp. 221-232.

Week 4: 1960 Military Coup

Erik J. Zürcher (2004) The Second Turkish Republic, 1960–80, Turkey: A Modern History, London, New
York: I.B. Taurus, pp. 241-252.
Week 5: Social, Political and Ideological Transformation in the 1960s and 1970s

Erik J. Zürcher (2004) The Second Turkish Republic, 1960–80, Turkey: A Modern History, London, New
York: I.B. Taurus, pp. 253-264.

Week 6: The course was cancelled due to protective measures against the COVID-19.

Week 7: Economy under Import Substitution Policy

Erik J. Zürcher (2004) Turkey: A Modern History, London, New York: I.B. Taurus, pp. 264-268.

Week 8: 1980 Military Coup

Erik J. Zürcher (2004) The Third Republic: Turkey since 1980, Turkey: A Modern History, London, New
York: I.B. Taurus, pp. 278-283.

Week 9: Economy under Export-Oriented Policy

Erik J. Zürcher (2004) Turkey: A Modern History, London, New York: I.B. Taurus, pp. 284-287.

Week 10: Mid-Term

Week 11: “New” Social Movements

Sefa Şimşek (2004) New Social Movements in Turkey since 1980, Turkish Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 119-
134.

Week 12: Turkey and Europeanization

Gözde Yilmaz (2016) From Europeanization to De-Europeanization: The Europeanization Process of

Turkey in 1999–2014, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 86-100.

Week 13: The Rise of Political Islam and the JDP

Meltem Müftüler-Baç and E. Fuat Keyman, The Era of Dominant Party, Journal of Democracy, Vol. 23,
No. 1, pp. 85-99.

Week 14: The Neoliberal Turn and its Discontents

Maral Erol, Cenk Özbay, Z.Umut Türem and Ayşecan Terzioğlu (2016) An Introduction, The Making of
Neoliberal Turkey, England, USA: Ashgate, pp. 1-11.

Week 15: Democratization in Turkey