DOKUZ EYLÜL UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF BUSINESS
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

IRE 3204 TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY UNTIL THE 1990s

Spring 2023

Assoc. Prof. Dr. İrem Aşkar Karakır

E-mail: irem.askar@deu.edu.tr
Office: 244/A
Phone: 301 8132
Office hours: By appointment

Course Objectives:
This course aims to enable students to gain detailed information on the major issues of
Turkish foreign policy, including why it has pursued a specific policy at a certain time from
the War of Independence until the end of the Cold War period.

Requirements and Grading:

Midterm Exam %40
Final Exam % 60

The following book will be used extensively:

Baskın Oran (ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy, 1919-2006: Facts and Analyses with Documents.
Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, 2010.

Recommended:
 Baskın Oran, Türk Dış Politikası, 1919-1980, Cilt 1, İstanbul: İletişim, 2004.
 Baskın Oran, Türk Dış Politikası, 1980-2001, Cilt 2, İstanbul: İletişim, 2003.

You can also look at the periodicals: Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Insight
Turkey, Turkish Studies, Turkish Policy Quarterly, New Perspectives on Turkey

Weekly Course Outline:

Week 1: Introduction
Syllabus, course content & purpose (No assigned reading)

Week 2: Turkish Foreign Policy in Theory and Practice

Baskın Oran, Turkish Foreign Policy, pp.3-49.
Recommended:
Baskın Oran, Türk Dış Politikası, Cilt 1, pp.18-53.

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Week 3: Time of Liberation (1919-1923)
Baskın Oran, Turkish Foreign Policy, pp.52-140.
Recommended:
Baskın Oran, Türk Dış Politikası, Cilt 1, pp.95-238.

Weeks 4 & 5: Relative Autonomy-1 (1923-1939)

Baskın Oran, Turkish Foreign Policy, pp.141-232.
Recommended:
Baskın Oran, Türk Dış Politikası, Cilt 1, pp.239-384.

Week 6: Relative Autonomy-2 (1939-1945)

Baskın Oran, Turkish Foreign Policy, pp.233-282.
Recommended:
Baskın Oran, Türk Dış Politikası, Cilt 1, pp.385-476.

Mid-Term Exams (April 3-14, 2023)

Week 7: Turkey in the Orbit of the Western Bloc-1 (1945-1960)

Baskın Oran, Turkish Foreign Policy, pp.283-390.
Recommended:
Baskın Oran, Türk Dış Politikası, Cilt 1, pp.477-652.

Week 8: Turkey in the Orbit of the Western Bloc-1 (1945-1960)

Baskın Oran, Turkish Foreign Policy, pp.283-390.
Recommended:
Baskın Oran, Türk Dış Politikası, Cilt 1, pp.477-652.

Weeks 9 & 10: Relative Autonomy-3 (1960-1980)

Baskın Oran, Turkish Foreign Policy, pp.391-517.
Recommended:
Baskın Oran, Türk Dış Politikası, Cilt 1, pp.655-853.

Week 11: Turkey in the Orbit of the Western Bloc-2 (1980-1990)

Baskın Oran, Turkish Foreign Policy, pp.519-644.
Recommended:

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Baskın Oran, Türk Dış Politikası, Cilt 2, pp.7-200.

Week 12: Overall Review and Concluding Remarks

Periods under examination in this course:

 1. The Time of Liberation (1919-1923)

 2. Relative Autonomy-1 (1923-1939)

 3. Relative Autonomy-2 (1939-1945)

 4. Turkey in the Orbit of the Western Bloc-1 (1945-1960)

 5. Relative Autonomy-3 (1960-1980)

 6. Turkey in the Orbit of the Western Bloc-2 (1980-1990)