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- B. Sc. - I. Semester
- EKO 115 BASIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2+1
- Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Excel and Internet.
- IKT 111 ECONOMICS I 2+0
- Definition of economics, concepts, economic problems and systems. Pricing mechanism, perfect competition. Supply and demand. Production theory and firm equilibrium.
- IRL 101 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 2+0
- The emergence and development of international relations discipline and its fundamental subjects. Actors of international relations (states, international organizations, individuals). Foreign policy motives and tools of states.
- IRL 103 DIPLOMATIC HISTORY I 2+0
- A general overview of the worldwide events that took place before the modern times. The principle events in European diplomacy since 1648 Westphalia peace negotiations, American independence, French revolution and repercussions, XIXth century European diplomatic history (Concert of Europe, unification of Italy, the rise of Germany, worldwide imperialism, alliance systems) and World War I.
- ISL 113 BUSINESS I 2+0
- Definition of business, basic concepts, related sciences, theories of organizations, business as an economic unit, types of business and their classification, establishing new business and choice of location, functions of business.
- KYO 105 SOCIOLOGY 2+0
- Introduction to the study of sociology, its definition, boundaries and development. Place of sociology among social sciences. Status, role and system. Socialization process, culture and society. Social event, social institutions, social stratification, social mobilization and social development. Modernization, modern state, industrialization, capitalism and world system.
- KYO 107 POLITICAL SCIENCE I 2+0
- Topics of political science. Concepts of state, power and political power. Limitation of political power, Legitimacy of political power.
- KYO 109 INTRODUCTION TO LAW I 2+0
- Basic concepts of law and general information. Branches of law, sources of law. Rights, examination of private law. Lawful act and procedures. Rules of good intention, loss of rights, protection of rights.
- B. Sc. - II. Semester
- EKO 114 BASIC COMPUTER SCIENCES 2+1
- Several computer languages. Introduction, evaluation of computer, concepts, introduction to MS-DOS, introduction to BASIC programming language, numbers, values and explanation of BASIC, analyzing problems, BASIC archive functions. Sub program, Advanced BASIC.
- IKT 110 ECONOMICS II 2+0
- National income, inflation and deflation levels, multiplier and accelerator, the distribution theory, employment, manpower and unemployment, money and banking, international economic relations.
- IRL 102 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS II 2+0
- The concept of international system and principle forms that these systems took during contemporary history. Basic theories developed in this discipline and their practices particularly after World War II.
- IRL 104 DIPLOMATIC HISTORY II 2+0
- Interwar period, status quo versus revisionism, Second World War and the end of Euro-centric world system, emergence of the two superpowers and the bipolar world, the Cold War and its reflections, nonalignment movement, road to détente and dissolution of the blocs, the New World Order discussions.
- ISL 112 BUSINESS II 2+0
- Production, marketing, personnel, financing functions, and decision-making techniques.
- KYO 106 POLITICAL SCIENCE II 2+0
- Politics and elite. Political participation. Political forces. Political parties. Pressure groups, public opinion. Democracy, elections. Political development and ideologies.
- KYO 108 Introductions to Constitutional Law 3+0
- Constitutional law, state and democracy. Pluralist democracy and democratic regimes, other political regimes (Marxism, fascism). Basic principles of democracy, application of sovereignty, separation of powers. Political parties, elections and public freedoms.
- KYO 116 INTRODUCTION TO LAW II 2+0
- Basic concepts of law and general information. Branches of law, sources of law. Rights, examination of private law. Lawful act and procedures. Rules of good intention, loss of rights, protection of rights.
- B. Sc. - III. Semester
- IKT 211 MACROECONOMICS 3+0
- Definition and elements of national income, techniques of accounting national income, relations between national income and economic wealth, employment, unemployment, relations between wage levels and employment, consumption expenses and consumption function, investment, savings, supply and demand of money, rate of interest, money theories; economic developments.
- IRL 201 INTERNATIONAL LAW I 3+0
- The emergence and development of international law, its sources and subjects. General principles of international law, differences between municipal and international law. Delimitation of the territory of the state (territorial soil, airspace, internal waters). Acquisition and loss of territory. Recognition of states and governments, continuity of statehood, personality and equality principles of states, territorial sovereignty rights of states, the creation and transfer of territorial sovereignty.
- IRL 203 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS I 3+0
- The emergence of international organizations and their development process. The general structures and roles of international relations. Classification of organizations through different criteria. The philosophic background of the United Nations, its structure and functioning, principle global and regional organizations functioning under United nations umbrella.
- IRL 213 HISTORY OF TURKISH DIPLOMACY 3+0
- Principles motives which shaped the foreign policies of the Turkish states that were founded before the Republic of Turkey.
- KYO 205 History of Political Thought 3+0
- Study of ancient Greek political thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristo, Epicur and stoicism. Political thought in the medieval age and political ideas of İbn Haldun. Political Thoughts of the major political thinkers of modern age from Machiavelli, Hobbes.
- KYO 207 CIVIL LAW 3+0
- Topics and meaning of civil law. Its sources, laws, regulations. Mores and customs. Opinions of court. Doctrines and basic concepts of civil law, concept and kinds of right, owner of right.
- B. Sc. - IV. Semester
- IRL 202 INTERNATIONAL LAW II 3+0
- The concept of codification and ongoing codification efforts in international law. Legal efforts in international law to meet the current requirements of international community, important role of international law in the peaceful settlement of the disputes. The cases with the efforts mentioned above.
- IRL 204 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS II 3+0
- Principle international organizations other than the United Nations and their areas of interest. Role of international organizations in the settlement of regional and global disputes and their functions in the development of international cooperation. Development of the globally-functioning non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their effectiveness in contemporary world in motivating public opinion. Principle worldwide NGOs: Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Helsinki Watch.
- KYO 206 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 3+0
- Definition of administrative science, its topics, its development, its place among social sciences. Principles of administration and its elements, division of private-public administration. Organization and structure of public administration. Definition of bureaucracy, its features, development and Turkish bureaucracy. Supervision of public administration.
- KYO 208 RESEARCH METHODS 2+0
- Science, theory and events. Values and science. Major issues in philosophy of science. Basic elements of scientific methods; concepts, hypothesis, control of hypothesis, importance of research in social sciences and examination of hypothesis. Development of hypothesis and theory. Collection of data and methods of evaluation. Classification of research, rules of writing, collection of sources, notes, bibliography, tables and diagrams.
- KYO 210 TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 2+0
- Movements and implementations of constitutions in the Ottoman period. Constitutions of the Republican period, 1921 and 1924 constitutions, 1961 and 1982 constitutions.
- KYO 212 HISTORY OF TURKO-ISLAMIC THOUGHT 2+0
- Political thought and structure in early Periods of Islam. Politics, state and political ideas in Turkish States. Political thoughts of Farabi, Maverdi, Yusuf Has Hacib, Nizamulmulk, Ahmet Cevdet Pasha, Ziya Gokalp, Said Halim Pasha etc. on state and society.
- KYO 214 TURKISH POLITICS LIFE 3+0
- Turkish political modernization, Tanzimat, the 1876 constitution, periods of constitutional monarchy I and II, period of Union and Progress. War of Independence, emergence of modern Turkey and Kemalism. Single party era and transition to multiparty politics. Military interventions of 1960, 1971. Period of coalitions, 1980 military intervention.
- B. Sc. - V. Semester
- II.FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2+0 (elective)
- A: FRENCH LANGUAGE
B: GERMAN LANGUAGE
C: RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
- IRL 301 TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY I 2+0
- Principle goals and basic period of contemporary Turkish foreign policy. Turkish foreign policy during independence war, proclamation of the republic and the course of events in foreign policy, non-aligned foreign policy of the inter-war years, Second World War and the relations with the warring countries.
- IRL 303 INTERNATIONAL POLITICS 3+0
- Foreign policy aims of states, its tools and strategies, interactions of foreign policy and domestic politics. Taking decision on foreign policy, international system.
- IRL 305 PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW I 2+0
- The concept of the private law. Historical development of private law and its sources. Scope of private international law. The concept of the conflict of laws. Examination of the conflicts related with private international law and the international law of procedures.
- IRL 307 THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS I 2+0
- The emergence of the international relations as a new discipline and the academic debates and the schools which initialized the new discipline; realism versus idealism. The Second World War and its role in the development of the theory of international relations discipline: classic view versus behaviorist view. The ideas of the principle scholars who shaped the debates between idealism-realism and classism-behavioralism.
- IRL 309 DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE I 3+0
- After the basic English courses that were taken during the first four semesters of the undergraduate education, students are enrolled in these courses during the next four semesters. The aim of these advanced courses is to enable students to use English fluently by reading and translating international treaties, diplomatic letters and principle books and articles written in the area of international relations. Courses will focus mostly on class exercises.
- IRL 311 GLOBALIZATION (2+0) (elective)
- Transformation of the international system after the cold war. Defination of the globalization as a politcal, economic and cultural perspective. The analyse of international problems about globalization.
- ISL 315 GENERAL ACCOUNTING 2+0 (elective)
- General introduction to accounting, explaining financial tables, account books and documents, basic concepts and principles of accounting, accounting process, registration of material purchase with different methods, cash, banks and shares-bonds transactions, receivable. Fixed assets, bank credits, debts, incomes and expenses, correcting registration errors, inventory transactions, arranging the year-end financial statements.
- ISL 317 LAW OF OBLIGATIONS 2+0 (elective)
- General introduction, obligation and responsibility, sources of obligations, responsibilities stemming from unrightful acts. Payments of debts.
- ISL 319 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 2+0 (elective)
- The nature of international business, types of market searching, suitable product improvement, strategies of international business, exporting and related banking procedures. Settlement of international business disputes and related organs. International organizations arranging international business
- KYO 311 CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SYSTEMS 2+0
- System theory. Political system and its environment. D.Easton’s theory. Analyzing model. System of presidency. Parliamentary system. Liberal constitutional system.Liberal/democratic system and its institutions. State systems in Islamic world. Political system in Turkey and its institutions.
- KYO 313 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY 2+0 (elective)
- General picture of the political systems scattered around the globe, western system. Liberal democracy. North-South differences. Middle East. Asiatic systems. Monarchies, dictatorships.
- MAL 321 PUBLIC FINANCE 2+0 (elective)
- The subject of public finance, definitions; structure, types and classification of public incomes; structure of tax, its history, definition, elements; justice principle in taxation; public expenses its structure and classification; principles of budgeting and Turkish budgeting system; public debts, financial policy.
- B. Sc. - VI. Semester
- II. FOREIGN LANGUAGE (elective) 2+0
- A: FRENCH LANGUAGE
B: GERMAN LANGUAGE
C: RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
- EKO 334 STATISTICS 2+0 (elective)
- Definition and methodology of statistics, collecting and presenting data, series, graphics, averages, indexes. Analyzing time series, correlation and regression, probability and probability distribution, sampling methods, hypotheses testing, nonparametric tests, analysis of variance.
- IRL 302 TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY II 2+0
- The aftermath of the World War II and new inclinations in Turkish foreign policy: Western alliance, abandonment of the non-alignment principle. Fundamental problems that Turkish foreign policy faced during this period. The end of the Cold War, dissolution of the blocs and the main parameters of Turkish foreign policy in the new era.
- IRL 304 PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW II 2+0
- The law of nationality; the concept of nationality, acquisition and loss of nationality, double nationality, people without any nationality right and the related issues, current efforts to solve the issue. The problems related with the Turkish workers living in foreign countries
- IRL 306 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY 3+0
- The nature of American foreign policy and its dynamics, shifts in American role in world politics particularly in the period after the Second World War: from isolationism to global hegemonic leadership. 1070s-1980s and the discussions on the end of Pax-Americana. The collapse of the Soviet Union, the shifts in global political economy from Atlantic to Pacific and the American initiatives to preserve global leadership. Challenges to American hegemony.
- IRL 308 THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS II 2+0
- New international relations theories of the post-behaviorist era: petroleum shock of the 1970s and the theory of economic interdependence, advent of pluralist paradigm, structuralist view, the theory of the long cycles of world leadership, critical theory, postmodern theories of international relations, the new schools of post-Cold War era.
- IRL 310 DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE II 3+0
- After the basic English courses that were taken during the first four semesters of the undergraduate education, students are enrolled in these courses during the next two semesters. The aim of these advanced courses is to enable students to use English fluently by reading and translating international treaties, diplomatic letters and principle books and articles written in the area of international relations. Courses will focus mostly on class exercises.
- IRL 312 EURASIA IN WORLD POLITICS 2+0 (elective)
- Transformation of international system in post cold war era important of the Eurasia in world politics; the new regional politics of Russia; analyses of the internal and external regional politics.
- ISL 320 COMMERCIAL LAW 2+0 (elective)
- General rules, commercial enterprises, merchant and responsibilities of being a merchant, commercial register, unrightful competition, financial books, types of companies. Joint-stock companies, limited companies.
- KYO 310 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 2+0 (elective)
- Basic principles, concepts and sources of administrative law, administrative jurisdiction, discretion, Transactions of administrative law administrative decision, administrative contracts, systems of administrative organizations. Public goods and public services.
- KYO 312 LAW OF HUMAN RIGHTS 3+0
- Developments in the field of human rights. Studies of international institutions and organizations in relation to human rights. European Convention on human rights, its organs. Fundamental rights and freedoms in the 1982 Constitution.
- KYO 318 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS 2+0 (elective)
- Approaches to the environmental problems, concepts. Basic principles of environmental policies. Economic sides of environment. Sustainable development and environment. Different aspects of Turkish environmental policies.
- MAL 321 PUBLIC FINANCE 2+0 (elective)
- The subject of public finance, definitions; structure, types and classification of public incomes; structure of tax, its history, definition, elements; justice principle in taxation; public expenses its structure and classification; principles of budgeting and Turkish budgeting system; public debts, financial policy.
- B. Sc. - VII. Semester
- II.FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2+0 (elective)
- A: FRENCH LANGUAGE
B: GERMAN LANGUAGE
C: RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
- IKT 411 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS I 2+0
- Reasons for making foreign trade, foreign trade theory from the aspect of supply, foreign trade theory from the aspect of demand, theory of factor equipment, economic development and foreign trade theory, exchange markets, balance of payment in foreign trade, national income and foreign trade.
- IRL 401 POLITİCAL DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE ASIA 2+0
- A general overview of the Turkish world in historical perspective. Colonialization of the Turkish world. The end of the Cold War and re-emergence of the new independent Turkish states as the strategic heartland of the world politics. Ethnic, linguistic, cultural, political and economic problems that the Turkish world faces. Relations of Turkey with the Turkish world and repercussions. Intra-state issues of the Turkish world.
- IRL 403 CURRENT INTERNATIONAL ISSUES 3+0
- Globalization process, regional integrations, self-determination principle and the independence movements accelerated by this principle, ethnic disputes, economic interdependence, economic imbalance among different regions, North-South imbalance, mass movement of refugees and its results, worldwide starvation problem. Grounds of international terrorism, ecological problems, the end of the Cold War and its by-products: disarmament versus proliferation of nuclear arms, New World Order discussions. Sources and dynamics of worldwide current issues and proposals for their settlement.
- IRL 405 COMPARATIVE FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS I 2+0
- In this two-semester course some specific cases of the post-World War II will be analyzed. By using these analyzes, the goals, strategies and tools of the policies of Turkey and the global powers will be evaluated, the goals and the results will be discussed in a comparative basis.
- IRL 407 INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE SEA 2+0 elective
- Historical development of the international law of the sea and codification efforts; the rules concerned with the delimitation of territorial sea, rules for the countries located on islands, archipelagic countries; sovereignty rights of state on internal waters, territorial waters, continental shelf, contiguous zone and exclusive economic zone, internationally observed cases related to these maritime zones, reservations to the absolute sovereignty rights of states in their maritime territories (innocent passage, transit passage and related international discussions.
- IRL 409 HISTORY OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST 3+0
- Principle political developments which shaped the contemporary Middle East since the First World War; the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the path to the emergence of new regional states, emergence of Israel and Arab-Israeli question. Political structure of the middle eastern states. Political economy of oil in the Middle East.
- IRL 413 REGIONAL FOREIGN POLICY 2+0 (elective)
- Turkish foreign policy and motives behind these policies specifically towards Balkans, Transcaucasus, Middle East and Central Asia in the last decade will be examined.
- IRL 415 POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF OTTOMAN SOCIETY 2+0 (elective)
- Foundation of Ottoman State, social, political and economic developments occurred in Ottoman society in the period starting with the conquest of Istanbul. System of nation, religion, economical life, land order, education, science and thought life in Ottoman State. Reasons of fall in Ottoman, effects of modernity, nationalism.
- IRL 417 TURKO-GREEK RELATIONS 2+0 (elective)
- The ongoing prominent issues between two countries such as Cyprus, Western Thrace Turks, Aegean Sea territorial sea delimitation problem, armament of Aegean islands, continental shelf and flight information region (FIR) problems will be discussed in historical perspective.
- KYO 417 LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS 2+0 (elective)
- Definition and development of local administrations. Tradition of local administrations in Turkey. Local administrations in constitutions and local democracy. Institutions of local administrations, municipality, province special government. Problems of local administrations and its restructuring.
- KYO 419 CRIMINAL LAW 2+0 (elective)
- Topics of criminal law, its purpose, principles and sources. Theory of crime, concepts of crime, components of crime. Theory of punishment, origins and evolution of punishment, punishments and security measures, measurements of punishment, vacation of a punishment.
- B. Sc. - VIII. Semester
- II.FOREIGN LANGUAGE (elective) 2+0
- A: FRENCH LANGUAGE
B: GERMAN LANGUAGE
C: RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
- IKT 414 FOREIGN TRADE (elective) 2+0
- Export, Import, basic export and import process. Sectors, Country Groups, Special Country Groups.
- IKT 414 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS II 2+0
- Foreign trade policy customs tariffs and non-tariff barriers, liberalization of world trade GATT and regional economical integration movements industrialization and foreign trade policies, international monetary system, history, problems and policies.
- IRL 402 POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BALKANS 2+0
- An overview of the ethno-cultural structure of Balkan Peninsula. The roots of the contemporary issues of the region in historical perspective. Intra-state relations of the Balkan countries. Turkish foreign policy towards Balkan countries after the end of the Cold War. Predictions for the future of the region by analyzing the current dynamics.
- IRL 404 COMPARATIVE FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS II 2+0
- In this two-semester course some specific cases of the post-World War II will be analyzed. By using these analyzes, the goals, strategies and tools of the policies of Turkey and the global powers will be evaluated, the goals and the results will be discussed in a comparative basis
- IRL 408 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES 2+0 elective
- Worldwide security issues emerged especially after the end of the Cold War. Security vacuums which are observed in the geopolitics of Turkey and the Turkish world. Concepts of security shift, ambiguous threat and means to cope with them. The new positions of the global organizations such as United Nations and NATO against these new threats and security shifts. New security architecture negotiations for Europe, Mediterranean and Black Sea region and repercussions on Turkish strategic appraisal.
- IRL 410 TURKEY AND THE EUROPEAN UNION 3+0
- Historical and philosophical background of the relations between Turkey and the European Union. Ankara Agreement and its aftermath, Turkey’s application in 1987 for the full membership, the stance of the European Communities (and than EU) against Turkey after 1991 Maastricht Treaty and repercussions, Customs Union Treaty of 1996. Current relations between Turkey and the European Union. Problems and possible solutions for Turkey for a future membership to the EU.
- IRL 412 GRADUATION PROJECT 4+0
- Students choose a topic in coordination with their advisors and prepare a final paper of 30-40 pages length.
- IRL 414 INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL POLITICS 2+0 (elective)
- The historical developments of social policy and social security policy. Cooperation of intergovernmental social security and social policy towards resolution of social security problems; multilateral agreements; ILO (International Labour Organization) Treaties.
- IRL 418 POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN CAUCASUS 2+0 (elective)
- Departing from the ethno-cultural structure of the Transcaucaus region, historical roots of the current conflicts will be depicted. Special emphasizes will be addressed to Nagorno-Karabagh conflict, Chechen issue and related topics. Importance of the region with respect to political economy (e.g. oil, natural gas, oil-gas pipelines) will be discussed. Power politics of potential regional powers such as Turkey, Iran and Russia will be given special emphasis.
- KYO 422 PUBLIC PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. (elective) 2+0
- Quality of public personnel administration, its principles. Personnel systems, policies and education and employment. Motivation, regimes of promotion and payment. Public personnel system and its problems in Turkey.
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