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Turkey since World War II

Vak
2009-2010

The course offers an overview of the most important political, social and economic developments in Turkey since World War II. It will consist of twelve sessions, each of which will be deveoted to a specific topic. Although the basic approach is thematic, the topics have also been arranged in roughly chronological order. Each session will start off with a 45 minute lecture by Zürcher, in which the historical context of the topic will be sketched. After a coffee break, the session will then continue with the study of a key primary text from the era. With one exception these texts are in Turkish and students will be asked both to translate and analyze the texts. A complete set of the texts will be made available before the start of the course. The course is open to MA and M.Phil students and to selected seniors.

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Programma

    1. The transition to multi-party democracy
      Text: Dörtlü Takrir (the memorandum of the Four), June 1945
    1. The state of the Turkish economy after World War II
      Text: “Recommendations” from the Thornburg-Report , 1949 [in English]
    1. Turkey’s integration with the West
      Text: Speech by Adnan Menderes to the NATO council in Paris (December 1957)
    1. The Cyprus conflict
      Text: Report for the Martial Law authorities on the “Kıbrıs Türktür Cemiyeti” (1956)
    1. The army in politics (1960-1997)
      Text: Proclamation of the National Unity Committee (27 May 1960) and speech by Gen. Kenan Evren (12 September 1980)
    1. Political radicalism in the Sixties and Seventies
      Text: Pamphlet against the visit of the Sixth Fleet to Istanbul (1969)
    1. Labour migration in Turkey and to Europe.
      Text: Letter from the Turkish embassy (1964) and instructions from the Dutch liaison office in Ankara (1969)
    1. The rise of political Islam
      Text: Erbakan Anadolu tüccarını cihada davet ediyor, (MNP publication from 1970)
    1. Turgut Ozal’s economic revolution
      Text: Speech van Ozal: Türkiye, Dünya ve Gelecek (1990) en 24 Ocak ve Kayıplarımız (Türk-İş, 1993).
    1. The Kurdish question
      Text: Excerpt from Mehmet Ali Birand, Apo ve PKK (1992)
    1. Turkey and the European Union
      Text: Hakan Yılmaz, Indicators of Euroskepticism in the Turkish public opinion (2003) [in English]
    1. Secularism and religion
      Text: Excerpt from the TESEV report by Binnaz Toprak and Ali Carkoğlu (2006)

Toelatingseisen

Students must be able to read Turkish