Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler (YL) (Tezli) (İngilizce)
Ders İçerikleri
1. Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS | Compulsory/Elective |
| IGE5500 | Scientific Research Methods and Ethics | 3+0+ | 9 | Compulsory |
| 1. Introduction to Research Methods - Overview of scientific research and its importance - Types of research: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods 2. Critical Literature Review - Techniques for conducting systematic and critical reviews - Identifying research gaps and formulating research questions 3. Research Philosophy and Paradigms - Understanding positivism, interpretivism, and other paradigms - Aligning research design with philosophical foundations 4. Research Design and Methodology - Developing coherent research frameworks - Selecting appropriate methodologies for research objectives 5. Ethics in Research - Ethical considerations in research design and execution - Gaining access to data and maintaining confidentiality 6. Data Collection Techniques - Sampling strategies: probability and non-probability - Primary data collection: interviews, questionnaires, and diaries - Secondary data evaluation and analysis 7. Data Analysis Methods - Quantitative analysis: statistical tools and techniques - Qualitative analysis: thematic, narrative, and content analysis 8. Writing and Presenting Research - Structuring academic and consultancy reports - Effective presentation techniques for research findings 9. Practical Applications and Case Studies - Hands-on exercises in designing and conducting research - Real-world examples of ethical dilemmas and solutions 10. Final Project - Development of a mini research proposal - Peer presentations and constructive feedback sessions | ||||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS | Compulsory/Elective |
| PIR5101 | Theories of International Relations | 3+0+0 | 9 | Compulsory |
| Fundamental concepts and theories in the discipline of international relations, with a focus on explaining, discussing, and analyzing current international events through various theories and approaches. | ||||
2. Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS | Compulsory/Elective |
| PIR5102 | International Law and Current Issues | 3+0+0 | 9 | Compulsory |
| Historical development, sources of international law, principle documents, conventions, institutions and treaties that created this field of law, UN efforts. | ||||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS | Compulsory/Elective |
| PIR5106 | Turkish Foreign Policy | 4+0+0 | 9 | Compulsory |
| Formation of Turkish Foreign Policy in the historical process and its analytical analysis will be evaluated from the analytical and theoretical perspective of the changes and developments in Turkish foreign policy during the Ottoman and Republican periods | ||||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS | Compulsory/Elective |
| PIR5108 | Seminer | 0+0+0 | 6 | Compulsory |
| It is ensured that the participants are prepared for the discussions on the previous and future readings on the studies done in the field of international relations and political science week by week. The skills and self-expression skills of the participants are developed with the assignments/presentation techniques to be done in this course on current reading and research in the changing international relations and political science field. | ||||
3. Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS | Compulsory/Elective |
| PIR5189 | Thesis Study 1 | 0+0+0 | 30 | Compulsory |
| Students are expected to contribute to the literature in a field of their choice under the guidance of their advisors. | ||||
4. Semester
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS | Compulsory/Elective |
| PIR5190 | Thesis Study 2 | 0+0+ | 30 | Compulsory |
| Students are expected to contribute to the literature in a field of their choice under the guidance of their advisors. | ||||
Department/Programme Elective Courses
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5001 | International Terrorism And Violence Policy | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| The causes, dimensions, scope, actions of international terrorism, which is one of the most important problems of today, the attitudes of international organizations and societies against terrorism and methods of struggle. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5002 | Theories of State | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| This course, designed specifically for graduate students of International Relations, firstly involves the conceptual development of nationalism between time / space with an interdisciplinary approach to social sciences. Secondly, it will focus on various nationalist movements in the regional, national and global context. Turkish nationalism will be discussed in this context. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5003 | Therories of State | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| At the end of the course, participants will be able to answer the following questions from different perspectives: • Is the state a reality or an illusion? How should the state be understood? • Where does the state start and end? • What are the limits of the state? • What is the relationship between state, society, and/or individual? | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5004 | Comparative Political Systems | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| This course will mainly focus on comparative political method, different approaches in comparative politics, development and structure of nation state, different government types, democracy’s distinctive features, political culture, electoral system, party systems, interest groups and political participation, secularization process, civil society and social movements. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5005 | History of Turkish Constitutionalism | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| constitutional movement in Turkey will be taken out of the idea and roots in the historical process of constitutionalism. Analysis of the constitutional documents of the Ottoman period, the Turkish Constitution of the Republican Period will be analyzed. The 1982 Constitution and other constitutions of the Republican Period (Constitution of 1924 and 1961 Constitution) will be compared. The relationship between the need to limit state power and the idea of constitutionalism will be discussed. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5006 | Current İssues in Middle East | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| It will be argued that the end of dictatorial regimes which have resulted in changing governments and political structures in the Middle East after the Arab Spring. In this respect, how social developments in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Iraq, Yemen, Egypt and Syria will affect politics will be examined. In addition, the Palestinian-Israeli affairs will also be examined in this course. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5007 | Asia-Pacifik Politics During and After Cold War | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| This course introduces comparative and international politics in Asia and the Pacific. The focus is on politics in East Asia, but we will also branch out to cover the wider region and the role of the region in global politics. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5008 | Current Polical Situation in Middle Asia&Turkish World | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| The course will focus on the historical political and economic process in Central Asia. In this context, the political situation of Central Asia under the leadership of the Tsarist Russia and the USSR will be examined. Then, the structure of the independent states, which started with the dissolution of the USSR, under nation-state structure and the problems of the nation-state in Central Asia will be discussed. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5009 | International Organizations and Current İssues | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| International organizations, international law, international political organizations will be discussed. The operation of important international political organizations in the world will be examined. In this context, European Integration, NATO, UN, the process coming to the European Union will be the subject of this course. The political and social problems faced by international organizations in the 21st century will be examined. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5010 | Giobalisation and Cyber Securty Policies | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| Classification of energy resources, petroleum, natural gas and alternative energy sources, nuclear energy and weapons, asymmetric warfare, new strategies, post modern threats, cyber security in the global world, cyber security policy of states. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5011 | Russians Foreign Policy and lts Regional İmpacts | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| The historical evolution of Russian foreign policy will be discussed in this course. The establishment and political system of the USSR, the actors involved in the construction of foreign policy and the issues of continuity and change in Soviet foreign policy will be examined. In the post-World War II period, USSR and US relations will be discussed. In the years following the dissolution of the USSR, the foreign policy of Russia will be the main subject of this course. Crimean, Georgian, Ukrainian, Syrian crises will be discussed. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5012 | Usa Foreign Policy and Transformation of Global Balance of Power | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| This course explores the theoretical foundations, historical background, important developments, and contemporary challenges of US foreign policy. The main objective is to provide students with principle conceptual and analytical tools to understand how US foreign policy outcomes, contemporary events, and international relations theory fit together for more than two centuries. Covering the period between the foundation of the country to the present, this course is also designed to develop students’ capacity to explain the underlying logic and behavioral patterns that shape the US undertakings at the international level. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5013 | History of Diplomacy | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| The evolution and evolution of diplomacy will be discussed in the historical process. In this context, terms such as balance of power, European Harmony, secret agreements and open diplomacy will be discussed. The process of transition from old diplomacy to modern diplomacy will be discussed. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5015 | Balkans and Turkey | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| In this course, the Balkan states of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey and ex-Yugoslav state of politics, history, demographic, social and economic structure will be examined. The current political and economic situation of the Balkan countries will be addressed. The post-Cold War political and economic situation of the Balkan countries will be discussed. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5016 | Media and Politics | 3+0+0 | 6 |
| Media refer to technologies that allow and facilitate human communication. These technologies involve many types including print media, radio and television broadcasting, film, and the Internet. Once we conceive of politics as the ways in which human communities debate and decide upon the rules that govern society, it becomes apparent that media is inextricable from politics. After all, each political act necessitates some form of communicative activity through the medium of certain techniques and technologies. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5017 | Turkish Modernization | 3+0+ | 6 |
| The developments in Ottoman around the idea of modernization; Basic concepts of Turkish civilization; transition from empire to nation state; modernization efforts in the republic period. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5019 | International Migration | 3+0+ | 6 |
| Politics of migration, asylum, border management, migration governance. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5020 | International Development and Sustainability | 3+0+ | 6 |
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5021 | Human Rights Issues | 3+0+ | 6 |
| Philosophical and practical underpinnings and evolution of the concept of human rights will be analysed. | |||
| Course Code | Course Name | (T+A+L) | ECTS |
| PIR5022 | Comparative Politics | 2+0+3 | 6 |
| Within the scope of comparative politics course; comparative method, major concepts and issues of comparative politics, institutions and structures of political systems: government, parliament, electoral systems, political parties, interest groups; a comparative analysis of political systems and countries (including historical background) with country examples from different parts of the world will be analyzed. | |||