Courses

COURSES:

There are already three courses incorporated in the European Union module of the Department of Political Science and International Relations: “Turkey-EU Relations”, “External Relations of the EU”. The Department of Social Work will introduce a new elective course titled “Governance of Migration: Europe and Turkey” and this course will be open to students from other departments as well. 

Turkey-EU Relations course is designed to specify the main issues and problems which appear through the history of Turkey-European Union relations and attempts to analyse whether and how the EU has an impact on Turkey in terms of its political and economic problems, implementation of fundamental rights and values through using its tools of norm promotion. Using tools of norm promotion is indeed what makes the potential EU global role significant. The course is designed to be taught in the second term of each academic year, consecutively between February-May in 2021, between February-May in 2022 and between February-May in 2023. It will be taught for 15 weeks and each week consists of 3 hour long lectures. Given by Prof. Dr. Özgür Ünal – Eriş.

External Relations of the EU course focuses on the European Union’s relations with every region of the world, including the Central and Eastern European Countries, the Balkans, Asia, Africa, Latin America, United States and Turkey in particular. Main aim of this course in analysing these relationships is to try to assess norm shaping means and the resulting potential of EU’s role as a global power. The course is designed to be taught in the first term of each academic year, consecutively between September-December in 2020, between September-December in 2021 and between September-December in 2022. It will be taught for 15 weeks and each week consists of 3 hour long lectures. Given by Prof. Dr. Özgür Ünal – Eriş.

Governance of Migration: Europe and Turkey concentrates on the processes and developments of migratory movements experienced by Europe and Turkey. Whıle the first part of the course sets its focus extensively on Europe, examınıng the history of migration across the European continent, national and EU level policies, the second part turns its lens to Turkey, coverıng issues such as the history of emigration from and immigration to Turkey, undocumented immigrants, Syrian refugees in and outsıde of camps, feminization of migration and finally a close examination of Istanbul as a diverse city of destination for various immigrant groups including European expatriates. The course is designed to be taught in the first term of each academic year, consecutively between September-December in 2020, between September-December in 2021 and between September-December in 2022. It will be taught for 15 weeks and each week consists of 3 hour long lectures. Given by Dr. Zeynep Selen Artan – Bayhan.