SOC382 SOCIOLOGY OF THE TURKISH TRANSFORMATIO
| Course Code: |
2320382 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
6.0 |
| Department: |
Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. AYÞE CEYLAN TOKLUOÐLU |
| Offered Semester: |
Once in several years. |
Course Content
The Structural transformation of late Ottoman society within the context of the new global economic and political order; the Western challenge and the response of the Ottoman state; new social forces within late Ottoman society; and ‘Jeune Turc’ ideology and its roots. Following this framework, the process of nation-state building in Turkey is discussed with reference to various forms of resistance movements and formal political opposition experienced between the years of 1919 and the early 1940s. The ideology of nationalism and nation building is emphasized.
