MES518 POLITICS IN THE LEVANT
| Course Code: |
8320518 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Middle East Studies |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Assoc.Prof.Dr. MURAT TINAS |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
While providing an overview of the history of the Levant since the Ottoman Empire till today, the course intends to touch upon the formation of the modern political system in the region, state structures in the Levant, workings of the government, major political-economic-social developments, state-society relations, nature and working of society and confessional system, role of different alliances at domestic and regional level and the impacts of regional and global developments in the region.
