Academic Catalog

ADM6110 TURKISH POLITICS&POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

Course Code: 3106110
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(2-2)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Political Science And Public Adm.
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The main purpose of this course is to analyse various factors that constitute Turkish politics, and the political parties within the Turkish political system. The course has three parts: first, Turkish political system with respect to factors affecting the political structure in Turkey, such as ideology, religion, culture, economy, development and consolidation of democracy. Second, the political parties within the Turkish political system are examined. Finally, the analysis of voting behaviour in terms of various criteria such as ethnicity, class, gender are discussed.