ECTS - EU Non-discrimination Promotion in Turkey (EUNONDI)
EU Non-discrimination Promotion in Turkey (EUNONDI) (IR442) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| EU Non-discrimination Promotion in Turkey (EUNONDI) | IR442 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
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| Learning and Teaching Strategies | . |
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| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course; |
| Course Content | The course unpacks EU's transformative power and Turkey, EU's non-discrimination regime and the role of the EU in promoting it in Turkey, Turkish current state in non-discrimination, different issue areas within the principle of non-discrimination in Turkey. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction to cource | Alex Warleigh-Lack (2008) European Union: The Basics, Routledge, Ch.1-2 |
| 2 | Transformative power of the EU: Introduction | Featherstone, K. 2003. “Introduction: In the name of «Europe»” Featherstone, K. and Radaelli, C. (eds.), The Politics of Europeanization. (Oxford, Oxford University Press): 3-26. |
| 3 | Transformative power of the EU: Theoretical Background- Enlargement | Schimmelfennig, F., and Sedelmeier, U. 2005. The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Ch 1. |
| 4 | Transformative power of the EU: Turkey | Börzel, T. A., and D. Soyaltın. “Europeanization in Turkey Stretching a Concept to Its Limits.” KFG Working Paper Series, 36, Free University Berlin (2012). |
| 5 | EU, Non-discrimination and Intersectionality | Kantola, Johanna & Nousiainen, Kevät. 2009. Institutionalizing Intersectionality in Europe, International Feminist Journal of Politics, 11 (4), 459- 477. |
| 6 | Non-discrimination and Turkey | Toktaş, S. and Aras, B. 2009. The EU and Minority Rights in Turkey. Political Science Quarterly, 124(4): 697-720 |
| 7 | Case 1: Religious Rights | Grigoriadis, I.N and Gurcel , T. 2014. Religious Courses in Turkish Public Education: Explaining Domestic Change with Europeanization Theory. Journal of Church and State Journal of Church and State , 56(2): 300-322 |
| 8 | Case 2: Linguistic Rights | Grigoriadis, I.N. 2008. On the Europeanization of Minority Rights Protection: Comparing the Cases of Greece and Turkey. Mediterranean Poltics. 13(1): 23-41 |
| 9 | Case 3: Cultural Rights | Yılmaz, G. 2017. Minority Rights in Turkey A Battlefield for Europeanization. (London: Routledge). |
| 10 | Case 4: Roma Rights | Kolukirik, S. and Toktaş, Ş. 2007. Turkey's Roma: Political participation and organization, Middle Eastern Studies, 43:5, 761-777. |
| 11 | Case 5: Women Rights | Özdemir, B. 2014. The Role of the EU in Turkey’s Legislative Reforms for Eliminating Violance against Women: A Bottom Up Approach. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies 16 (1): 119-136. |
| 12 | Case 6: LGBTI Rights | Göçmen, İ. And Yılmaz V. 2017. Exploring Perceived Discrimination among LGBT Individuals in Turkey in Education, Employment and Healthcare: Results of an Online Survey. Journal of Homosexuality 64 (8): 1052-1068. |
| 13 | Case 7: Disability Rights | Bezmez, D. and Yardımci S. 2010. In search of Disability Rights: Citizenship and Turkish Disability Organization. Disability & Society 27 (5): 603-615. |
| 14 | Conclusion | None |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. European Union: the Basics |
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Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
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| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 40 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 2 | 80 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Acquiring the skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts, theory and methodology of international relations | |||||
| 2 | Having an interdisciplinary perspective that combines other related disciplines | |||||
| 3 | Having adequate knowledge about the history of international relations and being able to examine international actors, events and historical processes | |||||
| 4 | Acquiring the ability of analytical thinking, critical analysis and developing rational argument | |||||
| 5 | Acquiring the ability to make analytical interpretations about the contemporary global issues; the current and future positions of regional and international actors | |||||
| 6 | Being able to use professional English to transfer her/his knowledge about the international relations using verbal, written and visual communication methods effectively | |||||
| 7 | Understanding the importance of several topics such as professional ethics, sustainability, environmental awareness, social responsibility, cultural, social and universal values; being able to manifest and analyze the legal results of these issues | |||||
| 8 | Being able to analyze the issues by using the qualitative and quantitative research techniques of international relations | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 2 | 16 | 32 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 23 | 23 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 23 | 23 |
| Total Workload | 126 | ||