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Week 1 (March 2) |
Introduction and general information on course requirements |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Week 2 (March 9) |
Historical Background: Ottoman rule in the Balkans – from the Battle of Kosovo (1389) to the Russo-Ottoman War (1877-78) |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Week 3 (March 16) |
Historical Background: Ottoman rule in the Balkans – from the Russo-Ottoman War (1878) to the Second Balkan War (1913) |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Week 4 (March 23) |
Early Republican Turkey’s policy toward the Balkans |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Week 5 (March 30) |
End of the Cold War and the shifting Turkish foreign policy (1990-2003) |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Week 6 (April 6) |
Turkish foreign policy toward the Bosnian and Kosovo Wars (1992-1999) |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Week 7 (April 12 – April 18) |
NO classes – MIDTERM EXAM WEEK |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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ARA SINAV |
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Week 9 (April 20) |
Turkish foreign policy toward the Balkans under the AKP (2002-2013) |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Week 10 (April 27) |
Turkish foreign policy toward the Balkans under the AKP (2013-present) |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Week 11 (May 4) |
Europeanization and its implications for Turkish foreign policy |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Week 12 (May 11) |
Turkish minority in the Balkan states |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Week 13 (May 18) |
Turkish-Bulgarian relations |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Week 14 (May 25) |
Turkish-Serbian relations |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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Week 15 (June 1) |
Turkish-Greek relations in light of recent developments |
Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion |
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FİNAL |
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| 17 |
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FİNAL |
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