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Last Updated: 22/10/2025

Code - Course Title Compulsory/Elective Laboratory + Practice ECTS
ULİ456U - The Balkans VIII. SEMESTER 0 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction İngilizce
Course Type Required Courses
Course Instructor(s) Öğr. Gör. Rabia Taş
Mode of Delivery Distance Education
Place of Delivery
Used Educational Platforms
Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Recommended Resources There is no recommended or required reading.
Work Placement Not Applicable
Aims of the Course

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Introduction, Geopolitics of Balkans, History of the Balkans, The Cultural and Social Structure of the Balkans
Week - 2 Introduction, The Birth of Balkan Nationalism, Pan-(Yugo)Slavism Nationalism and Identity, General Evaluation of Balkan Nationalism
Week - 3 Introduction, The Balkan Wars (1912-1913), The First World War (The Great War)
Week - 4 The Balkans in the Interwar Period, Balkans in the Second World War
Week - 5 Introduction, The Cold War, The Bilateral and Multilateral Relations of the Regional Countries
Week - 6 The Western Bloc, The Eastern Bloc, The Non-Aligned Movement
Week - 7 Midterm Exam
Week - 8 Introduction, Break-Up of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Week - 9 Independence Struggles in the SFRY in the Post-Cold War Period, Regional Actors in the Western Balkans in the Post Cold War Era
Week - 10 Introduction, The Bosnia & Herzegovina - Serbia War, The Kosovo Intervention, Global and Regional Actors in the Bosnia and Kosovo Wars
Week - 11 Introduction, Conflict Areas in the Balkans in the 21st Century, Euro-Atlantic Actors and Balkans, Other Global Actors and Balkans, Global Pandemic in Balkans
Week - 12 Introduction, The Balkans in Turkish Foreign Policy Until the Cold War, The Balkans in Turkish Foreign Policy During the Cold War, The Balkans in Turkish Foreign Policy in the 1990s, The Balkans in Turkish Foreign Policy in the 2000s, In a General Aspect Turkey’s Foreign Policy in the Balkans
Week - 13 The Balkans in Turkish Foreign Policy in the 2000s, In a General Aspect Turkey’s Foreign Policy in the Balkans
Week - 14 Final Exam

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 30
Final Exam 1 70
Toplam (%) 100

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