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  1. Faculty of Communication Sciences
  2. Department of Journalism (30% English)
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  4. Contemporary World History
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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
TAR362 - Contemporary World History VI. SEMESTER 3 +0 4.0
Language of Instruction İngilizce
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. ALAADDİN FARUK PAKSOY
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face classroom lecture. Every week, students come to class having read the reading material given in advance.
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Prerequisites Good standard of English
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Recommended Resources Hanioglu, M. Sükrü (2016) \"Ottoman Jihad or Jihads: The Ottoman Shīʿī Jihad, the Successful One\" (117-134) Book chapter in Zürcher, E. J. (2016). Jihad and Islam in World War I. Leiden University Press.VanderLippe, John M. (2001) «A Cautious Balance: The Question of Turkey in World War II», The Historian, 64:1, 63-80, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6563.2001.tb01477.xTarık Oğuzlu (2012) «Turkey\'s Eroding Commitment to NATO: From Identity to Interests», The Washington Quarterly, 35:3, 153-164, DOI: 10.1080/0163660X.2012.706578İpek, Volkan & Türkeş-Kılıç, Selin (2019). \"European Turkey and European Morocco: Two Identity Construction cases in the Path to the EEC\". Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi, 6(2), 43-70.Artiom A. Ulunian (2003) Soviet Cold War Perceptions of Turkey and Greece, 1945-58, Cold War History, 3:2, 35-52, DOI: 10.1080/713999982Volkan, Vamık (2008) «Trauma, identity and search for a solution in Cyprus». Insight Turkey, 95-110.Amineh, M. P., & Eisenstadt, S. N. (2007). “The Iranian revolution: The multiple contexts of the Iranian revolution”. In The Greater Middle East in Global Politics (pp. 115-145). Brill.Drechsel, Benjamin. (2010). «The Berlin Wall from a visual perspective: comments on the construction of a political media icon». Visual Communication, 9(1), 3-24.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Introducing the course content
Week - 2 World War I
Week - 3 World War II
Week - 4 NATO
Week - 5 The EEC/EU
Week - 6 The Soviet Union
Week - 7 Midterm exam
Week - 8 The Cyprus Issue
Week - 9 The Iranian Revolution
Week - 10 The Berlin Wall
Week - 11 The Bosnian War
Week - 12 The Gulf War
Week - 13 Students' short presentations
Week - 14 Revision of Course Topics

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