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  5. Trade Unionism in the World and Türkiye
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Last Updated: 12/10/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
ÇEK629 - Trade Unionism in the World and Türkiye I. SEMESTER 3 +0 7.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. BANU UÇKAN HEKİMLER
Mode of Delivery off-line
Place of Delivery On Campus
Used Educational Platforms Face-to-face
Prerequisites No prerequisities
Courses Recomended No recommended course
Recommended Resources Ahmet Makal, (1999), Türkiye’de Tek Partili Dönemde Çalışma İlişkileri, Ankara: İmge YayıneviAhmet Makal, (2002), Türkiye’de Çok Partili Dönemde Çalışma İlişkileri, Ankara: İmge YayıneviRecep Kapar, (2023), Endüstri İlişkilerinin Güncel Sorunları ve Gelişme Alanları, Çanakkale: ParadigmaAdnan Mahiroğulları. (2020). Dünyada ve Türkiye\\\'de Sendikacılık. Bursa: EkinAhmet Makal ve Aziz Çelik, (2017), Zor Zamanlarda Emek, Ankara: İmge YayıneviTindara Addabbo, Edoardo Ales, Ylenia Curzi, Tommaso Fabbri, Olga Rymkevich, Iacopo Senatori. (2021). The Collective Dimensions of Employment Relations. Macmillan: SpringerAysen Tokol, (2015), Türk Endüstri İlişkileri Sistemi, Bursa: Dora YayıneviAlpaslan Işıklı, (2003), Gerçek Örgütlenme Sendikacılık, Ankara: İmge Yayınevi
Work Placement none
Aims of the Course The aim of the course is to enable students to analyze the historical development, ideological and theoretical foundations, organizational structures, and transformation dynamics of the trade union movement in Turkey and worldwide through a comparative and critical approach. Within the scope of the course, it is intended to examine the interaction of the trade union movement with economic, political, and social changes; union organization, representation, and struggle strategies within different industrial relations systems; and the effects of globalization, neoliberal policies, and transformations in working life on the trade union movement. Furthermore, the course aims for students to be able to discuss current issues of the trade union movement within the framework of different theoretical approaches, compare national and international developments, and develop research skills that can provide original scientific contributions to the field.

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Legal Framework and Historical Development of Trade Unionism in Turkey: 1923-1946 Era
Week - 2 Legal Framework and Historical Development of Trade Unionism in Turkey: 1946-1960 Era
Week - 3 Legal Framework and Historical Development of Trade Unionism in Turkey: 1960-1980 Era
Week - 4 Legal Framework and Historical Development of Trade Unionism in Turkey: Post-1980 Era
Week - 5 Fundamental Characteristics and Problems of Trade Unionism in Turkey
Week - 6 Fundamental Characteristics and Problems of Civil Servants’ Unionism in Turkey
Week - 7 The relationship between trade unionism and politics in Turkey
Week - 8 Trade Unionism in the European Countries
Week - 9 Trade unionism in the USA
Week - 10 Trade Unionism in Japan
Week - 11 International Trade Unionism
Week - 12 ITUC, ETUC and global unions
Week - 13 Trade Unionism and New Technologies
Week - 14 New Organisational Strategies of Trade Unions

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