Course Details Language of Instruction French Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree Department / Program Political Science and International Relations Type of Program Formal Education Type of Course Unit Elective Course Delivery Method Face To Face Objectives of the Course This course aims to familiarise the students with a necessary background to conceive historical, theoretical, policy and institutional aspects of Türkiye-EU relations. Second, it invites the students to develop an academic perspective to evaluate political, economic and societal problems and merits of Turkish-EU relations. Third, the course also invites the students to critically reflect on the complexity of those relations and stimulate the students to critically read and understand academic texts and political statements about policy, actor, issue, institutional, and conceptual dimensions, prospects and challenges characterizing both ongoing and future of EU-Türkiye relations. Course Content This course endows the students with a systematic analysis of the history of Turkish-EU relations starting from 1963 onwards. It also provides an integrated assessment and adopts a multidimensional approach embracing theories, issues, institutions, and policies that epitomize this ever-evolving relationship. Türkiye’s ties with Europe are long-rooted and frequently characterized as multifaceted love-hate relationship whether looked at in terms of trade, (geo)politics, military power, culture or diplomacy. As such, these have not been easy going relationship, but have been critical in shaping the evolution of Türkiye and also Europe. In this course, the students will study the different stages and dimensions of this thorny relationship and will try to project the future of European Integration in the global context and Türkiye-EU relationship with its manifold components. The course is organized around three parts. The first part lays down basic concepts and synopsis of relations with a particular context of historical background. It also encompasses exploration of various conceptual and theoretical approaches such as neoliberal/liberal intergovernmentalism, historical insitutionalism, Europeanization, differentiated integration to study Turkish-EU relations. The second part explores the institutional context of Türkiye-EU relations by analyzing the functions and positions of relevant EU institutions such as European Council, European Commission, European Parliament vis-à-vis the relations. The third part focuses on critical issue areas mostly characterizing those relations in particular policy fields ranging from enlargement policy, foreign and security policy, migration and asylum policies to energy policy. This part concludes with exploration of current trends, challenges as well as future potentials in Turkish-EU relations. Each class will begin with a lecture and end up with a brainstorming exercise. Throughout lectures critical-thinking questions help students develop more well-informed ideas about nature, evolution and future trajectory of Türkiye-EU relations; develop their critical thinking skills and apply what they have learned. Course Methods and Techniques • Lecture • Case study • Small group work • Interactive discussions • Homework Prerequisites and co-requisities None Course Coordinator None Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. Burçin ULUĞ burcin.eryilmaz@hku.edu.tr Assistants None Work Placement(s) No Recommended or Required Reading Resources REQUIRED READINGS: Main Textbook: Reiners, Wulf and Ebru Turhan (eds.) (2021) EU-Turkey Relations: Theories, Institutions, and Policies. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. Suggested Readings: Senem-Aydın-Düzgit and Nathalie Tocci (2015) Turkey and the European Union. London: Palgrave. Armağan Emre Çakır, ed. (2011) Fifty Years of EU-Turkey Relations: A Sisyphean History. London and New York: Routledge. John McCormick (2008) Understanding the European Union: A Concise Introduction. (4 th ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Birol Yeşilada (2013) EU-Turkey Relations in the 21 st Century. New York: Routledge. Eric Faucompret and Jozef Konings (2008) Turkish Accession to the EU: Satisfying the Copenhagen Criteria. London and New York: Routledge Course Notes - Course Category Social Sciences %100