Democratization & Europeanization in Turkey

Course content

The objective of this course is to provide for students of political science a theoretically informed analysis of democratization in Turkey, with specific reference to the impact of the relations with the EU and Europeanization process. It is the intention of this course to emphasize the interplay between domestic and international forces (here mainly the EU) in the democratization process in Turkey, in addition to the general objective of providing a theoretical framework and a comparative perspective to the challenges of democratization in Turkey. This course will analyze the political reform process in Turkey as well as the challenges in institution-building and in democratizing the political culture at mass and elite levels.