DAFF 25A30 - Turkey Under The AKP : Inheritance, Realities, Prospects

Over the last few years, Turkey regularly made the headlines : opening its border towards EU to refugees right in march 2020, feminist protests, 15th July 2016 coup attempt and its aftermath, military involvement in the Libyan and Syrian wars, EU accession negotiations, troubled political designs of its president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan etc. This class aims at providing an understanding of contemporary Turkey that goes beyond sole newspaper headlines. This class will use as a starting point events present in the news in the last 2 years, and will analyze how they are linked to Turkey's past but also which prospect can be made from them about Turkey's future.

Lauranne CALLET-RAVAT

Séminaire

English

Interest for Turkey and the region

Autumn 2021-2022

Presence to all classes and reading of the material are mandatory. Students will be evaluated on : - an oral collective presentation (press review or prospect) (40%). Presenters must provide hard copies of a detailed presentation outline with a bibliography. - the moderation of a class debate (30%) ; - a final paper (30%) consisting in an at least five-page lenghed study of a Turkish literary work and an analysis linked to topics presented in class. Participation in class will be taken into account to increase the final global grade.