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The instruction language of the program, which is offered as thesis and non-thesis variants, is Turkish. A total of 75 ECTS credit (10 courses) and a 15 ECTS credit Project course must be taken for completing the non-thesis program. The thesis program requires a total of 52.5 ECTS credit courses (7 courses); a 7.5 ECTS credit Seminar; a 7.5 ECTS credit Specialized Field Lecture and a 22.5 ECTS credit thesis. The thesis must be successfully defended at the oral defense exam. Students who are not graduates of political science or related departments can be required by the Department of Political Science and International Relations to first take and pass the preparatory course PSI 555 “Politics: Basic Concepts” before they take compulsory and elective courses in both thesis and non-thesis programs. The courses are offered at Balgat Campus, at the evening hours.

Compulsory Courses (Thesis program)

Course Code

Course Name

Credit

ECTS

PSI 501

Political Theory I

3 0 3

7.5

PSI 502

Political Theory II                  

3 0 3

7.5

PSI 590 

Seminar

0 0 0

7.5

PSI 591

Specialized Field Lecture 

0 0 0

7.5

PSI 599

Thesis

0 0 0

22.5

Compulsory Courses (Non-thesis program)

Course Code

Course Name

Credit

ECTS

PSI 501

Political Theory I

3 0 3

7.5

PSI 502

Political Theory II                  

3 0 3

7.5

PSI 592 

Project

0 0 0

15

Scientific Preparation

PSI 555

Politics: Basic Concepts

3 0 3

7.5

 

Elective Courses

 

 

Course Code

Course Name

Credit

ECTS

 

PSI 504

Turkish Foreign Policy

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 505

International Relations Theory

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 507

Readings in International Law

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 508

Politics in the Middle East

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 509

International Security and Strategy 

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 511

The European Union: Integration and Enlargement

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 512

Greek Politics and Foreign Policy

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 515

Comparative Politics

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 516

Ottoman Turkish Modernization

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 517

Ethics and Violence

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 518

Contemporary Turkish Politics 

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 519

Nationalism and Ethnicity

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 520

Intellectual Foundations of Turkish Political Life

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 521

Social Gender

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 522

Elections and Electorate Behavior in Turkey

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 523

Cold War

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 524

Image of Turk in European History

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 526

Turkey – European Union Relations

3 0 3

7.5

 

PSI 528

Politics in the Balkans and the Caucasus

3 0 3

7.5