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Goals
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To investigate the concepts and processes of democracy and democratization in Turkey, to teach the theoretical views offered about democratization, to teach the intellectual and practical aspects, majör actors, events and watersheds of Turkish democracy, to reveal the domestic and foreign factors impinging the emergence of Turkish democracy.
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Content
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Democracy and Democratization, Democratic Movements in the Ottoman Empire, Democratic Reforms during the Republican Era, Secularism and Democracy, The Case of the Republican Era, Single Party Regime, RPP and Failed Attempts of Democratization, Multi-Party Political Era and Democrat Party Case, External Factors Impinging Turkish democratization (Cold War, Bipolar Global Political System, Security Concerns?), Military Interventions (1961, 1971, 1980) and Their Place in the Democratization Process, Political Parties and Their Contribution to Democracy: Justice Party, National Salvation Party, Nationalist Action Party, Motherland Party and True-Path Party, Özal Factor, Globalization and Turkish Democratization, Economic Development and Turkish Democratization, Turkish Religious Right (Political Islam) and Its Place in Turkish Democratization, EU and Its Role on the Process of Democratization.
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