Dear all,
My colleagues and I are
organizing a Study Abroad Course to Turkey: Sociology of Turkey: A
Non-Orientalist Approach to Turkey and Turkish Society - June 17-July 7,
2013.
This 6-credit, four-week
course (INTL 499: Senior International Experience) will include lectures by
well-known scholars on Turkish history, politics, society, and economics in the
morning; while the afternoons will include visits to historical sites, museums,
other relevant locations in Istanbul, or to meet with government officials,
political and religious leaders, and business organizations.
Lodging will be at a
hotel in Uskudar, which is conveniently located next to a ferry station. Students
will attend class lectures and discussions from 9 to 12PM Monday through
Fridays at the Institute of Middle East at Marmara University. We will spend
two weeks in Istanbul and one week travelling in Ankara, Konya, Gocek, Izmir
and Canakkale. Turkey has a population of more than 70 million and is one of
the most diverse countries in the Middle East, at the intersection of Europe
and Asia, with many different political, religious and ethnic groups. Over the
last decade the Turkish economy has been one of the greatest examples of growth
in a developing market, and this has fueled important social and political
changes. In this course, we seek to understand and explore these trends in
Turkish society.
This study abroad course
is designed in collaboration with the Institute of Middle East at Marmara
University and cosponsored by the Center for Turkish Studies at PSU. All
applicants will be interviewed either by phone or Skype.
The Program Fee is
$3,100—$3800 depending on student enrollment, and includes tuition/ fees,
accommodations, breakfast, and local transportation. Additional student
expenses not included are airfare, visa fees, and personal expenses.
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| Gocek, Mugla - Summer 2012 |
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| Misir Carsisi (Spice Bazaar) Eminonu, Istanbul - Summer 2012 |
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| Koycegiz, Mugla - Summer 2012 |
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| Sahkulu Alevi Community, Kadikoy-Istanbul - Summer 2012 |
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| TURAN Foundation, Istanbul - Summer 2011 |
If you are interested in
participating in this study abroad course, please do no hesitate to see contact
me. I can give you more detailed information about the course.
This class is not a
touristic course about belly dancing nor whirling dervishes. This study abroad
course is about hard core Turkish Politics and Society from an insider and
Non-Orientalist perspective. If you would like to learn about Turkish political
parties (AK Parti, CHP, MHP, Isci Partisi, Saadet Partisi, TKP, Yesiller
Partisi, BDP, Ulku Ocaklari), religious organizations (Cemevleri, Alevi
Foundations, Tarikats-Zikirler) , think-tanks, the educational system, we
strongly recommend you to take this study abroad to Turkey course. You will not
stay an isolated five stars hotels or university dorms in the middle of
nowhere. You will stay in the historical neighborhood of Uskudar on the Asian
side of the city, living within Turkish society and learning about Turkish
Transformational Politics . The experience will expand your understanding of
modern Turkey in the context of globalization, the economy, Islam and the Middle
East.
We hope to see you in
Istanbul this summer.
Best and selam to all, Tugrul
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| SETA Foundation, Ankara - Summer 2012 |
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| Camlica, Uskudar-Istanbul - Summer 2012 |
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| Turkish Workers Party (Aydinlik Gazetesi ve Isci Partisi) - Summer 2011 |
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| Green Party (Yesiller) - Summer 2011 |
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| Turkish Communist Party (TKP) - Summer 0211 |
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| Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi) - Summer 2011 |
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| AK Party (JDP) Istanbul - Summer 2011 |
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Fatih University - Summer 2011
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