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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Political Science

166-424 Turkey and Egypt in Comparative Perspective

Credit Points:

16.7 4th year

Coordinator:

Jeremy Salt

Prerequisite/s:

Admission to fourth-year Political Science.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

A 2-hour seminar per week

Content:

The subject will include discussions of the development of the national idea; the relationship between nationalism and Islam; government, leadership and party systems; the rise of Islamic movements; the place of both countries in the broader Middle Eastern and Islamic environment; Turkey's relations with the Turkic Republics of Central Asia; social and cultural trends; foreign relations (with the United States in particular and in Turkey's case with the European Community); ethno-religious and national questions (the Copts in Egypt and the Kurds in Turkey).

Assessment:

Written work totalling 6000 words.

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