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COURSE INFORMATION
Course CodeCourse TitleL+P HourSemesterECTS
CEE 540TURKISH ECONOMY AND LABOR MARKETS3 + 01st Semester6

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Level Master's Degree
Course Type Elective
Course Objective The main aim of this course is to examine Turkish economy, labor markets and social policy implementations from lately Ottoman Empire period to throughout republican period and nowadays.
Course Content The content of this course is the to analyze macro economic indicators (GDP, GDP per capita, the evolution of sectors’ contribution to the national income, foreign trade, components of foreign trade, current account deficit, the dynamics of crisis, employment structure (sectoral analysis of employment: agriculture, industry and services, development of labor markets, demographic structure, unemployment, employment, women labor, labor participation rate) and developments and changes in social policy issues (the content of social policy and its evolution in Turkey, labor unions, employee and employer relationships) from lately Ottoman Empire period and the establishment of Turkish Republic to nowadays.
Prerequisites No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1To have knowledge about the fundamental macro economic figures in Turkish economy from prior to the Republican period and throughout the history of Turkish Republic to nowadays periodically.
2To discuss the concept of social policy in Turkey and its historical evolution and changes from prior to the Republican period and throughout the history of Turkish Republic to nowadays periodically.
3To discuss the transformations and changes in the structure of employment from prior to the Republican period and throughout the history of Turkish Republic to nowadays periodically.
4 To have knowledge about the development of labor markets periodically
5To have knowledge about the development plans of Turkish economy according to the each period.
6To compare post-crisis period of Turkish economy, labor markets and social policy implementations.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
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ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
ActivitiesQuantityDuration (Hour)Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)31339
Assignments21326
Final examination31339
Presentation / Seminar Preparation13452
Total Work Load

ECTS Credit of the Course






156

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COURSE DETAILS
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Details 2016-2017 Fall1HACER SİMAY KARAALP ORHAN


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Course Details
Course Code Course Title L+P Hour Course Code Language Of Instruction Course Semester
CEE 540 TURKISH ECONOMY AND LABOR MARKETS 3 + 0 1 Turkish 2016-2017 Fall
Course Coordinator  E-Mail  Phone Number  Course Location Attendance
Prof. Dr. HACER SİMAY KARAALP ORHAN skaraalp@pau.edu.tr İİBF B0106 %
Goals The main aim of this course is to examine Turkish economy, labor markets and social policy implementations from lately Ottoman Empire period to throughout republican period and nowadays.
Content The content of this course is the to analyze macro economic indicators (GDP, GDP per capita, the evolution of sectors’ contribution to the national income, foreign trade, components of foreign trade, current account deficit, the dynamics of crisis, employment structure (sectoral analysis of employment: agriculture, industry and services, development of labor markets, demographic structure, unemployment, employment, women labor, labor participation rate) and developments and changes in social policy issues (the content of social policy and its evolution in Turkey, labor unions, employee and employer relationships) from lately Ottoman Empire period and the establishment of Turkish Republic to nowadays.
Topics
WeeksTopics
1 Turkish economy, employment structure and social policy implementations in the pre-republic era.
2 Turkish economy, employment structure and social policy implementations in the period up to the World War II.
3 Turkish economy, employment structure and social policy implementations in the period up to the early Planned period.
4 I. Five Year Development Plan (1964-1967)
5 II. Five Year Development Plan (1968-1972)
6 III. Five Year Development Plan (1973-1977)
7 Turkish economy, employment structure and social policy implementations in the period up to the date of January 24, 1980.
8 Economic developments, social policy and situation of labor markets between 1980 and 1990.
9 Economic developments, social policy and situation of labor markets, economic crisis between 1990 and 2000.
10 Economic developments, social policy and situation of labor markets, economic crisis between 2000 and 2008
11 Evaluation of macro-economic indicators in the recent period (2008-2011)
12 Evaluation of labor markets in the recent period (2008-2011)
13 Evaluation of regulations of social policy in the recent period (2008-2011)
14 The geographical and sectoral assessment of Turkish labor market
Materials
Materials are not specified.
Resources
ResourcesResources Language
Kazgan, Gülten, Türkiye Ekonomisi’nde Krizler 1929-2001, İstanbul 2005.Türkçe
Kepenek, Yakup ve Yentürk, Nurhan. Türkiye Ekonomisi, İstanbul 2000. Türkçe
Yeldan, Erinç. Küreselleşme Sürecinde Türkiye Ekonomisi Bölüşüm, Birikim ve Büyüme, İstanbul 2004.Türkçe
Meryem Koray, “Sosyal Politika”, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, 2008Türkçe
One of The Major Problems in 2011 is Unemployment: Turkey and the World, Vakıfbank Turkish Economy Weekly, Vakıfbank Economic Research, No: 17, 28 February 2011English
Halil Tunalı, The Analysis of Unemployment in Turkey: Some Empirical Evidence Using Co-integration Test, European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 18, Number 1 (2010), pp:18-38English
DPT Kalkınma Planları (I-IV)Türkçe
9. Kalkınma Planı (2007-2013)Türkçe
Recep Barçın, “İstihdam ve İşgücü Piyasaları”, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 2006Türkçe
Faruk SAPANCALI, Türkiye’de İşgücü Piyasası, Sorunlar ve Politikalar, TÜHİS İş Hukuku ve İktisat Dergisi, Kasım 2007 / Şubat 2008, ss:8-30Türkçe
Mehmet Duruel ve Mehmet Kara, Yeni AB Üyesi Ülkeler İle Türkiye İşgücü Piyasasının Karşılaştırmalı Analizi, Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi (17) 2009 / 1 : 53 - 76Türkçe
Ercan Tatlıdil ve Yota Xanthacou, “Türk İşgücünün Yapısı ve Avrupa Birliği istihdam Politikaları, Ege Academic Review, 2002, vol. 2, issue 2, pp:1-14Türkçe
Erdal Tanas Karagöl ve Tekin Akgeyik, “Türkiye’de İstihdam Durumu:Genel Eğilimler”, Seta Analiz, Sayı:21, Mayıs 2010.Türkçe
DPT temel ekonomik göstergelerTürkçe
Course Assessment
Assesment MethodsPercentage (%)Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam50Final Exam
Midterm Exam50Midterm Exam
L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes