Seçmeli Ara Sınav - Turkish Polıtıcs

Soru 1:

Which of the followings was the first to reject any kind and form of mandate?

A) Amasya Circular. B) Erzurum Congress. C) Armistice of Mudros. D) Sivas Congress. E) Treaty of Sèvres.

Soru 2:

In its first phase, like other nationalisms, it has developed as language nationalism which put forward some efforts to simplify Turkish language. According to this thesis, the Turks are 9,000 years old settled people of Anatolia. The Sumerian and Hittite civilizations belong to Turks. It advocates the unity of the Turkish communities in Central Asia under a single political framework. In the 1970s, the representative of this ideology in the political sphere was Nationalist Action Part. Which ideology is defined above?

A) Liberal nationalism B) Conservative nationalism C) Expansionist nationalism D) Left-Socialist nationalism E) Turkist-Turanist Nationalism

Soru 3:

Who is not among the team that published the Kadro Magazine to synthesize socialism with Kemalism?

A) Vedat Nedim B) Peyami Safa C) Yakup Kadri D) İsmail Hüsrev E) Şevket Süreyya

Soru 4:

We have to understand politics as it has been constructed, produced and reproduced in political imagination. There are certain limits to political imagination. The limits to political imagination come most from actual and historical factors. Every society is a society of its own history, in other words, every society is a product of its own history. With “historical” touch, politics and its elements in every society have been overdetermined from the very beginning. Which of the above might be used in order to explicate that unless history is taken into consideration politics would mean nothing but means and strategies which have been used in a game of power among states, individuals or classes in a vacuum?

A) I and II B) I and IV C) I, IV and V D) II, III, IV and V E) I, II, III, IV and V

Soru 5:

When was the first Ottoman parliament (Meclis-i Mebusan) convened?

A) on 31 May 1874. B) on 12 September 1875. C) on 23 December 1876. D) on March 19, 1877. E) on February 14, 1878.

Soru 6:

Which of the following formulated Islamism, Nationalism, and Ottomanism as the three modern ideologies in the late-Ottoman Empire?

A) Namık Kemal B) Mithat Paşa C) Yusuf Akçura D) Ziya Gökalp E) Tevfik Fikret

Soru 7:

When did the spread of feminism in Turkey take place?

A) In the 1980s B) In the 1930s C) in the 1950s D) In the 1990s E) In the 2000s

Soru 8:

I. Soldiers, bureaucrats, and clergymen are included in the rayah (reaya) II. The soldiers are responsible for the protection of the land and undertake essential functions in the operation of the Ottoman economy. III. Ottoman cavalry corps (sipahiler) are responsible for collecting soldiers in wartime and a certain amount of the products from the villagers. IV. Social mobility was kept to a minimum in this administrative structure. Which one(s) are true about the administrative structure of the Ottomon State during its classical period?

A) I ve II B) III ve IV C) II, III ve IV D) I, II ve III E) I, II, III ve IV

Soru 9:

Who is the father of left-nationalism ?

A) Sultan Galiyev B) Atilla İlhan C) Kemal Tahir D) Ziya Gökalp E) Bülent Ecevit

Soru 10:

I. Institutions, II. Transformations, III. Ideologies. Which of the above is in the first dimension of the political theory?

A) Only I B) Only II C) Only III D) I and II E) I, II and III

Soru 11:

Under the name of which of the following was Republican Villagers Nation Parti (CKMP) transformed into an ideological Turkish nationalist party under the leadership of Alparslan Türkeş and took its place in the Assembly in 1969?

A) Trust Party (GP) B) Justice Party (AP) C) New Turkey Parti (YTP) D) Nationalist Action Party (MHP) E) National Salvation Party’s (MSP)

Soru 12:

Which of the following refers to a society governed by military though there is not a martial law?

A) Narodnik B) Ottomanism C) Coup tradition D) Praetorian society E) Kulturkampf

Soru 13:

After the reign of whom did become the Ottoman Empire particularly powerful?

A) Mehmed the Conqueror B) Selim the Resolute C) Süleyman the Magnificent D) Bayezid the Lightning E) Selim the Blond

Soru 14:

After which year “political science” or “politics” has theoretically employed a paradigm?

A) 1871 B) 1873 C) 1932 D) 1945 E) 1950

Soru 15:

Nationalist Democracy Party (Milliyetçi Demokrasi Partisi-MDP) Social Democrat People’s Party (Sosyal Demokrat Halkçı Parti-SHP) Populist Party (Halkçı Parti-HP) Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyetçi Halk Partisi-CHP) Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi-ANAP) Which of the parties above were allowed to participate in the 1983 elections?

A) I, III, V B) II, IV C) I, II, III D) II, III, IV E) I, II, IV

Soru 16:

I. Celal Bayar II. Refik Koraltan III. Alparslan Türkeş IV. Adnan Menderes V. Nihal Atsız Which politicians below are among the establishers of Democrat Party?

A) I ve II B) I, II ve III C) II, III ve IV D) I, II ve IV E) III, IV ve V

Soru 17:

Which one below was Ayan in Egypt in the last decades of the 18th century?

A) Mehmet Ali Pasha B) Yanyali Ali Pasha C) Mehmet Ali Pasha D) Mustafa Reşid Pasha E) Ali Pasha

Soru 18:

What is the main aim of socialism?

A) To end the exploitation relations between the oppressor and the oppressed. B) To accept the individual as the basic unit of social analysis. C) To establish a gradual or evolutionist change is healthier in terms of both the individual and the social order. D) To synthesize nationalism with liberal values such as democracy and the rule of law. E) To defend a kind of ‘defective’ and ‘limited’ human nature against the optimistic human nature of the Enlightenment.

Soru 19:

I. SCF was founded in 1950 as a second attempt to reach multi-democracy. II. This opposition party was established in its own dynamics. III. Under the influence of two founders, Fethi Bey and Ahmet Ağaoğlu, SCF adopted a liberal economic program, different from CHP’s approach. IV. SCF drew a big number of citizens in a short time. Which statement(s) below is(are) true for SCF?

A) I and II B) I ve III C) III ve IV D) I, II ve III E) I, II, III ve IV

Soru 20:

I. The currents of thought such as Ottomanism, Panislamism, Turkism, Turanism were advocated to return the empire to its former strong days II. The common ideal of these currents of thought is to ensure unity of the state. III. These currents have a sociological basis that comes from the social background. IV. The nationalism movement strengthened and spread in the Ottomon Empire in the 19th century and it had serious consequences. Which statements above can be said about the shaping of political ideologies in Turkey?

A) I and II B) II ve III C) I and III D) I, II ve IV E) I, II, III ve IV