Key Trends, Issues and Solution Offers of International Relations Education in Turkey

Abstract

International relations is a cross-disciplinary science that examines the relationships of states which are considered as the main actors of international relations with other actors of the international system such as other states, international organizations and multinational companies. International Relations Science of which importance has grown after the Second World War in the World began to be evaluated as an independent science. Until international relations became a systematic discipline, studies in this area were made in the context of disciplines such as political science, law, diplomacy history. The Department of International Relations, which was established at Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences for the first time in Turkey, is present in many universities today and provides training to thousands of students. International Relations is sometimes perceived as a side branch of some sciences because of its close relationship with many sciences and not having a long history since the adoption of it as an independent science. However, lack of academicians in the present departments in Turkey impedes conceptual and systematic training related to International Relations and increases the number of courses including political history and regional analysis.In this study, problems will be put forward by giving information about the present departments of International Relations after examining the historical development of International Relations science in Turkey.