COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OTTOMAN DIPLOMATIC WRITINGS I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 4033 OTTOMAN DIPLOMATIC WRITINGS I ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

MEHMET ALI DEMIRBAŞ

Offered to

History (Evening)
History

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is to examine the types of Ottoman documentation (irade, hatt-ı hümayun, temettuat, and tapu-tahrir, the exchange of letters in the National Struggle Period, the telegraph notes), the writing styles in these documentations, and their content.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Read the archive documentations
2   Analyze the Ottoman history and institutions in the context of these archives
3   Analyze the documentations
4   Review the documentations for their theses

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 tapu-tahrir Text reading
2 tapu-tahrir Text reading
3 tapu-tahrir Text reading
4 tapu-tahrir Text reading
5 tapu-tahrir Text reading
6 temettuat defteri Text reading
7 temettuat defteri Text reading
8 Term examination Evaluation of the students performance
9 temettuat defteri Text reading
10 temettuat defteri Text reading
11 The formal documentations from the National Struggle Period Text reading
12 The formal documentations from the National Struggle Period Text reading
13 The formal documentations from the National Struggle Period Text reading
14 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

1. DEVELIOĞLU, Ferit, Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lügat, Aydın Kitabevi, Ankara, 2009.
2. SAMI, Şemseddin, Kâmûs-î Türkî, Çağrı Yayınları, II. Baskı, Istanbul, 1987.
3. GÖKBILGIN, Tayyip, Osmanlı Paleografya ve Diplomatik Ilmi, Istanbul.
4. Archives

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1.Lecture
2. Reading texts

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Term examination % 40
2. Final examination % 60

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-2: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term examination.
LO 3-4: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.70% attendance is obligatory.
2.Participation to the term and final examinations will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetali.demirbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 11.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.25
LO.3335
LO.45