COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH MODERNIZATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 3040 TURKISH MODERNIZATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKKI UYAR

Offered to

History (Evening)
History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the modernization process in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. The scope and basis of the Turkish modernization
2   2. The concepts of traditional society and modern society
3   3. The relationship between the Ottoman modernization and Turkish modernization
4   4. The comparisons of the modernization processes in Europe and Turkey
5   5. The historical breakpoints in the modernization processes in the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic
6   6. The reasons of the difficulties faced during the modernization process in the Republican Era
7   7. The comparison of the history of Turkish modernization and European modernization

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concepts of traditional society and modern society
2 The schools of modernization in Europe, late modernization movements, the models out of Europe
3 The Ottoman system
4 The struggle for modernization of the Ottomans
5 The comparison of the Ottoman and Turkish modernization
6 The fundamentalist / Kemalist modernization
7 Modernization: Industrialization, education, social change
8 The term examination
9 Modernization and public
10 Populism in modernization in the period of multi-party
11 The traditions, modernity, and post-modernity in Turkey
12 Modernization and the problems it has caused; The relationship between modernity and democracy
13 The relationship between modernity and democracy I
14 The relationship between modernity and democracy II

Recomended or Required Reading

Feroz Ahmad, Modern Türkiye nin Oluşumu, Doruk yay., Istanbul, 2002.
Fahrettin Altun, Modernleşme Kuramı: Eleştirel Bir Giriş, Yöneliş yay., Istanbul, 2002.
Kemal H. Karpat, Osmanlı Modernleşmesi, Imge yay.,Istanbul, 2002.
Levent Köker, Modernleşme, Kemalizm ve Demokrasi, Iletişim yay., Istanbul, 1995.
Jacob M. Landau, Atatürk ve Türkiye nin Modernleşmesi, Sarmal yay., Istanbul, 1999.
Şerif Mardin, Türkiye de Toplum ve Siyaset, Iletişim yay., Istanbul, 1991.
Şerif Mardin, Türk Modernleşmesi, Iletişim yay., Istanbul, 1995.
Modern Türkiye de Siyasi Düşünce, Modernleşme ve Batıcılık, c. 3, Iletişim yay., Istanbul, 2002.
Süleyman Seyfi Öğün, Modernleşme, Milliyetçilik ve Türkiye, Bağlam yay., Istanbul, 1995.
Grigoriy Petrov, Beyaz Zambaklar Ülkesinde (Bir Milletin Uyanışı), Hayat yay., Istanbul, 2000.
William R. Polk-Richard L. Chambers, Ortadoğu da Modernleşme, Insan yay., Istanbul, 1995.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. 1. Lecture
2. 2. Presentation

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

None

Assessment Criteria

1. 1. LO 1-3: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term and final examinations.
2. 2. LO 4-6: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakki.uyar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wed. 15.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.2444
LO.3444
LO.4455
LO.554
LO.654
LO.754

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