COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OTTOMAN URBAN HISTORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 3051 OTTOMAN URBAN HISTORY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR NESLIHAN ALFISTIK

Offered to

History (Evening)
History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the Ottoman towns

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The literature on the subject
2   The concepts of urban and urbanization
3   The urban historiography
4   The research on the Ottoman urbanization
5   The Ottoman cities and their institutions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The objections and literature of the course Presentation
2 The definition of the urban history research, the development of the urban history in Turkey Presentation
3 The sources for the urban history research Presentation
4 The secondary sources for the urban history research Presentation
5 The evaluation of the urban history research in Turkey Presentation
6 The theories on the urban historiography Presentation
7 The term examination
8 The methodology of the urban historiography Presentation
9 The urban history, the historical developments of the cities, planned and spontaneous city formations Presentation
10 The Anatolian towns before the Ottomans Presentation
11 The Ottoman Anatolian towns before the modernization Presentation
12 The Ottoman Balkan and Arabic towns before the modernization Presentation
13 Seminar Presentation
14 Seminar Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

- ARÛ Kemal, Türk Kenti, Yapı Endüstri Merkezi Yayını, Istanbul, 1988.
-ÇADIRCI Musa, Tanzimat Döneminde Anadolu Kentleri nin Sosyal ve Ekonomik Yapıları, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayını, Ankara, 1991.
- ERGIN [Nuri] Osman, Türkiye de Şehirciliğin Tarihi Inkişafı, Ankara, 1936.
- ERGIN [Nuri] Osman, Mecelle-i Umur-ı Belediye, c.1-9, Istanbul Belediyesi Yayını, Istanbul, 1995.
- FAROQHI Suraiya, Osmanlı da Kentler ve Kentliler, (Çev: Neyyir Kalaycıoğlu), Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul, 1993.
- CERASI Maurice, Osmanlı Kenti, (Çev: Aslı Ataöv), YKY. Yayını, Istanbul, 1995.
- WEBER Max, Şehir, (Modern Kentin Oluşumu), (Türkçesi: Musa Ceylan), Bakış Yayınları, Istanbul, 2003.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Research

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

LO 1-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term and final examinations.

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)

Lecturer Neslihan Ünal
neslihan.unal@deu.edu.tr
0232 301 8734

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 12 12
Preparation for Final Exam 1 14 14
Preparing Presentations 1 7 7
Final 1 1,5 2
Mid-term 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.15445
LO.24345
LO.33544
LO.44445
LO.55444