COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FROM EMPIRE TO NATION-STATE: TURKISH MODERNITY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IRL 6086 FROM EMPIRE TO NATION-STATE: TURKISH MODERNITY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

International Relations (English)

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR PINAR KARACAN

Offered to

International Relations (English)

Course Objective

This course aims to understand the political, economic and socio-cultural dynamics of the transition from the imperial state structures to modern nation-state formation in the Ottoman-Turkish polity. Special emphases will be placed on the ideological and political terrain of Turkish modernity in a comparative perspective.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the shifts in the world economic and political systems since 16th century, and the changing place of the Ottoman empire in the European states-system
2   Describe the relation of the Ottoman state with different ethnic and religious groups within its territories to understand better the rise of nationalism in the 19th century and the nation-building process in Republican Turkey
3   Gain understanding of the evolution of the complex Ottoman land system and state structure in comparison with other empires
4   Analyze the Ottoman intellectual response to the changing world around it in order to gain an in depth and critical understanding of late Ottoman and early Republican history
5   Deliver elaborate and well articulated presentations of academic material to demonstrate a proficiency in presentation skills
6   Write a well-designed academic paper to demonstrate a proficiency in academic writing skills

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is an empire Medieval empires The classical Ottoman imperial structure
2 Emergence of the capitalist world-economy
3 Incorporation of the Ottoman Empire
4 Social and political developments of long 18th century (1699-1839)
5 The political economy of nineteenth century
6 Modernization attempts: Tanzimat and the reign of Abdülhamit
7 Midterm
8 Rise of nationalisms
9 Intellectual and political currents in the late Ottoman Empire
10 The Revolution of 1908 onwards War and Rebirth
11 Nation state-building in Republican Turkey: Inclusion and Exclusion Secularization
12 Presentations
13 Presentations
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper, Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011).
Joseph W. Esherick, Hasan Kayalı and Eric Van Young, eds., Empire to Nation: Historical Perspectives on the Making of the Modern World (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006).
Michael Doyle, Empires (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986).
Reşat Kasaba, The Ottoman empire and the world economy: the nineteenth century (Albany: State University of New York, 1988).
Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World System. 2nd and 3rd volumes. (New York, NY: Academic Press, 1980, 1989).
Donald Quataert, The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922 (Cambridge: CUP, 2000).
Şükrü Hanioğlu, A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press)
Feroz Ahmad. The Making of Modern Turkey (London, New York: Routledge, 1993).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentations
Discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will:
1. Explain the large-scale and long-term developments in the world economic and political structure since 16th cc and how Ottoman Empire is incorporated in world capitalism.
2. Clearly describe how the Ottoman Empire administered different ethnic and religious groups, managed the ethnic awakening in the 19th cc, and the mechanisms and results of republican nation state-building.
3. Compare and contrast the economic and political structures of different world empires and their dissolution.
4. Explain and compare different currents in Ottoman-Turkish political and intellectual life.
5. Present and discuss selected learning material in an elaborate and well organized manner.
6. Submit a well-designed research paper.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
2. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sevket.ovali@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 149

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65

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