COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF TURKISH SUFISM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 3232 HISTORY OF TURKISH SUFISM ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HIMMET KONUR

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

Understanding of the impact of Sufism in the conversion tu Islam. The learning Sufi schools and their leaders occuring in the Khorasan and Mawarannahr. Grasping the coming of Sufism to Anatolia and religious and spiritual personalities in these lands and their effects in the social life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student understands the importance and value of Sufism in appreciation of Turkish society.
2   He learns the first Sufi schools which emerged and spread among the Turkish people, their founders and characteristics.
3   He has information about the Sufism life of Seljuk period.
4   He has information about the Sufism life of Ottoman period.
5   He learns the leading Sufi persons who have been effective in Anatolia, their works and ideas

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Conversion to Islam of Turks
2 The role of Sufism in the conversion to Islam of Turks
3 The first ascetics in Khorasan (Abraham b. Edhem, Şakik-i Balkhi, Ab. Ibn al-Mubarak)
4 Sufi school of Khorasan and Nishapur
5 The spread of the Melamet (condemnation) and Futuvva
6 Ahmed Yesevi who is the first Turkish Sufi
7 Khorasan dervishes in Anatolia
8 The Examination.
9 Haci Bektas-i Veli ve Yunus Emre
10 The place of Mevlana and Mesnevi in Turkish- Islamic Culture
11 Contributions of Ibn Arabi and Konevi to the Sufi understanding of Anatolia
12 Effects of Sayyid Yahya Shirvani and his calips in Anatolia
13 Haci Bayram Veli, Yazicioglu Mehmed ve Ahmed Bican
14 Cemali Family and their influence on Ottoman Sufi life

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Fuat Köprülü, Türk Edebiyatında Ilk Mutasavvıflar, Diyanet Yay., Ankara 1981.
2- Kadir Özköse, Anadolu Tasavvuf Önderleri, Ensar Yay., Konya 2008.
3- Ramazan Muslu, Anadolu'da Tasavvuf Yolları, Ensar Neşr., Istanbul 2007.
4- Mehmet Demirci, Gönül Dünyamızı Aydınlatanlar, Mavi Yay., Istanbul 2011.
5- Mürsel Öztürk, Anadolu Erenlerinin Kaynağı Horasan, Kültür Bak. Yay., Ankara, 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The students will be assessed based on success in their mid-term and final exams along with their performance during the classes throughout the semester

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

himmet.konur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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