COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OTTOMAN INTELLECTUALS AND QUEST FOR IDENTITY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 3025 OTTOMAN INTELLECTUALS AND QUEST FOR IDENTITY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BILGIN ÇELIK

Offered to

History (Evening)
History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the rise of the intellectual class of the Ottomans, their search for identity and missions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the rise of the intellectual class of the Ottomans, their search for identity and missions.
2   The differences between the Western and Ottoman intelectuals
3   The role of the intellectuals after the period of reforms
4   The struggle of the Ottoman government for the formation of supper identity
5   The Ottoman thought movements

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concepts and definitions Lecture
2 The development of the intellectual class in the West Lecture and Discussion
3 The rise of the intellectual class in the Ottomans Lecture and Discussion
4 The intellectuals in the period of reforms Lecture and Discussion
5 The institutions and the intellectuals Lecture and Discussion
6 The intellectuals and public opinion Lecture and Discussion
7 The identity problem of the Ottoman intellectuals Lecture and Discussion
8 The term examination
9 The political effect of the Ottoman intellectuals Lecture and Discussion
10 The cultural effect of the Ottoman intellectuals Lecture and Discussion
11 The Legitimacy and the intellectuals Lecture and Discussion
12 The presentation of projects Presentations of the students
13 The presentation of projects Presentations of the students
14 The presentation of projects Presentations of the students

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Taner Timur, Osmanlı Kimliği
2. Şerif Mardin, Yeni Osmanlı Düşüncesinin Doğuşu, Iletişim Yayınları
3. Ş.Mardin, Jön Türklerin Siyasi Fikirleri 1895-1908
4. K. Karpat, Osmanlı dan Günümüz Kimlik ve Ideoloji, Timaş Yayınları
5. Yusuf Akçura, Üç Tarz-ı Siyaset, TTK
6. Tanzimat ve Meşrutiyetin Birikimi, Cilt I, Modern Türkiye de Siyasi Düşünce, Iletişim Yayınları 2001

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Presentation
3. Documentary Screening

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-4: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term and final examinations.
2. LO 1-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Non-attendance will not be considered as an acceptable excuse for the delay in the term project.
3. Participation to the term and final examinations will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bilgin.celik@deu.edu.tr
3018747

Office Hours

Monday:13.00-13.30
Wednesday:13.00-13.30

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
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing Individual Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Group Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Presentations 1 7 7
Other (please indicate) 0 0 0
Final 1 1,5 2
Mid-term 1 1,5 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
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.155
LO.245
LO.345
LO.45
LO.55