COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5002 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NURI ADIYEKE

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The course aims to explain sources and definitions about economic mentality and practice of the Ottoman Empire, and to define transformative economic dinamics and formations in the Ottoman Empire

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   get a general information about the Ottoman economic system
2   know the Ottoman economic mentality and transformations
3   analyze the Ottoman timar system
4   analyze the Ottoman taxation system
5   evaluate the Ottoman tradesman and Ahilik
6   assess the Ottoman commercial life
7   know the Ottoman finance system
8   know modernization dynamics of the Ottoman economic life

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Economic terminology and theories
2 Principles and dynamics of the Ottoman Empire
3 Mentality of the Ottoman economy
4 Ottoman financial system
5 Economic aspects of the Ottoman timar system
6 Agricultural Productivity: production technologies and legal regulations
7 Ottoman tax system
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Ottoman tradesmen and Ahis
10 Ottoman commercial life
11 Beginning of modern economy in 19th century in the Ottoman Empire
12 Beginning of modern economy in 19th century in the Ottoman Empire
13 Beginning of modern economy in 19th century in the Ottoman Empire
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

AKDAĞ, Mustafa, Türkiye nin Iktisadi ve Içtimai Tarihi, C.II, Tekin Yayınları, Ankara, 1979-1982.
BARKAN, Ömer Lütfü, Türkiye de Toprak Meselesi, Toplu Eserleri, Gözlem Yayınları, Istanbul, 1980.
BELDICIANU Nicoara, XIV. Yüzyıldan XVI. Yüzyıla Osmanlı Devleti nde Tımar, (Çev: Mehmet Ali Kılıçbay), Teori yayınları, Ankara, 1985.
CEZAR Yavuz, Osmanlı Maliyesinde Bunalım ve Değişim Dönemi, Alan Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 1986.
ÇAĞATAY Neşet, Bir Türk Kurumu Olan Ahilik, TTK. Yayını, Ankara, 1989.
FAROQHI Suraiya, Orta Halli Osmanlılar, (Çev: Hamit Çalışkan), Iş Bankası yayını, Istanbul, 2009.
GENÇ Mehmed, Osmanlı Imparatorluğunda Devlet ve Ekonomi, Istanbul, 2000
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Directed text reading
2) Presentations
3) Homeworks

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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. LO 1-4 will be tested with mid-term exam
2. LO 1-7 will be tested with final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone 3018750 nuri.adiyeke@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1443
LO.2443
LO.3443
LO.4443
LO.5443
LO.6443
LO.7443
LO.8443