DEGREE PROGRAMMES

: Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

General Description

History

Dokuz Eylül University the Institute of Principles of Ataturk and Turkish Revolution History, affiliated to rectorate of the mentioned university, was founded in 1983 by the date of 03.24.1983 and 2809 numbered law. When the Institute was founded, its old building was at Ikinci Kordon in Alsancak where is today the administration building of the university. A single-storey building added to the administration building was determined as the institute building. The institute firstly undertook the education of the Atatürks Principles and Revolution History lessons for the faculties and high schools of the university. One year later after its foundation, it also started the education of master of sciences and philosophy of doctorate.

Qualification Awarded

Principles of Ataturk and Turkish Revolution History, Master's Degree (M.Sc.)

Level of Qualification

Second Cycle (Master's Degree)

Specific Admission Requirements

First Cycle Degree in the same or in related disciplines, Transcript, Acceptable score on ALES (Academic Personnel and Graduate Education Entrance Exam) or Equivalent GRE, GMAT score. Acceptable score on Language Proficiency Tests. Acceptable weighted score based on the first cycle cumulative grade point average (GPA) and ALES score. The exceptions to the requirements of ALES and Foreign Language Proficiency scores is announced by the Graduate School. However, ALES requirement is waived for the admissions to the second cycle graduate programs offered by the Conservatory and the departments of Fine Arts Faculty, where students are admitted only by the Artistic Aptitude Test as well as for the graduates of doctorate /arts proficiency/medical residency/ dental residency/ veterinary residency/ pharmaceutical residency programs. Final admission is based on the evaluation of the related academic unit committee. International student admission requirements are decided by the Graduate School Executive Committee.

Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning (Formal, Non-Formal and Informal)

According to the Regulations of Dokuz Eylül University for Graduate Schools, students are not connected to the right for internal transfer, previously taken courses at another graduate programme by another university with a successful grade may be recognized by the related programmes after the letter of the students includes course contents and the transcript, and by the recommendation of the head of the departments and by the decision of the Board of Directors. The courses taken by the outgoing Exchange students have the recognition at the school either as compulsory or elective.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Second Cycle (Masters Degree) Program with thesis is comprised of at least 7 courses, not being less than 21 national credits, a seminar and specialization courses and thesis studies, in total 120 ECTS credits.
The completion time of Master Programme is two semesters. If a student cannot takes thesis exam because of not completing his/her thesis until the end of four semesters, maximum two semesters additional time are given this student to defend his/her thesis in front of jury.

Profile of the Programme

Main objectives of this master degree program are to enable to students to gain fundamental values of Republic of Türkiye that designed as a civilization project by Ataturk and represents a substantial change in the Turkish modernization process; to enable to students to gain the ability of understanding on and explaining for changes taken place in the social, political, legal, economic and cultural fields during the period of transition from the Ottoman Empire to Republic of Modern Türkiye and after the Republic period; to enable to students to gain the ability of evaluating Turkish Foreign Policy and International Relations before and after the World War I and World War II from the perspective of General World History; to enable to students to gain the ability of comparatively analyzing Western and Turkish modernizations and to enable to students to gain the ability of evaluating Ataturks Revolution from the perspective of Eastern and Western civilizations.
By the way of the completion of Master Thesis, students will have gained academic discipline.
Students can benefit from specialization library, Cumhuriyet archive, and thesis archive at extracurricular activities. In the programme there is no foreign language course.

Key Learning Outcomes

1   Being able to educate individuals who understand philosophy of the founder of Republic, Ataturk and internalize this.
2   Being able to interpret Turkish Revolution in terms of general revolution theories.
3   Being able to understand changes from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic in political, social, economic and cultural fields.
4   Being able to develop solution proposals intended for political, social, economic and cultural problems.
5   Being able to educate individuals who are opened to democratic participation and have citizenship awareness and responsibility.
6   Being able to educate individuals as transferring thoughts actively and expressing thoughts with writing by taking code of academic ethics into account.
7   Republic of the Ottoman Empire political , social , to understand the changes taking place in economic and cultural fields.
8   Turkish modernization to be able to compare with Western modernization.
9   Political , social, economic , cultural issues and develop solution proposals.
10   As with social science training ; social , political, cultural and economic development to bring reviews.
11   Social sciences as having the basic logic ; To be able to front the vision about the social and political goings on.
12   Democratic participation is open to the citizenship and to train people who have a responsibility.

Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Students, who graduate from doctorate programme, can work in diverse universities as academicians, in Ministry of Education, Turkish Military Forces, Turkish History Association, in other public institutions related sections, in private sections history, education and archive parts.
The related masters degree enables the holder to exercise the profession.

Access to Further Studies

Alumni who complete master programme can carry out their professions in public sector and private sector. These degree owners may apply to third cycle (doctorate degree) programs.

Course Structure Diagram with Credits

The Department Educational Plan consists of compulsory and elective courses. In addition to this, it consists of research, seminar and thesis study.
T: Theoretical P: Practice L: Laboratory
B: Spring Semester G: Fall Semester H: Full Year
1 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 ATA 5019 HISTORY OF THE TURKISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4
G 2 ATA 5045 OTTOMAN PALEOGRAPHY I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
G 3 ATA 5039 TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5
G 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 16
TOTAL:   30
 
1 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 ATA 5027 CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENTS IN TüRKIYE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
G 2 ATA 5029 HISTORY OF TURKISH EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
G 3 ATA 5031 HISTORY OF TURKISH MODERNIZATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
G 4 ATA 5049 HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FROM THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TO THE PRESENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
G 5 ATA 5041 TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
G 6 ATA 5043 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN TüRKIYE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
G 7 ATA 5047 WOMEN IN TüRKIYE DURING THE MODERNIZATION PROCESS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
G 8 ATA 5035 TURKISH HISTORIOGRAPHY OF REPUBLICAN ERA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
 
2 .Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 ATA 5096 SEMINAR COMPULSORY 0 2 0 2
B 2 ATA 5098 AREA OF EXPERTISE COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2
B 3 ATA 5044 PRINCIPAL RESOURCES OF REPUBLICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3
B 4 ATA 5042 POLITICAL LIFE IN REPUBLICAN ERA COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3
B 5 ATA 5038 OTTOMAN PALEOGRAPHY II COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4
B 0 - ELECTIVE COURSE ELECTIVE - - - 16
TOTAL:   30
 
2 .Semester Elective:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 ATA 5046 TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
B 2 ATA 5040 FISCAL RESOURSES OF TURKISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
B 3 ATA 5048 INDEPENDENCE WAR IN TURKISH LITERATURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
B 4 ATA 5050 CONTEMPORARY INDUSTRY IN REPUBLICAN ERA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
B 5 ATA 5060 HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT IN MODERN TüRKIYE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
B 6 ATA 5054 CONTEMPORARY CURRENTS IN WORLD HISTORIOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
B 7 ERA 5056 TüRKIYE AND THE BALKANS FROM PAST TO THE PRESENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
B 8 ATA 5058 HISTORY OF HEALTH FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO THE REPUBLIC ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
B 9 ATA 5052 DAILY LIFE IN TüRKIYE (20TH CENTURY) ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4
 
3.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
G 1 ATA 5099 THESIS STUDY COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 
4.Semester:
Semester No Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type of Course T P L ECTS
B 1 ATA 5099 THESIS STUDY COMPULSORY 0 0 0 30
TOTAL:   30
 

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Annually our education programme is given to students in two semester and in each semester a midterm exam and final exam are done, different homework are given to students, and finally success measurement and evaluation are done in this direction. 40% of midterm exam and 60% of final exam are considered in the assessment and the student must gain 75 points out of 100.

Graduation Requirements

Second Cycle (Masters Degree) Program with thesis is comprised of at least 14 courses, not being less than 42 national credits, a seminar and specialization courses and thesis studies, in total 120 ECTS credits. To consider the student as successful in the related courses, his/her grade for this course must be at least 75 points out of 100. For graduation the student must advocate his/her thesis in front of jury which consists of three permanent members and must be successful at the end.

Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )

Full-time

Programme Director or Equivalent

Director of Institute: Prof. Dr.Kemal ARI
(Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarih Enstitüsü /Buca- İzmir.) Tel:0 232 301 79 20 kemal.ari@deu.edu.tr
Coordinator of AKTS/DS: Assoc. Prof. Fevzi ÇAKMAK
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarih Enstitüsü /Buca- İzmir Tel:0 232 301 79 36 fevzi.cakmak@deu.edu.tr