COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIGION AND CULTURE IN TURKISH INTELLECTUALS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4504 RELIGION AND CULTURE IN TURKISH INTELLECTUALS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET CEM ŞAHIN

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

This course deals with the approaches of prominent Turkish intellectuals to interrelations between religion, society and culture in Türkiye such as Ahmet Cevdet Paşa, Ziya Gökalp, Prens Sabahattin, Sait Halim Paşa, Ahmet Rıza Bey, Mehmet Izzet, Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Nurettin Topçu, Şerif Mardin, Peyami Safa, Erol Güngör, Sabri Ülgener, I. H.Baltacıoğlu, M. E. Erişirgil, Niyazi Berkes, and Cemil Meriç. It examines periods and mentality patterns, sources of intellectual inspiration, and political and intellectual debates from different aspects through the portraits of prominent intellectuals who have focused on social and religious issues.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understands the development of the history of Turkish Thought in the Republic era.
2   Explains the place of religion among the political and intellectual debates in the Turkish Republic era.
3   Evaluates the different approaches of Turkish thinkers on religion and society.
4   Learns how Turkish intellectuals' views on religious life are shaped from which intellectual sources.
5   Interprets how the conceptual / theoretical frameworks of our thinkers affect and shape the Turkish socio-cultural structure and intellectual life.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Social and political structure inherited from Ottoman time to Republican Era
2 Political and intellectual debates on the relationship between religion, society and culture in the late Ottoman period and early Republican Era of Türkiye.
3 Ahmet Cevdet Paşa's and Ahmet Rıza Bey's approaches to the relationship between religion and society
4 Prens Sabahattin's and Mehmet Izzet Bey's approaches to the relationship between religion and society
5 Ziya Gökalp's approach to the relationship between religion and society
6 Sait Halim Paşa's approach to the relationship between religion and society
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Intellectual Magazines of the Second Constitutional Monarchy Period: Türk Yurdu, Sırat-ı Müstakim and Ictihad
9 Political and intellectual debates on the relationship between religion, society and culture in the Republican Era of Türkiye.
10 Hilmi Ziya Ülken's and Nurettin Topçu's approaches to the relationship between religion and society
11 Sabri Fehmi Ülgener's approach to the relationship between religion and society
12 Şerif Mardin's approach to the relationship between religion and society
13 Erol Güngör's approach to the relationship between religion and society
14 Cemil Meriç's approach to the relationship between religion and society

Recomended or Required Reading

Ülken, Hilmi Ziya. (1999). Türkiye'de Çağdaş Düşünce Tarihi. Ülken Yayınları. Istanbul
Modern Türkiye'de Siyasi Düşünce (Cilt 1-9) Iletişim Yayınları. Istanbul.
Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları Ziya Gökalp Dizisi Ankara
Mardin, Şerif. (1994). Jön Türklerin Siyasi Fikirleri. Iletişim Yayınları. Istanbul.
Mardin, Şerif. (1998). Yeni Osmanlı Düşüncesinin Doğuşu. Iletişim Yayınları. Istanbul.
Gündüz, Mustafa. (2010). Osmanlı Mirası Cumhuriyetin Inşası. Lotus Yayın Grubu. Ankara.
Kongar, Emre (1996) Türk Toplumbilimcileri I, II, Istanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
Kaçmazoğlu, Bayram (2003) Türk Sosyoloji Tarihi I, II, Ankara: Anı Yayıncılık.
Mardin, Şerif. (1995) Türkiye de Toplum ve Siyaset, Istanbul: Iletişim Yayını.
Türkdoğan, Orhan. (1999) Kemalist Sistem- Kültürel Boyutları, Istanbul: Alfa Yayını.
Özdemir, Çağatay (Ed.) (2008) Türkiye de Sosyoloji I, II, Ankara: Phoenix Yayınevi.
Ülgener, Sabri F. (1981) Dünü ve Bugünü ile Zihniyet ve Din, Istanbul: Der Yayını.
Ülken, Hilmi Ziya. (1998) Insani Vatanperverlik, Istanbul: Ülken Yayını.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face-to-Face, Interactive

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Courses will be conducted face to face and students' attendance will be required.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehmetcem.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13:00 14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 136

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.11111
LO.22222
LO.33333
LO.4444
LO.5555

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