COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRINCIPLES OF ATATURK AND HISTORY OF THE TURKISH REVOLUTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Principles Of Atatürk And Turkish Revolution History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FEVZI ÇAKMAK

Offered to

Principles Of Atatürk And Turkish Revolution History
Medicine
Vocational School of Justice
Dentist
Law

Course Objective

To get students comprehend development stages of Turkish community in transition from empire to nation state; To comprehend Turkish reforms and political, economical, social events in Turkey from its establishment to present time

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to explain general concepts that compose fundamentals of Turkish revolution
2   to be able to comprehend developments that happened in domestic and foreign policies during the last period of the Ottoman Empire
3   to be able to explicate politcal, economical, militarial and social events that happened during the National Struggle process
4   to be able to classify aim and social acquisitions of Turkish revolution
5   to be able to perceive political, economical and social developments which happened in Republic of Turkey from past to the present

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts: State, Monarchy, Oligarchy, Republic, Secularism, Democracy, Revolution, Revolution, Nation-state
2 Western Modernization History: Feudalism, Crusades, Geographical Discoveries, Renaissance and Reform Movements, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution
3 Ottoman-Turkish Modernization (Until the Proclamation of the Constitution in 1876)
4 Ottoman-Turkish Modernization (Until the End of the Second Constitutional Period-1918)
5 Competition in the international arena from the 19th century to the 20th century and its reflections on the Ottoman State: Imperialism, colonialism, nationalism, and bloc formation
6 The Italo-Turkish and Balkan Wars
7 The Process Leading to World War I and the Ottoman Empire
8 Military Fronts in World War I
9 The Armistice of Mondros and the occupation process
10 Current Situation in Anatolia After World War I, Developments, and the Kuva-yı Milliye Movement
11 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's Arrival in Samsun and the Organization Process of the National Struggle: Congresses
12 The Opening of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, and Legislative Activities
13 Establishment of the Regular Army and the Military Struggle Phase: Military Developments on the Eastern, Southern, and Western Fronts
14 The Great Offensive of August 30th and the Mudanya Armistice
15 Treaty of Lausanne and Peace Negotiations
16 Revolutionary reforms in the political arena: Abolition of the Sultanate, Proclamation of the Republic, Abolition of the Caliphate
17 Attempts at transitioning to a multi-party system during the Atatürk era: The Progressive Republican Party, The Free Republican Party
18 Revolutions and constitutions aimed at establishing a contemporary and secular legal system: Turkish Civil Code, 1921 and 1924 Constitutions
19 Revolutions in the field of education: Law of Unification of Education, Alphabet Reform, University Reform, and other developments
20 Policies for establishing a national economy
21 Language, history, and culture policies as part of the nationalization project and the Atatürkist ideological system
22 Atatürk Era Turkish Foreign Policy (1923-1938)
23 Interwar Period and World War II (1919-1945)
24 Domestic and international developments during Ismet Inönü's era (1938-1945)
25 Transition to a multi-party system (1946-1950)
26 The Democrat Party era and the May 27, 1960 Military Intervention
27 Developments in Turkey's domestic and foreign policies between 1960 and 1980
28 Turkey from the September 12, 1980 Military Intervention to the Present

Recomended or Required Reading

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk
A. Inan Medeni Bilgiler ve Mustafa Kemal Atatürk'ün El Yazıları
Ahmet Mumcu Atatürk Ilkeleri ve Inkılap Tarihi I-II
Kemal Arı Başlangıçtan Günümüze Türk Devrim Tarihi
Utkan Kocatürk Atatürk'ün Fikir ve Düşünceleri
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti I-II Komisyon
Suna Kili Atatürk Devrimi: Bir Çağdaşlaşma Modeli
Sina Akşin Kısa Türkiye Tarihi
Erik Jan Zürcher Modernleşen Türkiye'nin Tarihi
Bernard Lewis Modern Türkiye'nin Doğuş
Kemal Karpat Türk Demokrasi Tarihi
Tevfik Çavdar Türkiye'nin Demokrasi Tarihi I-II
Feroz Ahmad Demokrasi Sürecinde Türkiye/ Bir Kimlik Peşinde Türkiye
Şerafettin Turan Atatürk'ün Düşünce Yapısını Etkileyen Olaylar, Düşünürler, Kitaplar/Türk Devrim Tarihi
Andrew Mango Atatürk: Modern Türkiye'nin Kurucusu
Lord Kinross Atatürk: Bir Millet'in Yeniden Doğuşu
Şerif Mardin Türk Modernleşmesi
Taner Timur Türk Devrimi ve Sonrası
Yahya Akyüz Türk Eğitim Tarihi
Türk Dış Politikası Kurtuluş Savaşı'ndan Bugüne Olgular, Belgeler, Yorumlar (ed. Baskın Oran)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be discoursed via various books and articles which were published related with the subject

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 MTEG MIDTERM AVERAGE GRADE VZ1 * 0.50 + VZ2 * 0.50
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VOR * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VOR * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

40% midterm, %60 final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons. The instructor has right to make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Fevzi Çakmak
fevzi.cakmak@deu.edu.tr
(0232) 301 79 36

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Atatürk Ilkeleri ve Inkılap Tarihi Enstitüsü
Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi, 35390
Buca- IZMIR

Office Hours

Every Monday between 16:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 28 2 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 28 1 28
Preparation for midterm exam 2 3 6
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Midterm 2 1 2
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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