COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH-ISLAMIC HISTORY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 5107 TURKISH-ISLAMIC HISTORY I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GENÇ

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

To teach and gain ability to apprehend and comment the students within the context of methodology of History discipline by taking basic history sources into the center;
- on the relations of Turks and Muslims, and the process of becoming Muslim for Turks;
- history, cultures, and civilizations of Islamic Turkish states appeared within the Islamic Turkish history;
- the affects and contributions of Turks to the Islamic Turkish culture and civilization;
- the roles of Turks, the positions they gained, and their importance within the history of World, Muslims and Turks;
- and by doing so, to create sensitivity and motivation for students those who finish the program to gain ability to create ideas, comments, and suggestions for the understanding and resolution of political, religious, social, academic, and cultural problems faced by Turkish nation and Islamic Turkish world.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   have knowledge about the historical past and progress of Turkish-Arab relations.
2   learns when and how the Turks met Islam for the first time and converted to Islam.
3   gain information about the individuals from Muslim Turks who served in Abbasid bureaucracy and state levels and their roles in the history of Abbasids in particular and Islam in general.
4   know the first Muslim Turkish dynasties within the context of date and place of emergence.
5   be able to evaluate, analyze and draw a conclusion to some of modern problems by having knowledge on political, administrative, military, social, economic, and cultural structures of Muslim Turkish states and the importance and positions of these states within the Turkish history, Islamic history and general world history.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the General Turkish History: Statements and Approaches to Periods and Categorization of Turkish History
2 General Features of Turkish History, Problems in Studying Turkish History and Solution Suggestions to The Problems
3 The Relation between Turkish and Islamic Histories and the Concept of Turkish-Islamic History and Its Scope, Turkish-Arab Relations Before and After Islam
4 The Process of Islamization of Turks: What and How Happened
5 Muslim Turks under the Service of Abbasid State and Their Roles
6 The First Muslim Turkish States: Tolunids, Ikhshidids, Atil-Volga Bulgars and Their Political History, Cultures and Civilizations
7 Kara-Khanid State: History, Culture, and Civilization; Their Importance and Status in Turkish-Islamic History
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Ghaznavids State: History, Culture, and Civilization; Their Importance and Status in Turkish-Islamic History
10 General Status of Islamic World at the Beginning of 11th (5th h.) Century and the Emergence of Seljukids and the Establishment of the State
11 Seljukids' Becoming a Political and Military Power in Eastern Islamic World: Tughrul, Alparslan, Maliqshah Periods
12 Political and Military Structure of Seljukids, Seljukids-Abbasids Relations, and Religious Policy of Seljukids
13 State Organization and Institutions of Seljukids
14 Culture and Civilization of Seljukids

Recomended or Required Reading

- Taberi, Tarihü-Ümemi ve'l-Mülük
- Ibnü'l-Esir, el-Kamil fi't-Tarih
-Zeki Velidi Togan, Umumi Türk Tarihine Giriş
-V.V. Bartold, Moğol Istilasına Kadar Türkistan (Çev. Hakkı Dursun Yıldız
- Hakkı Dursun Yıldız, Türkler ve Islamiyet
- Nesimi Yazıcı, Ilk Türk-Islam Devletleri Tarihi
- Heyet, Doğuştan Günümüze Büyük Islam Tarihi
- Reşat Genç, Karahanlı Devlet Teşkilatı
- Erdoğan Merçil, Gazneliler Devleti Tarihi
-Hanefi Palabıyık, Valilikten Imparatorluğa Gazneliler
-Osman Turan, Selçuklular Tarihi ve Türk-Islam Medeniyeti
Yardımcı kaynaklar:
- Islam Ansiklopedisi ve Türkler Ansiklopedisi vb.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, question - answer, studying on examples, homework and practice

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

Students' achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lecture.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.genc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 16:00 - 18:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1555
LO.255
LO.35
LO.455
LO.545

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