COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUFISM IN HISTORY OF ISLAM I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 6123 SUFISM IN HISTORY OF ISLAM I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GÖKBULUT

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

To understand and discuss the main topics of the history of Sufism and thought, methodology, method and problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students understand the location of Sufism in the history of Islamic thought
2   Students understand the structure and properties of Sufi thought
3   Students know how Sufism and Sufi institutions came about
4   Students know major sects, properties and the places to spread
5   Students recognize the impact and representatives of sufi thought at the Seljuk and Ottoman periods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Periods of The History of Sufism
2 Asceticism in Islam and The Period of Asceticism
3 The Period of Sufism and Some Great Sufis
4 The Period of Sufism and Some Great Sufis
5 Schools and Sects in the period of sufism
6 The Period of Sufi Orders and The Emergence of the first sufi orders
7 Term Examination
8 Term Examination
9 Sufism and Turks
10 Kadiriyya, Rifaiyya, Suhrawardiyya
11 Shazaliyya, Badaviyya, Desukiyya, Chishtiyya
12 Halvatiyya, Baktashiyya, Mevlaviyya, Bayramiyya
13 Malamatiyya in Sufism and The Malamatis in the history of Ottoman Period
14 Sufi Sects in the Period of Seljuks and Ottomans

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Louis Massignon, Doğuş Devrinde Islam Tasavvufu, (çev: M. Ali Aynî), Istanbul 2006.
2. Hucviri, Keşfü l-Mahcub, Istanbul 1982.
3. Hasan Kamil Yılmaz, Tasavvufi Açıdan Ashab-ı Suffa , Tasavvuf Ilmi ve Akademik Araştırma Dergisi, yıl: 3, sa: 7, Eylül- Aralık 2001, 9-31.
4. Süleyman Uludağ, Bayezid-i Bistami Hayatı-Menkıbeleri Fikirleri, TDV Yayınları, Ankara, 1994.
5. Yaşar Nuri Öztürk, Hallac-ı Mansur ve Eseri, Istanbul 1997.
6. Süleyman Ateş, Cüneyd- i Bağdadi / Hayatı, Eserleri ve Mektupları, ty, yy.
7. H. Kamil Yılmaz, Anahatlarıyla Tasavvuf ve Tarikatlar.
8. Fuat Köprülü, Türk Edebiyatında ilk Mutasavvıflar.
9. Himmet Konur, Horasan ın Islam Ve Tasavvuf Tarihine Katkısı (H. I-V. Asırlar) , DEÜ Ilahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, sa: XXI, Izmir 2005, 3-27.
10. A. Yaşar Ocak, Kalenderiler.
11. Mikail Bayram, Ahi Evren.
12. Ali Bolat, Melâmetîlik, Insan Yay.
13. Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı, Melâmîlik ve Melâmîler, Inkılap Yay.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Research

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Will be announced

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, assignment, presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Will be announced

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.gokbulut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Cuma 16:00-18:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 6 78
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.243
LO.345
LO.4
LO.553