COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5002 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NURI ADIYEKE

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The course aims to explain sources and definitions about economic mentality and practice of the Ottoman Empire, and to define transformative economic dinamics and formations in the Ottoman Empire

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   get a general information about the Ottoman economic system
2   know the Ottoman economic mentality and transformations
3   analyze the Ottoman timar system
4   analyze the Ottoman taxation system
5   evaluate the Ottoman tradesman and Ahis
6   assess the Ottoman commercial life
7   know the Ottoman finance system
8   know modernization dynamics of the Ottoman economic life

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Terminology and theories on economic history
2 Principles and basic dynamics of the Ottoman Empire
3 Sources of Ottoman economic history
4 Mentality of the Ottoman economy
5 Ottoman financial system
6 Economic aspects of the Ottoman timar system
7 Agricultural Production production technologies and legal regulations
8 Midterm Exam
9 Transformations in Tımar and tax system Iltizam, Mukataa
10 Transformations in Tımar and tax system Malikane
11 Ottoman trade life
12 Small-scale production Ahis
13 Ottoman Empire and international trade
14 19th century: The articulation of the Ottoman Empire to capitalism
15 Semi-colonialisation of the Ottoman economy
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Cumhurbaşkanlığı (Başbakanlık) Osmanlı Arşivi.
Yayınlanmış muhtelif defterler.
AKDAĞ, Mustafa, Türkiye'nin Iktisadi ve Içtimai Tarihi, C.II, Tekin Yayınları, Ankara, 1979-1982.
BARKAN, Ömer Lütfü, Türkiye'de Toprak Meselesi, Toplu Eserleri, Gözlem Yayınları, Istanbul, 1980.
BELDICIANU Nicoara, XIV. Yüzyıldan XVI. Yüzyıla Osmanlı Devleti nde Tımar, (Çev: Mehmet Ali Kılıçbay), Teori yayınları, Ankara, 1985.
CEZAR Yavuz, Osmanlı Maliyesinde Bunalım ve Değişim Dönemi, Alan Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 1986.
ÇAĞATAY Neşet, Bir Türk Kurumu Olan Ahilik, TTK. Yayını, Ankara, 1989.
FAROQHI Suraiya, Orta Halli Osmanlılar, (Çev: Hamit Çalışkan), Iş Bankası yayını, Istanbul, 2009.
GENÇ Mehmed, Osmanlı Imparatorluğunda Devlet ve Ekonomi, Istanbul, 2000.
GÜRAN Tevfik, Iktisat Tarihi, Istanbul, 1995.
INALCIK Halil, Devlet-i Aliyye, Iş Bankası Yayını, c.1-4, Istanbul, 2010-2016.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Text reading
2) Presentations
3) Homeworks

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

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-4 will be tested with mid-term exam
2. LO 1-7 will be tested with final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. Participation to the term and final examinations will be considered in the evaluation.
3. Cheating in any examination is considered an extremely serious offence.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: nuri.adiyeke@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0 232 301 8750

Office Hours

Tuesday 13.00-14.50

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Final 1 15 15
Midterm 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1443
LO.2443
LO.3443
LO.4443
LO.5443
LO.6443
LO.7443
LO.8443

CONTACT INFORMATION
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Cumhuriyet Bulvarı No: 144 35210 Alsancak / İZMİR
Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

Copyright 2015 DEÜ. BİD

HOME / ABOUT US / DEGREE PROGRAMMES / GENERAL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS