COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF TURKISH CULTURE I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 5101 HISTORY OF TURKISH CULTURE 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 introduce Turkish culture and to learn the infleucence of culture on individual and social life

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehends the terms of culture and civilization and also Islamic culture and civilization
2   Apprehends Anatolian and Middle Asian cultures and compares them
3   Analyzes the sources of Turkish culture
4   Apprehends the influence of Turkish culture on individual and social life
5   Learns the inner and physical aspects of Turkish culture

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Culture and Civilization
2 Turkish-Islamic Culture and civilization
3 Elements of Turkish Culture
4 Sources of Turkish Culture
5 Turkish Culture in pre-Islamic period
6 The characteristics of Turkish Culture
7 Turkish states: Hunlar, Göktürkler, Uygurlar
8 Turkish states: Kırgızlar, Türgişler, Karluklar, Oğuzlar
9 Sabar, Avar, Hazar ve Peçenekler and Bulgarlar
10 Origins of Steppe Lifestyle, social life and religion
11 Cultural structure of Steppe culture
12 Orhun inscriptions
13 Göktürk inscriptions and Turkish epic
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ibrahim Kafesoğlu, Türk Milli Kültürü, Türk Kültürünü Araştırma Enstitüsü
2. Yılmaz Özakpınar, Kültür ve Medeniyet Anlayışları ve Bir Medeniyet Teorisi, Ötüken Yayınları
3. Yılmaz Özakpınar, Islam Medeniyeti ve Türk Kültürü, Ötüken Yayınları
4. Yılmaz Özakpınar, Kültür ve Medeniyet Üzerine Denemeler, Ötüken yayınları
5. Muharrem Ergin, Orhun Abideleri, Milli Eğitim Basımevi
6. Ed. Hasan Celal Güzel, Kemal Çiçek, Salim Koca, Türkler 1-4, Ankara
7. W. Bang ve G. R. Rahmeti, Oğuz Kağan Destanı, Milli Eğitim Basımevi
8. Vilh. Thomsen (Çev. Vedat Köken), Orhon ve Yenisey Yazıtlarının Çözümü, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi
9. Aydın Taneri, Türk Kavramının Gelişmesi, Ocak Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

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

Midterm exam, assignment and final exam

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

Open

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.154
LO.2555
LO.3
LO.4455
LO.555

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