COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF HEALTH FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO THE REPUBLIC

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ATA 5058 HISTORY OF HEALTH FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO THE REPUBLIC ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FEVZI ÇAKMAK

Offered to

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

Course Objective

In this course, the history of health from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic will be discussed as a whole with its administrative, social and economic dimensions; The development of the health organization within the Ottoman Empire, the diseases seen over the centuries and the actions taken in the fight against these diseases will be revealed. The initiatives taken by the Republic administration, which inherited the legacy of the Ottoman Empire as a whole with its achievements and failures in the field of health, its legal regulations, its fight against epidemics and infectious diseases, and its successes or failures will be presented in detail.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to learn the changes in the field of health from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic
2   Being able to understand what the Ottoman Empire achieved in the field of health
3   To be able to reveal the success/failures of the Republican administration in health
4   Learning how to combat epidemics and infectious diseases from past to present
5   Ability to analyze what the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Türkiye achieved in the field of health

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Health Organization in the Ottoman Empire
2 Health and Diseases of Members of the Ottoman Dynasty
3 Steps Taken in the Field of Health in the 19th Century Ottoman Modernization History
4 Infectious and Epidemic Diseases in the Ottoman Empire and Ways of Fighting
5 Developments in Health during the Constitutional Monarchy Period
6 Health Condition of the Turkish Army in the Balkan and World War I Years
7 Steps Taken in the Field of Health During the Turkish War of Independence
8 Steps Taken in Health during the Single Party Period (1923-1950) -I (Atatürk Period)
9 Steps Taken in Health during the Single Party Period (1923-1950) II (Inönü Period)
10 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's Health, Diseases and Death
11 Republican Administration's Fight Against Infectious and Epidemic Diseases: Malaria, Tuberculosis, Rabies, Cholera
12 Republican Administration's Struggle Against Infectious and Epidemic Diseases: Syphilis, Trachoma, Smallpox, Leprosy
13 Developments in the Field of Health After 1950 I
14 Developments in the Field of Health After 1950 II

Recomended or Required Reading

Tarihsel Süreçte Anadolu da Sıtma, Ed: Fevzi Çakmak, Şükran Köse, Eren Akçiçek, Çağrı Büke, Gece Kitapevi, Ankara
Tarihsel Süreçte Anadolu da Verem, Ed: Fevzi Çakmak, Şükran Köse, Eren Akçiçek, Çağrı Büke, Gece Kitapevi, Ankara,
Tarihsel Süreçte Anadolu da Veba, Ed: Fevzi Çakmak, Şükran Köse, Eren Akçiçek, Çağrı Büke, Gece Kitapevi, Ankara
Tarihsel Süreçte Anadolu da Trahom, Ed: Fevzi Çakmak, Şükran Köse, Eren Akçiçek, Çağrı Büke, Gece Kitapevi, Ankara
Tarihsel Süreçte Anadolu da Kuduz, Ed: Fevzi Çakmak, Şükran Köse, Eren Akçiçek, Çağrı Büke, Gece Kitapevi, Ankara
Fevzi Çakmak, Cumhuriyet Hükümetlerinin Bulaşıcı ve Salgın Hastalıklarla Mücadelesi , Cumhuriyetin 100. Yılında Devlet Edeb Müddet, Ed: Tülay Alim Baran, Yeditepe Üni. Yayınları, Istanbul, 2023
Fevzi Çakmak, Milli Mücadele Dönemi Sağlık ve Sosyal Yardım Faaliyetleri , Milli Mücadele 1921, Ed. Umut Karabulut, Nobel Yayınları, Ankara, 2021
Fevzi Çakmak, Cumhuriyet Türkiye sinin Sağlık Politikası ve Uygulamaları (1923-1973) , Avrasya Uluslararası Araştırmalar Dergisi, Cumhuriyetin 100. Yılında Türkiye, Özel Sayı, 2023
Eren Akçiçek, Atatürk ün Hastalıkları, Sağlığı ve Ölümü, Nobel Yayınevi.
Nuran Yıldırım, Istanbul un Sağlık Tarihi, Istanbul 2010.
Ayşegül Demirhan, Kısa Tıp Tarihi, Bursa 1982
Osman Şevki Uludağ, Tanzimat ve Hekimlik , Tanzimat I, Istanbul 1940
Kemal Özbay, Türk Asker Hekimliği Tarihi, Istanbul 1976, I-IV.
Stefanos Yerasimos, Sultan Sofraları, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Evaluating the weekly topics together after re-summarizing them by the instructor in the light of the students' previous readings, and also encouraging students to make short presentations on a topic of their choice during the semester (as much as possible).

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

40% midterm, %60 final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Fevzi ÇAKMAK
fevzi.cakmak@deu.edu.tr
0 232 3017936
Dokuz Eylul University
Principals of Ataturk and Revalution History Institute
Tınaztepe Campus, 35390
Buca/IZMIR

Office Hours

by appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 1 9 9
Preparing assignments 1 9 9
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.23
LO.34
LO.44
LO.54

CONTACT INFORMATION
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