COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF THE TURKISH POLITICAL THOUGHT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAT 5024 HISTORY OF THE TURKISH POLITICAL THOUGHT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ERKAN SERCE

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

The main aim this course is to get the students comprehend changes and transformations that were occured in the history of the Turkish political thought by means of main researches



Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to enumerate main sources of history of the Turkish political thought
2   To be able to comprehend changes occured in the structure of the thought from centuries
3   To be able to state Tanzimat Period and its impacts on the Turkish political world of thought
4   To be able to explain the rise of nationalism among the Ottoman Turks

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Sources of the History of Turkish Thought
2 Changes in the structure of the thought in 18th century
3 The printing press in the Ottoman Empire and its impacts on transformation
4 Tanzimat and changes in thought
5 Ottoman Press and intellectual transformation
6 To hold the state together: Ottomanism
7 Ethnicity and nationalism in the Ottoman Empire
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 The awakening of nationalism among the Ottoman Turks
10 Islamic tradition and political repercussions
11 The top of nationalism: Yusuf Akçura ve Ziya Gökalp
12 Socialist thought movements in the Ottoman Empire
13 Women who appeared on the world of the thought: Fatma Ali
14 Ottoman Empire and liberal thought
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1-Modern Türkiye de Siyasal Düşünce, (9 cilt), Istanbul, 2001-2006.
2-Kemal Karpat, Osmanlı Geçmişi ve Bugünün Türkiye si, Istanbul, 2004.
3-Erik, J. Zürcher, Bir Ulusun Inşası, Istanbul, 2015.
4-Zafer Toprak, Türkiye de Popülizm, Istanbul, 2013.
5-Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Türk Düşünce Tarihi, Istanbul, 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erkan.serce@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 189

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455