COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OTTOMAN DIPLOMATIC WRITINGS II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAH 4104 OTTOMAN DIPLOMATIC WRITINGS II ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

MEHMET ALI DEMIRBAŞ

Offered to

History (Evening)
History

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is to examine the types of Ottoman documentation (irade, hatt-ı hümayun, temettuat, and tapu-tahrir, the exchange of letters in the National Struggle Period, the telegraph notes), the writing styles in these documentations, and their content.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Read the archive documentations
2   Analyze the Ottoman history and institutions in the context of these archives
3   Readn and analyze manuscripts
4   Analyze the documentations about the National Struggle
5   Review the documentations for their theses

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Selective readings on early modern Ottoman archival documents Document reading and analysis
2 Selective readings on early modern Ottoman archival documents Document reading and analysis
3 Selective readings on early modern Ottoman archival documents Document reading and analysis
4 Selective readings on early modern Ottoman archival documents Document reading and analysis
5 Selective readings on early modern Ottoman archival documents Document reading and analysis
6 Selective readings on early modern Ottoman archival documents Document reading and analysis
7 Selective readings on early modern Ottoman archival documents Document reading and analysis
8 Midterm
9 Selective readings on late Ottoman archival documents (Rik'a) Document reading and analysis
10 Selective readings on late Ottoman archival documents (Rik'a) Document reading and analysis
11 Selective readings on late Ottoman archival documents (Rik'a) Document reading and analysis
12 Selective readings on late Ottoman archival documents (Divani) Document reading and analysis
13 Selective readings on late Ottoman archival documents (Divani) Document reading and analysis
14 Selective readings on late Ottoman archival documents (Ta'lik) Document reading and analysis
15 Selective readings on late Ottoman archival documents (Ta'lik) Text reading
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Develioğlu, Ferit, Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lügat, Aydın Kitabevi, Ankara, 2009.
2. Sami, Şemseddin, Kâmûs-î Türkî, Çağrı Yayınları, II. Baskı, Istanbul, 1987.
3. Gökbilgin, Tayyip, Osmanlı Paleografya ve Diplomatik Ilmi, Istanbul.
4. Archival documents

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lesson 1
2. Document reading
3. Document analysis

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Term examination % 40
2. Final examination % 60

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3: It will be evaluated with the questions to be asked in the midterm and final exams.
LO 1-5: It will be evaluated with the questions to be asked in the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance to 70% of the lectures is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yakup.ozturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Moday 10.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15
LO.2555
LO.354
LO.44
LO.54

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