COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WOMEN IN TüRKIYE DURING THE MODERNIZATION PROCESS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ATA 7029 WOMEN IN TüRKIYE DURING THE MODERNIZATION PROCESS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HASAN TANER KERIMOĞLU

Offered to

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

To highlight the social and economic status of women in the Ottoman Empire, developments in women's rights during the modernization process, the achievements of women in the Republican era, and the changes in gender roles in society

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the position of women in the Ottoman Empire.
2   Explaining developments in the field of women's rights during the modernization process.
3   Analyzing the achievements of women in Republican Türkiye.
4   Understanding the roles of women in social and economic life in Türkiye.
5   Grasping the changes in gender issues from the Ottoman era to the Republic.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fundamental concepts and theories related to women's history. Women in the political life of the Republic era.
2 The social situation of women in Türkiye before modernization. The economic and cultural positions of women.
3 The impact of Tanzimat modernization on women's living conditions. Prominent figures in the women's rights movement.
4 The social and economic status of women during the reign of Abdulhamid II. The general situation of women's rights towards the 2000s
5 The development of women's rights during the Second Constitutional Period.
6 Women during the Turkish War of Independence.
7 Women's rights during the Single-Party period.
8 Midterm exam.
9 The Democratic Party and women's rights.
10 The social struggle of women in 1960s Türkiye.

Recomended or Required Reading

Berktay, Fatmagül, Tarihin Cinsiyeti, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul, 2010.
Çakır, Serpil, Osmanlı Kadın Hareketi, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul, 2010.
Kaplan, Leyla, Cemiyetlerde ve Siyasi Teşkilatlarda Türk Kadını (1908-1960), Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Yayını, Ankara, 1988.
Modern Türkiye de Siyasi Düşünce: Feminizm, C. X, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul, 2020.
Phillips, Anne, Demokrasinin Cinsiyeti, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul, 1995.
Tekeli, Şirin. Kadınlar ve Siyasal Toplumsal Hayat, Birikim Yayınları, Istanbul, 1982.
Van Os, Nicole, Feminizm Hayırseverlik ve Vatanseverlik Osmanlı Imparatorluğu nda Kadınların Örgütlü Yaşamı, Alfa Yayınları, Istanbul, 2023.
Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E., Tarihte Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Türkiye Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Istanbul, 2020.
Zihnioğlu, Yaprak, Kadınsız Inkılap (Nezihe Muhiddin, Kadınlar Halk Fırkası, Kadınlar Birliği), Metis Yayınları, Istanbul, 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To review the weekly subjects together with the students after the subjects are re-outlined by the lecturer, based on the pre-course reading process done by the students, and also to encourage the students to make a short presentation on a subject they prefer during the semester (if 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

It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons. The instructor has right to make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Hasan Taner KERIMOĞLU
taner.kerimoglu@deu.edu.tr
0 232 3017930
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Atatürk Ilkeleri ve Inkılap Tarihi Enstitüsü
Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi, 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.13
LO.22
LO.33
LO.43
LO.55

CONTACT INFORMATION
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