COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OTTOMAN HISTORY II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ITS 6214 OTTOMAN HISTORY II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Islamic History and Arts

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GENÇ

Offered to

Islamic History and Arts

Course Objective

To examine the stagnation and decline periods of Ottoman Empire.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns political history of stagnation and decline periods of Ottoman Empire.
2   Analyzes the factors of stagnation and decline of Ottoman Empire.
3   Compares Ottoman Empire and the West in the time period of stagnation and decline.
4   Evaluates socio-economic and cultural problems of Ottomans faced in Anatolia, Balkans, and Africa
5   Apprehends and evaluates Ottomans modernization attempt

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Time period of Osman II
2 Time period of Mehmet IV
3 Time period of Mustafa II
4 Ottoman-Russia relations
5 Era of Tulip
6 Ottoman- Iraq- Persia- Azerbaijan relations
7 Time period of Selim III
8 Emergence of Egypt problem and solution
9 Tanzimat period
10 Problem of the Straits and the London Agreement
11 Crimean War and the Paris Peace Conference
12 Ottoman-Russian War of 1877-1878
13 Ottoman Empire through the beginning of 20th century and Colonial movements around the world
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Osmanlı Medeniyeti Tarihi, ed. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, 2 Cilt, Istanbul 1999.
Osmanlı Devleti Tarihi, ed. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, 2 Cilt, Istanbul 1999.
Ismail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, Osmanlı Tarihi,Ankara 1972.
Rıfat Uçarol, Siyasi Tarih, Filiz Kitabevi, Istanbul.
Ilber Ortaylı, Imparatorluğun En Uzun Yüzyılı, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.
Donalt Quataert, Osmanlı Imparatorluğu 1700-1922, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.
Erick Jan Zürcher, Moderleşen Türkiyenin Tarihi, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question-answer, assignment and practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, assignment,presentation 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

Friday 15:00 - 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 8 112
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 201

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.143
LO.25
LO.354
LO.44
LO.554