COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF MEDIEVAL TURKISH STATE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5058 ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF MEDIEVAL TURKISH STATE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ERKAN GÖKSU

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The conversion of the Turks to Islam, The first Moslem Turkish states established after the adoption of Islam by the Turks, The first Muslim Turkish States contributions to civilization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Compares governmental conception in the medieval age.
2   Extension of the islamc religion in the area of Maveraünnehr and Karahanlı state's founding and developments
3   Comprehends the changes at the governmental conception of Turks which occurred after they became Muslims
4   The First Muslim Turkish States as a multi-dimensional can be compared with each other.
5   The First Muslim Turkish States in the formation of culture and civilization effective factor analyzes.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. week Presenting information about governmental constituents.
2 2. week Government in the Middle ages
3 3. week Turkish Thought of Sovereignty
4 4. week Islamic Thought of Sovereignty
5 5. week The conversion of the Turks to Islam
6 6. week The first Moslem Turkish states
7 8. week Qarakhanids
8 9. week Ghaznavids
9 10. week Khwarazm Shahs
10 11. week Ayyubids
11 12. week Mamluk sultanate
12 13. week Student Presantation
13 14. week Student Presantation
14 15. week General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Nesimi Yazıcı, Ilk Müslüman Türk Devletleri Tarihi, Ankara 1964
Erdogan Merçil, Müslüman Türk Devletleri Tarihi, TTK Yay., Ankara, 2000
Supplementary Book(s):
B. Ögel, Türklerde devlet anlayışı (13. yüzyıl sonlarına kadar) Ankara 1982.
Ibrahim Kafesoğlu, Türk Milli Kültürü, Ankara 1977.
Osman Turan, Selçuklular ve Islamiyet, Istanbul 1971.
Reşat Genç, Karahanlı Devlet Teşkilâtı, TTK Yay., Ankara 2002.
Ömer Soner Hunkan, Ipek Yolunun Muhafızları Türk Hakanlığı (Karahanlılar) Ordusu, Istanbul, 2015.
Ömer Soner Hunkan, Türk Hakanlığı (Karahanlılar) Kuruluş - Gelişme - Çöküş 766-1212, Istanbul, 2007
Hanefi Palabıyık, Valilikten Imparatorluğa Gazneliler, Devlet ve Saray Teşkilatı, Araştırma Yay., Ankara, 2002.
Erdoğan Merçil, Gazneliler Devleti Tarihi, Ankara 2003.
Osman Turan, Selçuklular Tarihi ve Türk-Islam Medeniyeti, Istanbul 2005.
M. Fuad Köprülü, Bizans Müesseselerinin Osmanlı Müesseselerine Tesiri, Istanbul 1981.
Nizâmü l-mülk, Siyerü l-Mülûk (Siyâsetnâme), (Haz. Mehmet Altay Köymen), Ankara 1982.
Faruk Sümer, Oğuzlar (Türkmenler), Istanbul 1999.
en-Narşahî (Ebû Bekir Muhammeb Ibn Cafer Narşahî), Târîh-i Buhârâ, (Tercüme Notlar: Erkan Göksu), TTK Yay, Ankara 2013
Aydın Usta, Şamanizm den Müslümanlığa Türklerin Islamlaşma Serüveni, Istanbul 2007.
Ismail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, Osmanlı Devleti Teşkilatına Medhal, TTK Yay., Ankara 1988.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture + semester requirements presentation

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 * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-2: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term examinations.
2. LO 4: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term project.
3. LO 3-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final examinations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

TBA

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Erkan Göksu erkan.goksu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

day and hour of the course

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.13445
LO.243
LO.35
LO.4443
LO.535