COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES IN TüRKIYE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 3303 INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES IN TüRKIYE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HALIL OCAK

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)
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Course Objective

To establish the conceptual framework on the sociology of religious movements within the framework of the Islamic Sects perspective and to recognize the religious movements and groups that emerged in Türkiye from the establishment of the Republic to the present day.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student learns the changes experienced by religion and religious groups in Turkey's modernization process.
2   The student recognizes the religious movements that have been active in Turkey since the establishment of the Republic.
3   Students will be able to analyze the reflections of the religious movements that emerged in the first periods of the Republic.
4   The student gains sociological theories and approaches on religious movements and movements.
5   Student evaluates the impact of religious movements that emerged in the first period of the Republic on the present day.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Conceptual Framework: Community, Society, Movement, Movement, Movement, Grouping
2 Conceptual Framework: Social Change, Identity Crisis
3 Secularization, Modernity and Quest from Tanzimat to Today
4 Ottoman Modernization and the Idea of Islamism
5 The Nature and Course of Religious Affairs in Türkiye
6 Congregational Structures and Behavior
7 Islamic Societies in the Republican Era: General Framework and Elements
8 Examples of Negative and Positive Views on Religious Movements
9 Typology of Religious Movements in Türkiye
10 Social and Political Functions and Effects of Islamic Societies
11 Cult and Congregation Structures Forms of Obedience and Opposition
12 Sources and Reality Value of Islamist Discourse
13 Community-State Relations
14 Positive and Negative Aspects of Islamic Societies

Recomended or Required Reading

Ismail Kara, Between Religion and Modernization, Dergah Yayınları
Ismail Kara, Cumhuriyet Türkiye'sinde Bir Mesele Olarak Islam, Dergah Yayınları
Ismail Kara, Türkiye'de Islamism Düşüncesi I-II-III, Pınar Publications
Ismail Kara, Şeyhefendinin Rüyüyasındaki Türkiye, Dergah Yayınları
Alev Erkilet, Middle East da Modernization and Islamic Movements, Growing Moon Yay.
Şerif Mardin, Din ve Ideoloji, Iletişim Yayınları
Hasan Onat, The Process of Change in the Understanding of Religion in Turkey
Zygmunt Bauman, Identity, Heretik Publications
Kemal Karpat, Kimlik ve Ideoloji, Timaş Yayınları
Sigmund Freud, Mass Psychology, Say Publications
Elias Canetti, Mass and Power, Ayrıntı Publications
Kadir Gömbeyaz, How Should a Muslim Look at Sects, Tarikatler ve Cemaatler Beyan yay.
Gustave Le Bon, Psychology of the Masses, Say Publications

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, research, question and answer, homework and practice.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The success of the students is evaluated according to their performance in the course with midterm, homework and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

halil.ocak@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Reading 4 7 28
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1354
LO.2354
LO.3354
LO.4354
LO.5354

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