COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RELIGION-STATE RELATIONS IN THE WORLD AND IN TüRKIYE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ATA 5062 RELIGION-STATE RELATIONS IN THE WORLD AND IN TüRKIYE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET EMIN ELMACI

Offered to

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

Course Objective

To try to understand the relations between religion and the state in the modern world and to gain a competence to analyse the changes it brings about in the context of the relevant literature and to examine the history of developments in the world, the Turks, the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Türkiye.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will have knowledge about the shaping of religion-state relations in different religious and cultural geographies.
2   Students will be able to analyze the main arrangements, different models and current debates on the relationship between religion and state in today's world.
3   Students understand how the relationship between religion and state has been shaped from past to present in the world and which breaks have been experienced in which periods.
4   Understands the models of religion-state relationship in the West and the Islamic world.
5   Students make detailed evaluations on freedom of religion and conscience
6   Understands the causes and consequences of the development of religion-state relations in Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and functions of religion and the relationship between religion and the state Stages of Secularism in Türkiye
2 Sociological Analysis of Relations between Religion and State. Religious Minorities in Türkiye.
3 Basic Problem Areas in Religion and State Relations General Evaluation
4 Basic Methodology in this Framework.
5 Religion-State Relations in the Historical Process France Example
6 Religion-State Relations in the Historical Process The Case of England
7 Religion-State Relations in the Historical Process USA Example
8 Religion-State Relations in the Ottoman Empire.
9 Religion and State Relationship in the Republic of Türkiye.
10 The Difference between Secularism and Secularism - Secularism in Türkiye.
11 Presidency of Religious Affairs in Türkiye

Recomended or Required Reading

Mehmet Emin Elmacı-"Laiklik Kavramı ve Türkiye'de 3 Mart 1924 Yasalarına Kadar Gelişimi"
Mehmet Emin Elmacı-"Cumhuriyetin 10.yılında Izmirli Aydınların Gözüyle Laiklik Kavramı ve Geleceği"
Ethem Ruhi Fığlalı- Atatürk'ün Din Ve Laiklik Anlayışı
Ali Fuad Başgil- Din ve Laiklik
Ali Nazmi Çora- Atatürk'ün Din ve Laiklik Anlayışı
Taner Timur- Islam, Laiklik ve Aydınlanma Savaşı
Murat Akan- Laiklik Siyaseti: Fransa ve Türkiye'de Din
T. Jeremy Gunn- Din Özgürlüğü ve Laisite: ABD ile Fransa Örneği
Umut Azak- Türkiye'de Laiklik ve Islam

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Weekly topics are evaluated together after being re-summarised by the lecturer in the light of the students' previous readings, and students are also encouraged (as far as possible) to make short presentations on a topic of their choice during the semester. Inductive and deductive scientific methods will be used. Statistics will also be evaluated

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 / homework, 60% final. Attendance to 70% of the lectures is compulsory. The instructor reserves the right to conduct practical exams. The grades from these exams will be added to the midterm and final exam grades.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The instructor reserves the right to conduct practical exams. The grades from these exams will be added to the midterm and final exam grades

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Mehmet Emin ELMACI
emin.elmaci@deu.edu.tr
0 232 3017941
Dokuz Eylul University
Principals of Ataturk and Revalution History Institute

Office Hours

Thursday 10.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 1 7 7
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Reading 1 4 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 7 7
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
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.15
LO.23
LO.34
LO.44
LO.54
LO.6

CONTACT INFORMATION
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