| Course Title | Code | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ataturk's Principles Revolution History I | GKZ101 | 1. Semester | 2 + 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Language of Instruction | English |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Course Type | |
| Mode of delivery | Online |
| Course Coordinator |
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatih ÖZÇELİK |
| Instructors |
Fatih ÖZÇELİK |
| Assistants | |
| Goals | The establishment of the Republic of Turkey as a secular and unitary state after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire; the history of Turkish modernization experience in accordance with the establishment of the new state, the instruction of the Turkish Revolution pioneered by Kemal Atatürk and the Kemalist thought, as the meaning and statement of modernity and secularism in Turkey to young generations and let them figure out its significance. It aims to let the student who attends the AİT 203courses to acquire the ability of classification, description, explanation, analysis of the current social and individual problems in Turkey by taking rationality and science, norms of modernity into account with respect to the Kemalist thought and the Turkish Revolution. |
| Course Content | Parallel to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, the assessment of the Turkish society as within the level of civilized nation-states, the experience of Turkish revolution with its sui-generis character in definition of the nation-state in a chronological line beginning from the Ottoman Turkish Imperial state: The Classical and post classical ages, late 18th and 19th centuries, the Second Constitutional Era, The First World War, The Turkish National Struggle of 1918-1922 and the interval of 1923-60; the assessment of the modern Turkish nation-state by the restructuring of the state & the nation and the stages of the change and transformation in Turkish political and social system. The analysis of the political, social, economic and cultural transformation with respect to the internal and external political developments and their actors. |
| Learning Outcomes |
- The student who passes the course successfully: Learns how to analyse a historical question according to its fact-incident, time, actors; the assessment of relevant resources such as books, articles as well as movies and literature and to nurture his/her point of view. - Learns how to read and assess an article on a historical problem - does research on a historical question by interrelating with the current issues and developments hypothetically - Learns how to prepare a presentation on a historical question. - Learns critical assessment from different point of views; how to give answers to questions by assertion of historical facts and arguments ; expression of his/her opinion rationally and correctly; and abstraction |
| Week | Topics | Learning Methods |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Main concepts and Ottoman ? Turkish modernization | Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research Practice |
| 2. Week | Developments in Europe, Emergence of the modern Europe, the industrial revolution and the French revolution & their effects to the world. | Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Practice Visual Presentation |
| 3. Week | Europe & the Eastern question, early and late colonization movements, relations between Europe and the Ottomans, Ottoman Empire and Europe in the age of imperialism. | Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Research Other Activities |
| 4. Week | Constitutionalism and the idea of Constitution in Europe, the 'Commitee of New Ottomans (Yeni Osmanlılar Cemiyeti) as intellectual opponents; the Young Turk Opposition, the characteristics of the Tanzimat & Constitutional eras | Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Research Verbal Expression Practice Visual Presentation Course Hours |
| 5. Week | The Second Constitutional era, trends and movements in Turkish political thought, The Turco-Italian war (1911), the Balkan wars (1912-1913). | Practice Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Course Hours Visual Presentation |
| 6. Week | The world war I: Its reasons-consequences & its evaluation with respect to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and imperial systems: the distribution of her territories in accordance with the Eastern Question. | Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Visual Presentation Verbal Expression Research Practice |
| 7. Week | Mid Term | Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression |
| 8. Week | The Mudros Armistice; The Turkish National Struggle: preparations & organization. | Course Hours Research Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Verbal Expression Practice Visual Presentation |
| 9. Week | The political aspect of the organization in the Turkish National Struggle: Erzurum & Sivas Congresses. | Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Course Hours |
| 10. Week | the Sivas Congress, The abolition of the Ottoman Parliament and the National Pact (Misak-ı Millî). | Practice Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Research |
| 11. Week | The Establishment of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Ankara as the political center of the National Struggle and the military phase of the struggle. | Course Hours Research Verbal Expression Other Activities Visual Presentation Practice Preparation, After Class Study |
| 12. Week | Mid Term | Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice |
| 13. Week | The Lausanne Conference and the assessment of the new world order within the framework of the Peace Treaties concluded in the wake of the First World War. | Research Other Activities Verbal Expression Practice Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study Visual Presentation |
| 14. Week | Final | Other Activities Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Practice Preparation, After Class Study Research Course Hours |
| KILINÇKAYA Derviş (ed) Atatürk ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi. Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 2004. ACUN Fatma (ed.), Atatürk ve Türk İnkılâp Tarihi, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 11. Baskı, 2010. AHMAD Feroz, Modern Türkiye?nin Oluşumu, İstanbul, 1995. Atatürk?ün Söylev ve Demeçleri, 3 cilt, Ankara, 1981. Atatürk?ün Tamim Telgraf ve Beyannameleri, 4 cilt, Ankara, 1964. BAYUR Yusuf Hikmet, Türk İnkılâp Tarihi, 10 cilt, Ankara, 1991. BERKES Niyazi, Türkiye?de Çağdaşlaşma, Ankara, 1978. KARPAT Kemal, H., Türk Demokrasi Tarihi, İstanbul, 1967. LEWIS Bernard, Modern Türkiye?nin Doğuşu, Ankara, II. Baskı, 1984. |
| Program Requirements | Contribution Level | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 | Measurement Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 60 |
| PY2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 60 |
| PY3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 60 |
| PY4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | - |
| PY5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - |
| PY7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - |
| PY8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | - |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course's Level of contribution | None | Very Low | Low | Fair | High | Very High |
| Method of assessment/evaluation | Written exam | Oral Exams | Assignment/Project | Laboratory work | Presentation/Seminar |
| Event | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Research | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Midterm 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Final | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Classroom Activities | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Total Workload | 81 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 3.0 | ||
