Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I AIB101 1. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 2.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction English
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Lecture, question-answer and discussion.
Course Coordinator Specialist Mehmet Mert KALECİ
Instructor(s) Mehmet Mert KALECİ
Assistants
Goals To enable international students to read and understand the history of the Republic and the political, social and economic dynamics of the country they live in through historical causalities, continuities and ruptures.
Course Content A brief Ottoman political, social and economic history in outline.
Learning Outcomes - Getting to know the historical roots and causalities of the political, economic and sociological facts, which will be treated in the second term of this course.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Birth of the House of Ottoman Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
2. Week Foundation of the State and Expansion in the Balkans and in Anatolia Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
3. Week The Era of Interregnum, the Revival and Becoming an Empire, Golden Age of Expansion Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
4. Week Geographical Discoveries, and the Period of Stagnation for the Ottomans: Emerging Political, Social and Economic Problems Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
5. Week Conviction on the Necessity of Comprehensive Reforms (Tulip Age, 1703-1730), and the Evolution of Ottoman Political and Administrative Structure in 400 Years Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours
6. Week Selim III and the New Order (Nizam-ı Cedid): The First Attempts of Comprehensive Reforms on Military and Education Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
7. Week The Reign of Mahmud II: From Charter of Alliance (1808) to the Annihilation of the Janissary System (1826) Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours
8. Week The Reign of Mahmud II: From Charter of Alliance (1808) to the Annihilation of the Janissary System (1826) Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
9. Week The Imperial Edict of Gülhane and the Tanzimat Period (1839-1876) Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
10. Week Tanzimat Period, Young Ottomans and Constitutionalism (The First Parliamentary Experience (March 1877-February 1878)) Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
11. Week The Reign and the Policies of Abdülhamid (1876-1909) Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
12. Week Reinstatement of Constitution (1908), Young Turks and the Committee of Union and Progress Course Hours Preparation, After Class Study
13. Week Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and the First World War (1914-1918) Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours
14. Week The End of an Empire and the War of Independence Preparation, After Class Study Course Hours
Recommended Sources
Feroz Ahmad, Turkey: The Quest for Identity, Oneworld Publications, 2014.
Erhan Afyoncu, A Short History of The Ottoman Empire, Yeditepe Publishing House, 2022.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 Measurement Method
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
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
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 13 2 26
Preparation, After Class Study 13 1 13
Midterm 1 1 5 5
Final 1 7 7
Total Workload 51
ECTS Credit of the Course 2.0