Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Ataturk's Principles and History of Revolution AIT2101 3. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 4.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Associate
Course Type
Mode of delivery face to face
Course Coordinator
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Goals The aim of this course is to teach the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish War of Independence, the Lausanne Peace Treaty and the importance of the new Turkish State
Course Content - Developments in European History and Ottoman Modernization - The Causes of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire - Comprehend World War I - Republic of Turkey will be able to better understand the philosophy of the organization.
Learning Outcomes
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week The aim of this course is to give information about the aim of the course and basic concepts related to the course and the strategy of the Turkish Revolution Course Hours
2. Week Developments in European history and their effects on the Ottoman Empire Course Hours
3. Week XIX. Reform movements in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century (Tanzimat, Islahat and I. Constitutional periods) Course Hours
4. Week The political and military state of the Ottoman Empire in the period of dispersion
5. Week The intellectual movements of the Ottoman Empire (Ottomanism, Islamism, Turkism, Westernism, Decentralization, Socialism) and II. Ottoman State during the Constitutional Monarchy Period Course Hours
6. Week World War I and the Ottoman Empire (the outbreak of the war, the inclusion of the Ottoman Empire in the war, the fronts and the end of the war) and the signing of the Armistice of Mondros Course Hours
7. Week Invasions and Reactions (The emergence of the National Forces), Communities (National, Nationalist and minority communities), Mustafa Kemal Pasha after the Armistice of Mondros and the transition to Anatolia Course Hours
8. Week -
9. Week First steps for national struggle and organization through congresses (Amasya Circular, Erzurum, Sivas Congress and Western Anatolia Congresses) Course Hours
10. Week Amasya interview, arrival of the delegation to Ankara, the gathering of the last Ottoman Parliamentary Assembly, acceptance of the National Pact Course Hours
11. Week The opening of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the structure of the Assembly, the legal interests and activities, the opening of the Assembly's internal and external responses Course Hours
12. Week San Remo Conference, Sevres Agreement, the threats to the present in the Treaty of Sevres, the situation on the Eastern and Southern fronts Course Hours
13. Week The liquidation of the National Forces and the establishment of the regular army, the Greek general offensive and the wars on the Western Front Course Hours
14. Week Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Commander-inChief, Tekâlif-i Milliye orders, the Sakarya War and the aftermath of foreign policy developments (TurkishRussian, Turkish-Afghan relations, London Conference, Ankara Alignment) Course Hours
Recommended Sources
Atatürk, Nutuk
İnkılap Dersleri, Editörler: Süleyman İnan- Cengiz Akseki
Bernard Lewis, Modern Türkiye'nin Doğuşu
Zafer Toprak, Türkiye'de Milli İktisat
İlber Ortaylı, İmparatorluğun En Uzun Yüzyılı
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 14 2 28
Midterm 1 10 1 10
Final 15 1 15
Total Workload 53
ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0