Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I AIB101 English Compulsory 1. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 2.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Lecture, question-answer and discussion.
Course Coordinator Öğr. Gör. Mehmet Mert KALECİ
Instructor(s) Öğr. Gör. Mehmet Mert KALECİ (Güz)
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
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
0 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.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Birth of the House of Ottoman Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
2. Week Foundation of the State and Expansion in the Balkans and in Anatolia Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
3. Week The Era of Interregnum, the Revival and Becoming an Empire, Golden Age of Expansion Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours
4. Week Geographical Discoveries, and the Period of Stagnation for the Ottomans: Emerging Political, Social and Economic Problems Class 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 Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
6. Week Selim III and the New Order (Nizam-ı Cedid): The First Attempts of Comprehensive Reforms on Military and Education Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours
7. Week The Reign of Mahmud II: From Charter of Alliance (1808) to the Annihilation of the Janissary System (1826) Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
8. Week The Reign of Mahmud II: From Charter of Alliance (1808) to the Annihilation of the Janissary System (1826) Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
9. Week The Imperial Edict of Gülhane and the Tanzimat Period (1839-1876) Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
10. Week Tanzimat Period, Young Ottomans and Constitutionalism (The First Parliamentary Experience (March 1877-February 1878)) Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours
11. Week The Reign and the Policies of Abdülhamid (1876-1909) Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
12. Week Reinstatement of Constitution (1908), Young Turks and the Committee of Union and Progress Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
13. Week Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and the First World War (1914-1918) Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
14. Week The End of an Empire and the War of Independence Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1
Recommended Sources
Ders Kitabı veya Notu Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır.
Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Feroz Ahmad, Turkey: The Quest for Identity, Oneworld Publications, 2014.
  • Erhan Afyoncu, A Short History of The Ottoman Empire, Yeditepe Publishing House, 2022.
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Ders İçi
Class Hours 13 2 26
Ders Dışı
Preparation, After Class Study 13 1 13
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 5 5
Final 1 7 7
Total Workload 51
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 2.0