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| Course Title | Code | Language | Type | Semester | L+U Hour | Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History of the Caucasus and Turkestan (Modern Age) | TAR 316 | Turkish | Compulsory | 6. Semester | 2 + 0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Prerequisite Courses | |
| Course Level | Undergraduate |
| Mode of delivery | Theoretical |
| Course Coordinator | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Furkan KÜLÜNK |
| Instructor(s) | |
| Goals | The aim of this course is to provide students with a historical perspective to analyze the political, social, and cultural transformations in the Caucasus and Turkestan from the late 18th to the early 20th century. It seeks to enable students to critically assess the local responses to Russian expansion and the evolving regional dynamics of the era. |
| Course Content | Students; 1) Will be able to define the geographical location and geopolitics of the Caucasus. 2) Learns the ethnic structure and historical development of the Caucasus. 3) Have information about the Caucasus politics of the Ottoman Empire. 4) Understands the causes of ethnic and regional conflicts in the Caucasus. 5) Knows about Russia's and Iran's Caucasus policies. |
| # | Öğrenme Kazanımı |
| 1 | Analyze the modern historical developments of the Caucasus and Turkestan. |
| 2 | Evaluate the regional impact and social consequences of Russian expansionism. |
| 3 | Interpret imperial strategies such as missionary work, cartography, and educational reforms. |
| 4 | Examine resistance movements within their social and cultural contexts. |
| 5 | Engage with and interpret academic sources on regional history using scholarly language. |
| Week | Topics/Applications | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Week | Introduction: Geographical and Historical Background of the Caucasus and Turkestan | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Other Activities |
| 2. Week | Political Situation in the Late 18th and Early 19th Century | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Other Activities |
| 3. Week | Russia’s Southern Policy: First Moves Toward the Caucasus and Turkestan | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Other Activities |
| 4. Week | Caucasian-Russian Wars: Resistance and Deportations | |
| 5. Week | Khanates in Turkestan and Russian Expansion | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Other Activities |
| 6. Week | Missionary Activities, Military Occupations, and Cartographic Efforts | |
| 7. Week | Cultural Interactions and Social Transformation | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Other Activities |
| 8. Week | Cultural Interactions and Social Transformation | Preparation, After Class Study, Research, Other Activities |
| 9. Week | Islamization, Sufism and Resistance in the Caucasus | |
| 10. Week | Education in Turkestan: Madrasahs and Russian Educational Policies | |
| 11. Week | Demography, Migration and Exile Policies in the 19th Century | |
| 12. Week | Nationalist Movements and Modernization Attempts in the Early 20th Century | |
| 13. Week | Pre-Soviet Era: Administrative Restructuring and Local Responses | |
| 14. Week | General Evaluation and Discussion |
| No | Program Requirements | Level of Contribution | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | The students gain the ability to produce scientific knowledge and analyze a history of the discipline of history method. | ✔ | |||||
| 2 | The students gain information about past and present historiographical and schools in the world and in Turkey, they recognize new schools and evaluate the effects of date. | ✔ | |||||
| 3 | The students understand and penetrate historically, developing the ability to identify problems, deeply into every aspect of historical events. | ✔ | |||||
| 4 | The students will have the ability to comprehend current events and processes the relationship between the past. They will be able to relate to local and oral history research through the unique a relationship between what is universal is the winner. | ✔ | |||||
| 5 | The students gain the ability to present historical texts, analyze, criticize, and is capable of analyzing and summarizing the subject as a foundation sources, making transcription, reporting, and notification scientific meetings etc. | ✔ | |||||
| 6 | Historical problems, academic / ability to approach the objective of making winning the reasoning and analytical thinking skills are developed by the students. | ✔ | |||||
| 7 | The students obtain information at a basic level Ancient and Islamic history, Islam before and after the Turkish history, Ottoman and Republican history, such as European and World history about all periods of history, learn the basic problems and within these periods can be compared. | ✔ | |||||
| 8 | The students can use acquired knowledge and skills in the field of history, social sciences, studies conducted in conjunction with other areas. | ✔ | |||||
| 9 | The students get knowledge of the interpretation about Ottoman, European and World History and have the skills to make comparison and analysis. | ✔ | |||||
| 10 | The students gain the habit of using the library and archives and the ability, learn ways of doing research on a topic and use them in other areas of life. | ✔ | |||||
| 11 | The students Specific analyze tools for working with documents that are required for certain periods, historical texts (paleography, epigraphy, etc.), inscriptions and epitaphs, and gain the skills to use source texts in various languages. | ✔ | |||||
| 12 | The students adopt the importance of lifelong learning and folllow developments in contemporary issues and develop self; they get scientific ethics and consciousness of responsibility. | ✔ | |||||
| 13 | The students gain the skills to use and the information bibliographical repertoires, archival inventories, information retrieval tools, such as electronic references. By using internet technologies in the field of information and knowledge creation, editing, forwarding, storage, and sharing presentations is capable of (They capable of knowledge creation, editing, forwarding, storage, and sharing presentations by using internet technologies in the field of information). | ✔ | |||||
| 14 | The students capable of independent decision-making and individual study skills. They gain confidence to express their ideas and criticism in a constructive manner, oral and written and a clear and concise manner. | ✔ | |||||
| Program Requirements | DK1 | DK2 | DK3 | DK4 | DK5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PY1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PY7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PY9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PY13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PY14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ders Kitabı veya Notu | Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır. |
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| Diğer Kaynaklar |
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| ECTS credits and course workload | Quantity | Duration (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ders İçi |
Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
|
Ders Dışı |
Preparation, After Class Study | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Research | 14 | 2 | 28 | |
| Other Activities | 14 | 2 | 28 | |
|
Sınavlar |
Midterm 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total Workload | 102 | |||
| *AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 | ECTS Credit of the Course | 4.0 | ||
