Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Sufism during the Establishment Period TİB658 3 + 0 3.0 7.5
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator
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Goals To understand the place of Sufism in Islamic thought, its effect on religious, philosophical, literary and cultural fields and to evaluate the connection with mystical cultures in other religions and to enable the use of acquired knowledge in contemporary issues.
Course Content Periods of Sufi history
Learning Outcomes - Understands the institutionalization process of Sufism.
- Comment on the first traces of Islamic Sufism. Comprehend the place and importance of Sufism in Islamic thought. Evaluate the discussions about the origin of Sufism.
- Recognize the concepts and terms of mystical culture that exist with human.
- Makes comments and evaluations on the concepts of Sufism which are frequently discussed in the eyes of individual and society.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Meeting / Presentation of the course plan, presentation and sharing of reading lists
2. Week The process of institutionalization of Sufism / First Traces of Islamic Sufism, Sufism relationship between the period of the Prophet
3. Week Periods of Sufi history / Ascetism period and its features
4. Week Characteristics of “Sufism” period H.3. - Ascetic in the 4th / 10th / 10th centuries
5. Week Characteristics of Sufism ”period H. 5. - 7. / M. 11. -13. characteristics of the century
6. Week Characteristics of “Sufism” period, Important representatives of the period when Sufi writers manifested themselves
7. Week Characteristics of ”Sufism” period / Development of Sufism terminology and prominent concepts
8. Week Midterm
9. Week Characteristics of the “sect” period, important sects found in H 8 - 9 / M 14-15
10. Week Characteristics of the “sect” period, important sects found in H 8 - 9 / M 14-15
11. Week "The idea of Vahdet-i Vücud, its representatives and views / Vahdet-i vücud, Vahdet-i Şuud, Pantheism, Panenteism"
12. Week "The idea of Vahdet-i Vücud, its representatives and views / Vahdet-i vücud, Vahdet-i Şuud, Pantheism, Panenteism"
13. Week Order of existence in Ibn Arabi I
14. Week Order of existence in Ibn Arabi II
Recommended Sources
Erol Güngör, İslam Tasavvufunun Meseleleri, Ötüken Yay., İstanbul 1989. Feridüddin Attar, Tezkire-i Makamat. Hacı Bayram Başer, Şeriat ve Hakikat: Tasavvufun Teşekkül Süreci, Klasik Yay., İstanbul 2017. Hülya Küçük, Anahatlarıyla Tasavvuf Tarihine Giriş, Ensar Yay., İstanbul 2011. Julian Baldick, Mistik İslam, Birey Yay., İstanbul 2002. Louis Massignon, Doğuş Devrinde İslam Tasavvvufu, Ataç Yayınları, İstanbul 2006.
Mustafa Altunkaya, Bir Başka Açıdan Suf Hareketi Tarihi, Çıra Akademi, İstanbul 2016. Salih Çift, "İlk dönem tasavvufta Melametilik", Tasavvuf, sayı: 11, ss.445-469.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 Measurement Method
PY5 5 0 0 0 0 -
PY9 5 0 0 0 0 -
PY10 5 0 0 0 0 -
*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