Course Information

Course Information
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.
Learning Outcomes
# 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.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
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
*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.
The Matrix for Course & Program Learning Outcomes
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.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Akdes Nimet Kurat, Rusya Tarihi Başlangıçtan 1917’ye Kadar, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, Second Edition, Ankara 1987.
  • Baymirza Hayit, Türkistan Devletlerinin Millî Mücadeleleri Tarihi, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, Ankara 1995.
  • Charles Marvin, Reconnoitring Central Asia: Pioneering Adventures in the Region Lying Between Russia and India, Second Edition, W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London, 1885.
  • İsmail Berkok, Tarihte Kafkasya, İstanbul Matbaası, İstanbul, 1958.
  • Ömer Göksel İşyar, Sovyet-Rus Dış Politikaları ve Karabağ Sorunu, Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul 2005
  • Mehmet Saray, The Russian, British, Chinese and Ottoman Rivalry in Turkestan, Turkish Historical Society Printing House, Ankara, 2003.
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
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