AÄ°T615 - CHANGE and CONTINUITY FROM OTTOMANS TO THE REPUBL.

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
CHANGE and CONTINUITY FROM OTTOMANS TO THE REPUBL. AÄ°T615 1st Semester 3 0 3 7
PrequisitesNone
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
Other: Essay  
Instructor (s)Assoc.Prof. Dr. M. DerviÅŸ KILINÇKAYA 
Course objectiveUnderstanding the political, economic, cultural and social change of the late Ottoman period and their changing and continuing aspects through the Republican era Teaching that continuity and change go hand in hand in history. 
Learning outcomes
  1. 1- Analyses of the facts regarding history of Turkish Republic and Turkish Modernization within the framework of the past, today and future.
  2. 2- Gains historical knowledge of different societies, cultures and civilizations by learning the possible effects of politics on the society and individuals.
  3. 3- Becomes acquainted with the main studies on History and Humanities, writes essays and presents papers.
  4. 4- Gains an interrogative and critical aspect, ethically presents the facts and thoughts, and gains auto criticism.
Course ContentTheoretically analyzes the concepts of continuity and change and studies the continuity and change that took place in history. It is detected whether the political, economic, cultural and popular reforms in the late Ottoman period affected the Republican reforms. In other words, those institutions and customs, transferred or un transferred from a collapsing empire to a newly established republic are to be detected.  
ReferencesBERKES, Niyazi, Türkiye'de Çağdaşlaşma, Ankara, 1978.
ELDEM, Vedat, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun İktisadi Şartları Hakkında Bir Tedkik, Ankara, 1994.
KARPAT, Kemal H. Türk Demokrasi Tarihi, İstanbul, 1967
KURAN, Ercümend, Türkiye'nin Batılılaşması ve Milli Meseleler, Ankara, 1997.
LEWIS, Bernard, Modern Türkiye'nin Doğuşu, Çev.: Metin Kıratlı,TTK Yayınevi, Ankara, 1984.
ZÜRCHER, Eric Jan, Modernleşen Türkiye'nin Tarihi, İstanbul, 2009.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1How the change and continuity take place in history?
Week 2Change within the political system of the Ottoman Empire during the period of decline. Constitutional Period and its effects on the Republican era.
Week 3Parliamentary system during the republican era.
Week 4Decline of the Ottoman Empire, economy inherited form the Ottoman Past.
Week 5Bureaucratic tradition in the Ottoman Empire; the change during the Tanzimat Period and its effects on the Republican era.
Week 6Mid-term
Week 7Army: Army and Politics during the Second Constitutional Era and its Effects on the Republican Era.
Week 8Army and politics during the Republican era.
Week 9Education: change and continuity in the education system and its effects on the Republican era.
Week 10Culture: Culture of politics during the Ottoman and Republican Eras.
Week 11Mid-term
Week 12Social Change: change in the social classes and formation of perception of social classes and roles
Week 13Change and continuity in the status of women form the late Ottoman period to the Republican era.
Week 14Change in journalism and tools of popular culture and its effects on the Republican era.
Week 15Preparation for the final exam
Week 16Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance100
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments220
Presentation110
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms230
Final exam140
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes060
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes040
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)148112
Presentation / Seminar Preparation11010
Project000
Homework assignment11616
Midterms (Study duration)2612
Final Exam (Study duration) 188
Total Workload3351200

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Analyzes the events of Turkish National Struggle, history of Turkish Republic and the process of Modernisation of Turkey in connection with past and today's events and makes projections for the future.     X
2. Knows the sources for Turkish Republican History and for Modernisation of Turkey and analyzes their language and features in expert-level. Analyzes historical events with the datas extracted from sources by scientific tecniques and methods.  X   
3. Comprehends and explains the basic concepts and techniques of history, the relation of history with other social sciences, and its similarities and differences in expert-level.   X  
4. Gains knowledge about European and world histography, stages of Turkish histography and its place in world histography, ecoles of history and modern histography. Analyzes content and method of historical knowledge which is produced by general and national history ecoles in a critical way. X    
5. Observes political, social, economical, academical and technical devolopments on global, regional and local scale, analyzes and explains them in expert level. X   
6. Comments and compares the knowledges of different societies, cultures and civilizations which emerged in the historical process within the scope of individual and society.   X 
7. Makes collobotative studies with the other fields of social sciences aiming at the solution of complicated problems.  X  
8. Prepares projects with the purpose of understanding of any political, social and economical problem. Participates in project teams as a leader or team member, and prepares project reports by commenting and anlayzing the findings. X    
9. Follows the academic studies published in Turkish and in foreign languages concerning history and other humaniterian sciences and prepares articles and papers.     X
10. Obtains interrogatiove and critical perspective, tries to understand others thoughts and acts of others , makes self-critique, interacts with others for academic purposes ises, presents findings and ideas in scientific and ethical way and makes and commends on them.    X
11. Gains the ability of approaching to the history of modernisation and the progress in democratisation from Ottomans to Republic and other problems concerning Turkish history from multi disciplinary perspective.   X 
12. Knows the phases of progress in Turkish history, understands the effect of war on art and reconstructs the war scenes by using art material.   X  

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