AÄ°T616 - MEMOIRS ON TURKISH NATIONAL STRUGGLE

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
MEMOIRS ON TURKISH NATIONAL STRUGGLE AÄ°T616 2nd 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  
Instructor (s)Assoc.Prof. Dr. Seyfi YILDIRIM 
Course objectiveThe course intend to comprehend memoirs /and diaries which were written after and during the Turkish National Struggle and their historical usage as a source, to evaluate and compare with other sources of history of the same period. 
Learning outcomes
  1. 1. Knows the difference between diary, memoir and biography.
  2. 2. Correctly uses memoirs as a major source of historiography.
  3. 3. Knows the memoirs of the late Ottoman Empire, World War I and the National Struggle periods.
  4. 4. Evaluates the memoirs written in the same period comparatively.
Course ContentIntroduction to historical documents, it's usage in the historical researches. Examination of memoires in terms of differences and similarities among diary, memory and auto-biography. The use of memoirs as a source of history and it's advantages and disadvantages. Introducing the memoirs of people who joined National Struggle and lived this period. Analysis of memoirs / diaries, as literary genre by style and use of language-meaning points and comparatively.  
ReferencesAkar, Åževket Kamil- Karakoç, Ä°rfan (2004), ''Siyasi Tarih Kaynağı Olarak Hatırat ve Gezi Notları'', Türkiye AraÅŸtırmaları Literatür Dergisi, Cilt 2, Sayı 1, Ä°stanbul: Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı Yayını. -Cebesoy, Ali Fuat, Sınıf Arkadaşım Atatürk (Okul ve Genç Subaylık Hatıraları), Ä°nkılâp ve Aka Kitabevleri, Ä°stanbul 1967. -Hafize Cesur, Hatıratlar Işığında Türk Kamuoyunda Balkan SavaÅŸları, Abant Ä°zzet Baysal Ãœniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Basılmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Bolu 2008. -Ä°nönü, Ä°smet, Hatıraları, Hazırlayan: Sebahattin Selek, Bilgi Yayınevi, Ä°stanbul 1987. SöylemezoÄŸlu, Galip Kemali, Hariciye Hizmetinde Otuz Sene: Mutlakiyet-MeÅŸrutiyet ve Milli Mücadele Yıllarında Gördüklerim ve Başıma Gelenler 1892?1922, Åžaka Matbaası, Ä°stanbul 1950. -Talat PaÅŸa, Åžehit Sadrazam Talat PaÅŸa'nın Gurbet Hatıraları, Derleyen: Cemal Kutay, 3 Cilt, Kültür Matbaası, Ä°stanbul 1983. (...) 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction to memories, diaries, and biographies and determining differences and similarities among them.
Week 2 Introduction of memoirs as a source material in historical studies.
Week 3Memoirs and diaries written during the final phase of the Ottoman Empire.
Week 4Memories and diaries of the World War I and II.
Week 5Comprehensive presentation of memories and diaries of the National Struggle Period
Week 6Comprehensive study of memories and diaries of the National Struggle Period
Week 7Comprehensive study of memories and diaries of the National Struggle Period
Week 8Mid-term
Week 9Comprehensive study of memories and diaries of the early Republican period.
Week 10Comprehensive study of memories and diaries of the early Republican period.
Week 11Comprehensive study of Ataturk's Great Speech as a source of history
Week 12Comparison of the memories and diaries of commander's and prominent peoples of the National Struggle with that of the Ataturk's Speech.
Week 13Evaluation of the civillians' memories and diaries during written during the National Struggle
Week 14General evaluation
Week 15
Week 16Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance1010
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments10
Presentation10
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms140
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes050
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes050
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)1210120
Presentation / Seminar Preparation11515
Project000
Homework assignment11010
Midterms (Study duration)11010
Final Exam (Study duration) 11313
Total Workload3061210

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.      

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