TAE607 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY of TURKEY I
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONTEMPORARY HISTORY of TURKEY I | TAE607 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Other: Homework | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Assistant Professor Tevfik Orçun ÖZGÜN | |||||
| Course objective | presenting the quality and quantity of the relation between the cultural change and the decisions made by the social leaders who were involved in the decision mechanism in the process of political and cultural change. getting students to make sense of the relations between ideology and social reality. getting students to acquire the skill of analyzing social facts and events from a holistic perspective. encouraging students to produce scientific knowledge by using a comparative method based on historical resources. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | analyzing the cultural and institutional heritage in the transition from the Ottoman to the Republic. the process of planning and applying the Republican reforms, conceptual analysis of the ways of practicing revisionist movements developed for Turkish culture in the period of 1923-1938, analyzing the oral, written, visual and physical elements that integrate with the cultural structure in terms of continuity and change, the social, economic and cultural applications and reactions of one-party regime. | |||||
| References | Lewis, B. (1998). Modern Türkiye?nin Doğuşu (M. Kıratlı, Çev.). Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu. Safa, P. (1996). Türk İnkılabına Bakışlar. Ankara: Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Yayınları. Kafesoğlu, İ. (1986). Türk Milli Kültürü (4.bs.). İstanbul. Ülken, H. Z. (1979). Türkiye?de Çağdaş Düşünce Tarihi (2.bs.). İstanbul: Ülken yayınları. Arığ, A. S. (2007). Atatürk Türkiyesinde Kılık Kıyafette Çağdaşlaşma (2.bs.). Ankara: Siyasal Kitabevi. Berkes, N. (2004). Türkiye?de Çağdaşlaşma, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları. Başgöz, İ. (1995). Türkiye?nin Egitim Çıkmazı ve Atatürk. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları. Güvenç, B. (1979). İnsan ve Kültür (3.bsk.). İstanbul. Ülkütaşır, M. Ş. (1973). Atatürk ve Harf Devrimi. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları. Korkmaz, Z. (1974). Cumhuriyet Döneminde Türk Dili. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Cografya Fakültesi Yayınları. İnan, A. (1981). Atatürk Hakkında Hatıralar ve Belgeler. Ankara: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları. Hane, M. (2021). Kısa Japonya Tarihi (Şükrü Alpagut, çev.). Ankara: Say Yayınları. Esenbel, S. (2021). Japon Modernleşmesi ve Osmanlı Japonya?nın Türk Dünyası Ve İslam Politikaları. İletişim Yayınları. Yıldırım, K. (2021). Çin Tarihi. Ötüken Yayınları. Gökten, K. (2012). Çin Yüzyılını Anlamak. Notabene Yayınları. Riasanovsky N.(2000). A History of Russia. Oxford University Press. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Determining the aim, content and resources of the course |
| Week 2 | The break-up of the Ottoman empire and the Mondros ceasefire agreement |
| Week 3 | Organization of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Anatolia |
| Week 4 | Explaining the concepts of culture and civilization in the Ottoman and the Republic period |
| Week 5 | Social life in Turkish cultural elements in the transition from the Ottoman to the Republic |
| Week 6 | Transition to secular thought in Turkish culture |
| Week 7 | Closing down of Islamic monasteries and shrines |
| Week 8 | Change and development in scientific thought |
| Week 9 | The understanding of nationalism and populism in education and culture |
| Week 10 | Community centers and rooms in Turkish culture |
| Week 11 | Museums in Turkish culture |
| Week 12 | 1924 and 1927 Constitutions |
| Week 13 | Cultural policies of one-party government |
| Week 14 | Economical and developmental policies of one-party government |
| Week 15 | Seminar presentations |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 25 |
| Presentation | 1 | 25 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 2 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 6 | 6 | 36 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 5 | 6 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 34 | 99 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Comprehend Turkish language, social structure, historical and cultural process in an interdisciplinary perspective, analytical and holistic approach. | X | ||||
| 2. Use the research methods of history, linguistics and folklore in order to search the political, social and cultural features of Turkish speaking communities. | X | ||||
| 3. List Turkish speaking people and communities from past to present, explain socio-cultural structure of them and geography they live in. | X | ||||
| 4. Explain the importance of migration, geographical, technological condition in the changes of language, culture and social structure. | X | ||||
| 5. Comprehend the social structure of Turkish communities, the demographic, social problems caused by contact other civilizations. | X | ||||
| 6. Explains regional, global issues in socio-cultural fields, makes predictions about future in a holistic approach. | X | ||||
| 7. Discusses the data for the reproduction of traditional and contemporary values of Turkish social structure that should be transferred to next generations. | X | ||||
| 8. Reads and analyses at least one of the source languages of Turkish culture. | X | ||||
| 9. Evaluates social, economic, scientific and technological developments in a historical perspective as an expert. | X | ||||
| 10. Gains an analytic perspective, make self-criticism, presents thoughts scientifically. | X | ||||
| 11. Be aware of cultural differences and show respect for them. | X | ||||
| 12. Advance their education. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest