TAR605 - OTTOMAN PALEOGRAPHY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OTTOMAN PALEOGRAPHY | TAR605 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prequisites | - | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Other: practical work | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Dr. M.Hulusi Lekesiz | |||||
| Course objective | To teach how to decipher Ottoman manuscripts and documents and to use them in historical research | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | General characteristics of Ottoman scripts; description of the rik'a script; reading Ottoman archival at elementary level; reading Ottoman manuscripts at elementary level. | |||||
| References | Kütükoğlu, M. S. (1998) Osmanlı Belgelerinin Dili, Diplomatik. İstanbul. Gökbilgin, M. Tayyib (1992) Osmanlı Paleografya ve Diplomatik İlmi.İstanbul: EnderunKitabevi, Eminoğlu, M. (1989) Konya, Osmanl ıVesikalarını Okumaya Giriş, GözyaşıYayıncılık. Aktan, A. (1995) Osmanlı Paleografyası ve Siyasi Yazışmalar .İstanbul. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | General Properties of Ottoman scripts |
| Week 2 | Properties of Rik'a script |
| Week 3 | Reading a document written in Rik'a |
| Week 4 | Various examples of Rik'a script |
| Week 5 | Examples of Tezkire, irade and arz-ıhâl |
| Week 6 | Midterm exam |
| Week 7 | Reading and analyzing archival documents |
| Week 8 | Reading samples of telhis, buyrulduand hatt-ıhümâyun |
| Week 9 | Turkish, Arabic and Farsi concepts found in archival documents |
| Week 10 | Midterm exam |
| Week 11 | Samples of Vakıf deeds, hatt-I hümâyun and ahidnâme |
| Week 12 | Nesih, ta'lîkvesülüsscripts |
| Week 13 | Meanings of words and concepts found in the Ottoman documents |
| Week 14 | Extracting data from archival documents |
| Week 15 | 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 50 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 61 | 180 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 6. Develops and completes an independent project to investigate the background of a current problem and develops solutions by interpreting the findings. | X | ||||
| 7. Learns teamwork, carries out collaborative studies with other social science fields to solve complex problems. | X | ||||
| 8. Follows the scientific studies in history and in other social sciences published in Turkish and foreign languages, prepares papers, articles, and reports with different data and methods. | X | ||||
| 9. Acquires a questioning perspective, tries to understand the thoughts and actions of others, makes self-criticism, presents their findings and thoughts in a scientific manner. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest