TAR615 - OTTOMAN HISTORY I

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
OTTOMAN HISTORY I TAR615 1st Semester 3 0 3 6
Prequisites-
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Dr. Rüya Kılıç 
Course objectiveTo lead students in examining the political, administrative, and military history of the Ottoman Empire, from its foundation up until 1699. 
Learning outcomes
  1. By the end of this course the student, distinguishes between the various approaches to periodisation in Ottoman history;
  2. analyses the approaches used in historical and current studies of the political, administrative, and military history of the Ottoman Empire from its founding up until the year 1699;
  3. utilizes Ottoman historical sources;
  4. questions and debates the factors that influenced the transition from a principality to a state and then an empire; and
  5. evaluates the decline and transition periods that occurred during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
Course Content(From the emergence of the Ottomans up until 1699)
The course will follow in chronological order the foundation of the Ottoman Empire, its expansion, its development in military, administrative and political institutions, and its relations with other contemporary states.
 
Referencesİnalcık, H. (2003). Osmanlı İmparatorluğu-Klasik Çağ, Çev. Ruşen Sezer, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
Özel, O.-Öz, M. (ed.). (2000). Söğüt'ten İstanbul'a, Ankara: İmge.
Emecen, F. (2011). Osmanlı Klasik Çağında Siyaset, İstanbul: Timaş.
Emecen, F. (2012). Fetih ve Kıyamet, İstanbul: Timaş.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Attempts at periodisation of Ottoman history
Week 2Approaches to Ottoman political and military history
Week 3Ottoman historical sources and their unique features
Week 4Introduction to the classical period of Ottoman history from the rise of the state to the interregnum.
Week 5The Imperial Age
Week 6Midterm exam
Week 7Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror and the world around him.
Week 8Politics of the Ottoman East
Week 9Sultan Suleiman and his age
Week 10Midterm exam
Week 11Central administration, provincial administration, and the Timar system.
Week 12Padishah, the royal family, and society at large
Week 13Changes in military and financial conditions
Week 14An evaluation of the transformations that occurred in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
Week 15Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments00
Presentation00
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms250
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)14570
Presentation / Seminar Preparation000
Project000
Homework assignment000
Midterms (Study duration)21938
Final Exam (Study duration) 13030
Total Workload3157180

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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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