TAR731 - PROBLEMS of THE FOUNDATION PERIOD of THE OTT. STAT

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
PROBLEMS of THE FOUNDATION PERIOD of THE OTT. STAT TAR731 1st Semester 3 0 3 10
Prequisites-
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Dr. Mehmet Öz 
Course objectiveTo discuss and analyse the questions and problematiques in historiography relating to the emergence period of the Ottoman state. 
Learning outcomes
  1. In the end of this course; Knows the the questions and problematiques in historiography relating to the emergence period of the Ottoman state,
  2. Recognises the nature of the sources for the period of foundation,
  3. Explains the identity and positions of the founders of the state,
  4. Comprehends the nature and relationships of the principality with neigbouring policies,
  5. Analyses various dimensions of the process of transition from beylik to state.
Course ContentThe foundation process of the Ottoman states, the dynamics behind its development and the debate over the nature and development of the beylik vis a vis other Anatolian principalities in the light of primary sources and modern studies.  
Referencesİnalcık, H. (2003) Osmanlı İmparatorluğu-Klasik Çağ. Çev. Ruşen Sezer, İstanbul.

Özel, O. ve Öz, M. (haz.) (2000) Söğüt?ten İstanbul?a, Ankara.

Imber, C. (1990) The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1481, Ä°stanbul.

Kafadar, C.(1995) Between Two Worlds, Berkeley.

Köprülü, M. F. (1980) Osmanlı imparatorluğunun Kuruluşu, İstanbul.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Anatolia in the 13th century: Politics, Society and Economy
Week 2Historiography on the foundation period of the Ottoman state
Week 3The question of the foundation of the Ottoman state from Gibbons to Köprülü and Wittek
Week 4Discussions from the 1980?s up to the present: from Lindner to İnalcık, Kafadar and Lowry
Week 5The critical question: The gaza thesis, its foundations and weaknesses
Week 6The Oghuz tradition and the Ottomans
Week 7The question of Byzantine influence in the foundation period
Week 8The Ä°lkhanids and the Ottomans
Week 9Mid-term exam
Week 10Strategical position and the Ottoman beylik.
Week 11The importance of the Balkans
Week 12The Ottomans and other Anatolian beyliks
Week 13Phases of state fromation
Week 14General discussion on the foundaiton problem
Week 15General exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training140
Assignments00
Presentation00
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms120
Final exam140
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes260
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes140
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)14684
Presentation / Seminar Preparation16060
Project000
Homework assignment13030
Midterms (Study duration)22040
Final Exam (Study duration) 14444
Total Workload33163300

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Advances historical knowledge with research and creative thinking.    X
2. Reaches novel results in understanding the interactions between history and other social science disciplines in analyzing and evaluating new and complex ideas, arguments and developments using expert knowledge.   X  
3. Describes and critically evaluates the essential historical sources, their language and properties and analyse the data contatined in them using various scientific methods and techniques including computer programs at the level of expertise; for this purpose develops new models, methods and applications.   X 

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest