TAR733 - THE DEVELOPMENT of THE OTTOMAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
THE DEVELOPMENT of THE OTTOMAN POLITICAL THOUGHT TAR733 1st Semester 3 0 3 10
Prequisites-
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Dr. Rüya Kılıç 
Course objectiveTo lead students into an examination of the historical bases, characteristics, and changes that took place over time within the administrative and political thought processes in the Ottoman Empire.  
Learning outcomes
  1. By the end of this course the student, evaluates and discuss the historical bases of the administrative and political thought proesses of the Ottoman Empire;
  2. differentiates between the fundamental characteristics of Ottoman political thought;
  3. analyzes the formative process and unique features of official Ottoman ideology;
  4. evaluates the sources of political thought processes from an historical perspective; and
  5. evaluate show the changes and transformations that occurred over time at Ottoman state and societal levels were reflected on political thought processes.
Course ContentThe course will set out from a discussion of the historical bases of the administrative and political thought processes within the Ottoman state, and will then advance to a discussion of the formation process and features of the state's official ideology, along with the role of religion within this process. The final discussions will focus on the changes and transformations that occurred over time within the empire and how these changes were reflected in political conceptualizations.  
ReferencesFârâbî (1990). El-Medinetü?l-Fazıla (trc. Ahmet Arslan), Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı.

Fleischer, C. H.(1996). Tarihçi Mustafa Âli - Bir Osmanlı Aydın ve Bürokratı, trc. Ayla Ortaç, İstanbul.

İnalcık, H. (1958). "Osmanlı Pâdişâhı", AÜSBFD, XIII/1, 68-79.

Ocak, A. Y. (1998). Osmanlı Toplumunda Zındıklar ve Mülhidler (15.-17. Yüzyıllar), İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları.

Öz, M.(1997). Osmanlı'da Çözülme ve Gelenekçi Yorumcuları, İstanbul: Dergah Yayınları.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1An investigation and analysis of the research carried out on the administrative and political thought processes prevalent in the Ottoman Empire.
Week 2Political thought in chronicles and works of the founding period
Week 3The sources of Ottoman political thought processes and their unique characteristics, and an evaluation of these in an historical perspective.
Week 4The sources of Ottoman political thought processes and their unique characteristics and an evaluation of these in an historical perspective. (Continuation).
Week 5The historical foundations of Ottoman Empire administrative and political thought processes.
Week 6Midterm exam
Week 7The historical foundations of Ottoman Empire administrative and political thought processes. (Continuation)
Week 8The basic elements and concepts prevalent within Ottoman official ideology.
Week 9The characteristics of Ottoman official ideology.
Week 10The changes and transformations that occurred within the Ottoman state and society.
Week 11Midtermexam
Week 12Ottoman literature of reform (examples and critiques of the pragmatic dissolution within Ottoman administrative practices. (17th century)
Week 13Ottoman literature of reform (18th century)
Week 1419th century Ottoman political thought.
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 succes250
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes150
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