TAR738 - HISTORY of THE OTTOMAN INSTITUTIONS II

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
HISTORY of THE OTTOMAN INSTITUTIONS II TAR738 2nd Semester 3 0 3 10
Prequisites-
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
 
Instructor (s)Dr. Mehmet SeyitdanlıoÄŸlu 
Course objectiveTo teach the transformation in the Ottoman administration and its institutions in the 19th century from a comparative and holistic perspective 
Learning outcomes
  1. By the end of this course the student, describes Ottoman state organization and its institutions as in the classical age
  2. analyzes changes in the Ottoman administration
  3. describes the new administrative bodies and functions in the nineteen century
  4. evaluates transition from Divan-ıHümayun to Meclis-iMeb?usan
  5. describes Ottoman Higher Councils and their functions.
Course ContentSovereignty: the Ottoman Sultan and ?Kul system?, Classical officialdom in Ottoman Bureaucracy. Divan-ı Hümayun (Imperial Council) and its members; Ottoman central and provincial administration during the Tanzimat period. Emergency of modern Ottoman ministries and their interactions with the western counterparts.  
ReferencesUzunçarşılı İ. H. (1984) Osmanlı Devletinin Merkez ve Bahriye Teşkilatı, Ankara, TTK Yayını.
Ortaylı İ. (1992) İmparatorluğun En Uzun Yüzyılı, Ankara, Hill Yayını.
Kitsikis, D. (1996) Türk Yunan İmparatorluğu, İstanbul, ;İletişim Yayınları.
Ortaylı İ. (2007) Türkiye İdare ve Teşkilat Tarihi, Ankara, Cedid Neşriyat.
Findley, C. (1980) Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire, Princeton, Princeton Uni. Press.
Akyıldız, A. (2000) Osmanlı Merkez Teşkilatında Reform, İstanbul, Eren Yayınları.
Seyitdanlıoğlu, M. (1996) Tanzimat Devrinde Meclis-i Vâlâ 1838-1868, Ankara, TTK Yayını.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Ottoman Central Administration: The Sultan, the Grand Vizier and the members of the Imperial Council (Divan-ı Hümayun)
Week 2Timar System and Provincial Administration
Week 3?Kul System?: Duties of the Grand Vizier, Viziers, Şeyhülislam and other members of Divan-ı Hümayun
Week 4The Ottoman army: Yeniçeris and Sipahis.
Week 5Midterm Exam
Week 6Emergency of the modern Ottoman bureaucracy
Week 7Modern Government: Bab-ı Ali and Change in the Central Administration
Week 8Meclis-iVâlâ and emergency of Western style Higher Councils
Week 9Tanzimat Ferman and modernization in administrative policy
Week 10Midterm Exam
Week 11The Ottoman bureaucrat in Tanzimat period
Week 12Transformation in provincial administration during 19th century
Week 13The 6th Department of Municipalities (6. Daire-i Belediye) and the emergency of modern municipalism in the Ottoman State
Week 14General overview
Week 15Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments00
Presentation130
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms220
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes350
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 Preparation660360
Project000
Homework assignment13030
Midterms (Study duration)22040
Final Exam (Study duration) 14444
Total Workload38163600

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