TAR741 - DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TAR741 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 study the structure of population, migration and settlement, population movements in the Ottoman empire.  
Learning outcomes
  1. By the end of this course the student, learns the nature, causes and consequences of demographic movements,
  2. knows the sources about population for the Ottoman period and comprehends their characteristics,
  3. analyses the population structure of the periods of foundation and development of the Ottoman state,
  4. studies the 16th century population rise and the resulting multi-faceted problems,
  5. explains the changes in the composition of Ottoman population caused by migrations from the Caucasus and Balkans to Anatolia in the 19th century.
Course ContentDemographic structure and settlement movements in the Ottoman state from its foundation until the early 20th century.  
ReferencesBaykara, T. (1988) Anadolu?nun Tarihi Coğrafyasına Giriş I-Anadolu?nun İdari Taksimatı, Ankara.

İnalcık H.-Pamuk, Ş. (haz.) (2000) Osmanlı Devletinde Bilgi ve İstatistik , Ankara.

Karpat K. (2003) Osmanlı Nüfusu, 1830-1914, İstanbul.

Barkan, Ö.L. (1970) ?Research on Ottoman Fiscal Surveys?, Studies in the Economic History of the Middle East, ed. M.A.Cook, New York.

Cook, M. A.(1972) Population Pressure in Rural Anatolia 1450-1600, London.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Sources for Ottoman Demographic history: the Classical Era
Week 2Sources for Ottoman Demographic history: the post-Classical Era
Week 3Sources for Ottoman Demographic history: the period of Modernisation
Week 4An overview of research on Ottoman demography
Week 5Population movements in the foundation period
Week 6Movements of settlement and colonisation
Week 7Demographic movemenets from the 15th to the late 16th century: urbanisation, transition to settled life and migrations
Week 8The Celali revolts and their effects on population
Week 9Mid-term exam
Week 10The 18th cenutry: A Black Hole (for demographic history)?
Week 11Independence movements and their demographic repercussions: from the Crimea to the Caucasus
Week 1219th century population history: Sources, events and results
Week 13Demographic movements during the WW1: Forced migration, mutual massacres and migrations
Week 14Population Exchange and from empire to nation-state
Week 15General exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments140
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
4. Explains the reasons for the emergence of different schools of history and compares the historical knowledge produced by them in terms of method and content using a critical perspective.  X  
5. Develops advanced historical projects and for that pupose forms and manages interdisciplinary teams of researchers.   X 
6. Examines, using a critical perspective, and improves the norms and rules governing the relationships in the humanities in gerenal and in history in particular; and when necessary directs actions to replace them.    X
7. Supports the decision making processes of organizations working on preservation of the historical and cultural heritage and participates awareness-raising activities of these organizations.    X

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