TAR775 - STATE and ARMY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STATE and ARMY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE | TAR775 | 3rd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Prequisites | - | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Department lecturers | |||||
| Course objective | To provide the students to a good ground for comprehending and analyzing the transformation observed in the state and military organizations in the Ottoman Empire in comparative perspective by taking notice of political, social and economic factors. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | This course will discuss the relations between state structure and military organizations since the foundation of the Ottoman State in comparative perspective. The basic problems on the state building and the transformation of the army in the process of transition from a frontier principality to empire will also be dealt. After discussing the primary sources written at the time of the rising of the empire, the impact of the military revolution on the transformation of the army and state organizations will be discussed. The structural transformation in the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 18th century on and its political, economic and diplomatic outcomes are also included. | |||||
| References | Uyar, M. (2009). A Military History of the Ottomans: From Osman to Atatürk, Santa Barbara. Aksan, V. (2007). Ottoman Wars, An Empire Besieged (1700-1870), Londra. Börekçi, G. (2006). ?A Contribution to the Military Revolution Debate: The Janissaries Use of Volley Fire During the Long Ottoman-Habsburg War of 1593-1606 and the Problem of Orgins?, Acta Orientalia, 59, s. 407-438. Finkel, C. (1988) The Administration of Warfare: The Ottoman Military Campaigns in Hungary, Viyana. Murphey, R. (1999). Ottoman Warfare, 1500-1700, Londra. Hintze, O. (1975) ?Military Organization and the Organization of State?, Ed: F. Gilbert, The Historical Essays of Otto Hintze, New York. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Scope, resources and research issues |
| Week 2 | Relations between the army and the state organization |
| Week 3 | The Ottoman Principality and the army in the establishment period |
| Week 4 | Ottoman army during the establishment of the empire |
| Week 5 | Kapikulu quarries and state soldiers |
| Week 6 | Army financing I: State and society |
| Week 7 | Mid-term Exam |
| Week 8 | Military revolution in Europe and the Ottoman Empire |
| Week 9 | Transformation of the Ottoman army (XVII-XVIII centuries) |
| Week 10 | Finance of the army II: State and society |
| Week 11 | The search for a new army and the Nizam-ı Cedid reforms |
| Week 12 | Transition to the regular army and re-establishment of the Ottoman state |
| Week 13 | Ottoman bureaucracy and army in the 19th century |
| Week 14 | Presentation and discussion |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 15 |
| Presentation | 1 | 15 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 4 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 13 | 3 | 39 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 13 | 7 | 91 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 60 | 60 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 60 | 60 |
| Total Workload | 30 | 180 | 300 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest