TAE723 - HIST. of TURK.. INTELLEKT. THOUGHT and TURK. THINK

Course Name Code Semester Theory
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Application
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Credit ECTS
HIST. of TURK.. INTELLEKT. THOUGHT and TURK. THINK TAE723 3rd Semester 3 0 3 10
PrequisitesNone
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Question and Answer
Other  
Instructor (s)Associate Professor Fahri ATASOY 
Course objectiveThis course aims to introduce to the students the cultural elements of Turkish intellectual history; to discuss and analyze the thought of Turkish intellectuals; and familiarize the students important works of the Turkish history of thought. 
Learning outcomes
  1. By the end of this course the student will: -Become acquainted with the major issues of the history of Turkish intellectual thought -Analyze the works of major Turkish thinkers and historians of science
Course Content-The elements of the History of Turkish intellectual thought
-Important Turkish intellectuals and historians of science
-Major works by Turkish intellectuals 
ReferencesÜlken, H. Z. (1933). Türk Tefekkür Tarihi, 2 cilt, İstanbul.
Adıvar, A. (1970). Osmanlı Türklerinde İlim, İstanbul.
Uzunçarşılı, İ.H. (1971). Osmanlı İlmiye Teşkilatı, Ankara.
Topdemir, H.G. (2001). Türk Düşünce Tarihi. Ankara: AKM Yay.
Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Çağdaş Düşünce Tarihi.
Melek Dosay Gökdoğan, Bilim Tarihinde Türkler, Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Yayınları, Ankara
Levent Bayraktar, Cumhuriyet Döneminde Türkiye'de Felsefe, Aktif Düşünce Yayıncılık, 2016.
Mevlüt Uyanık (2019). Türk Felsefesine Giriş Metni Olarak Kutadgu Bilig. Ayhan Bıçak (Ed.), Kutadgu Bilig Üzerine Felsefi Araştırmalar içinde (s. 117-156). İstanbul: Dergah.
Mehmet Kaan Çalen, Osmanlıcılık ve İslamcılık Karşısında Türkçülük, Ötüken Yayınları.
İsmail Kara, Türkiye'de İslamcılık Düşüncesi 1-2, Dergah Yayınları.
Atasoy, Fahri. (2017). Türkiyede Sosyolojinin Kurucusu Ziya Gökalp. Nazmi Avcı ve Erdal Aksoy (Ed.). Türk Sosyologları. ss.38-54. İstanbul: Lisans Yayıncılık.
Atasoy, Fahri. ?AnadoluculuÄŸun GeliÅŸmesinde Hilmi Ziya Ülken?in Rolü?, Türk Yurdu Dergisi, Cilt 16, Sayı 101. 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Culture and faith medium influencing the Turkish thought
Week 2The first written sources of Turkish thought
Week 3Acquaintance of Turks with Religion of Islam and the effect of the new religion on the world of thought and culture
Week 4The influence of Islam on The Turkish thought
Week 5Progressing of philosophy among Turks and prominent philosophers
Week 6Turkish philosophers and their cultural and scientific environment where they grew up
Week 7Mid-term exam
Week 8Discontinuance and marginalization of the philosophy in the Turkish World
Week 9Searchings and samples of science and philosophy in Ottoman Empire
Week 10Innovation movements and its influence on World of thought
Week 11Modern Turkish thought generating after Tanzimat
Week 12Modern movements of thought after Second Constitutional Era
Week 13The problems and the initiators of Modern Turkish thought
Week 14Generation of modern Turkey and Intelectuals of Turkey
Week 15Topics of discussions of modern Turkey and movements of thought
Week 16Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance1410
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments00
Presentation130
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms120
Final exam140
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes1660
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
Application6530
Specific practical training000
Field activities6424
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14684
Presentation / Seminar Preparation21020
Project000
Homework assignment5630
Midterms (Study duration)13030
Final Exam (Study duration) 14040
Total Workload49104300

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Comprehend the social, economic, cultural, geographical changes of the Turkish world in a holistic perspective.  X  
2. Comprehend a source language related to the Turkish culture and other cultures interacted with.   X 
3. Produce interdisciplinary, analytical knowledge on the areas related to the Turkish culture. X   
4. Analyze the language and social structure phases of Turkish culture, taking into account the contact processes with neighboring cultures.   X 
5. Develop an effective methodology enabling the production of knowledge on Turkish language, culture and social structure.   X 
6. Produce new perspectives influenced from the interdisciplinary nature of Turkish Studies and commend on possible political, military and socio-economic matters.  X  
7. As an expert on regional assimilation problems, analyze the possible consequences of it and to produce policy suggestions on the matter to relevant private and state departments. X   
8. Generate analysis on global ethnic and cultural problems in the view of Turkish Studies.  X  
9. Develop new insights on history, philology, social, economic fields related to Turkish Culture and interacted with.   X 
10. Expand norms and methods of knowledge production from the perspective of Turkish Studies.    X
11. Advance new technological methods, in the study of language, history and culture of Turkish Culture geography.   X 
12. Make scientific contributions to the Turkish language, history, culture and interactive cultures.    X

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