KAY773 - STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO EARLY REPUBLICAN PERIOD

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE TO EARLY REPUBLICAN PERIOD KAY773 1st Semester 3 0 3 10
PrequisitesNone
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Academic Staff 
Course objectiveThe aim of this course is to provide a deeper understanding and discussion of the modernization, change and transformation movements that took place from the Ottoman Empire to the Early Republican era. 
Learning outcomes
  1. Will be able to more easily explain the changes in the Ottoman Empire through the capitalist transformation.
  2. Will be able to analyze the place of the newly established Turkey in the global context after the dissolution of the Empire.
Course ContentThe changes and transformations in the Ottoman Empire were the reflections of the capitalist transformation that took place in the world. Through the perspective of capitalist transformation, the social, political and economic transformations of the Ottoman Empire will be discussed starting from the 16th century to the Early Republican era. 
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Demirbaş, O. (2009). "İttihat ve Terakki Cemiyeti ve Millî Mücadele". Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tariih Yüksek Kurumu Atatürk Araştirma Merkezi 90. Yılında Millî Mücadele Sempozyumlari Bildiriler, Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi.

Findley, C. V. (2004). "'Süreklilik Yenilik Sentez' Osmanlı ve Türk Olmak". Osmanlı Geçmişi ve Bugünün Türkiyesi, Kemal Karpat (ed.) (s. 51-72) içinde. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi.

Frank, A. G. (1966). Development of Underdevelopment, New York: Montly Review Press.

İnalcık, H. (2014a). "Tanzimat Nedir?". Tanzimat: Değişim Sürecinde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu H. İnalcık ve M. Seyitdanlıoğlu (ed.) (s. 13-37) içinde. Ankara: Phoenix.

Karpat, K. (2004). "Tarihsel Süreklilik, Kimlik Değişimi ya da Yenilikçi, Müslüman, Osmanlı ve Türk Olmak". Osmanlı Geçmişi ve Bugünün Türkiyesi Kemal Karpat (ed.) (s. 19-50) içinde. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi.

Mardin, Ş. (2014). "Tanzimat Fermanı'nın Manası Yeni Bir İzah Denemesi". Tanzimat: Değişim Sürecinde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu H. İnalcık ve M. Seyitdanlıoğlu (ed.) (s. 109-127) içinde. Ankara: Phoenix.

Oral, M. (2018). "Türk Kurtuluş Savaşı'nın Tarihsel Konumu". Mustafa Atatürk ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi Dergisi I(2): 3-16.

Özel, S. (2009). "Millî Mücadele'den Kesitler". Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi 90. Yılında Millî Mücadele Sempozyumlari Bildirileri, Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi.

Özgiray, A. (2009). "Kemalistlerin Doğu Politikası (1919-1922)". Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi 90. Yılında Millî Mücadele Sempozyumlari Bildirileri, Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi.

Pamuk, Ş. (2020). Türkiye'nin 200 Yıllık Tarihi. İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.

Samir, A. (1977). Imperialism & Unequal Development. London: Monthly Review Press.

Sönmez, E. (2016). "From Kanun-i Kadim (Ancient Law) To Umumun Kuvveti (Force Of People): Historical Context Of The Ottoman Constitutionalism". Middle Eastern Studies 52(1): 116-134.

Tekiner, A. (2010). "İktidar, Söylem ve Kült: Atatürk Anıtları". Resmi Tarih Tartışmaları: Rejim ve Ritüelleri cilt 10 M. K. Kaynar (ed.) içinde. Ankara: Özgür Üniversite Yayınları.

Toprak, Z. (2020). Atatürk ve Kurucu Felsefenin Erimi. İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.

Tunçay, M. (2015). Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nde Tek-Parti Yönetiminin Kurulması (1923-1931). İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları.

Wallerstein, I. (1979). "The Ottoman Empire and the Capitalist World-Economy: Some Questions for Research". Review (Fernand Braudel Center) 2(3): 389-398.

Yılmaz, H. (2008). "Kemalist Revolution and the Foundation of the One-Party Regime in Turkey: A political Analysis". Essays in Honor of Ergun Özbudun, Political Science, Vol. I, S. Yazıcı ve K. Gözler (ed.) (s. 535-564) içinde. Ankara: Yetkin Yayınevi.

Zürcher, E. J. (2004). "Jön Türkler, Müslüman Osmanlılar ve Türk Milliyetçileri: Kimlik Politikaları: 1908-1938 Osmanlı ve Türk Olmak". Osmanlı GeçmiÅŸi ve Bugünün Türkiyesi, Kemal Karpat, der. (s. 261-292) içinde. Ä°stanbul: Ä°stanbul Bilgi Ãœniversitesi. 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction
Week 2Understanding the Capitalist Transformation: Capitalist Transformation in the 16th Century
Week 3Understanding The Capitalist Transformation: Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment
Week 4Understanding the Capitalist Transformation: the Ottoman Empire's Response to Capitalist Transformation
Week 5Understanding the Capitalist Transformation: Tanzimat, Reform and Constitutional Monarchy in the Ottoman Empire
Week 6Structural Adjustment to Capitalism: The Transformation of the Ottoman Empire (16th-19th Centuries)
Week 7Structural Adjustment to Capitalism: the Transformation of the Ottoman Empire (19th Century) (From the Tulip Period to the Imperial Edict of Gülhane)
Week 8Understanding The Tanzimat Reforms: From The "Nizâm-ı Âlem" Thought to "Tanzimat"
Week 9The Second Industrial Revolution, the Crisis of 1873 and the Structural Adjustment Process of the Ottoman Empire (From 1873 to the World Wars)
Week 10Amid World Wars and the Transformation of the World System: The National Struggle (Is the National Struggle a "National" Struggle and/or a Struggle?)
Week 11Two Periods and Three Levels of The National Struggle
Week 12Early Republican Period amid Two World Wars and the Transformation of the World System
Week 13The Concept of "One": "The One Man"
Week 14The Concept of "Single": "The Single Party"
Week 15Preparation for the Final Exam
Week 16Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance1410
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments120
Presentation120
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms00
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes1650
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)14570
Presentation / Seminar Preparation12525
Project000
Homework assignment1410140
Midterms (Study duration)000
Final Exam (Study duration) 12323
Total Workload4466300

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. To acquire advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of specialization. To understand the interactions with other disciplines and analyze social structure and dynamics.     X
2. To develop skills for planning and conducting research, and analyzing/evaluating data in the field of specialization. To find solutions to the problems faced during the research process. To be innovative with original thinking in the field of specialization.   X 
3. To contribute to related literature by conducting a research independently or as a member of a research team.    X
4. To follow the recent developments and scholarship in the field of specialization. To have the awareness about lifelong learning and questioning. To develop new ways of thinking and new methods.    X
5. To communicate effectively in oral and written base. Masters a foreign language and effectively uses information technologies. To contribute to related literature by producing articles and books and making presentations in national and international platforms.   X 
6. To feel social responsibility. To have a capacity and awareness to contribute to the society.    X
7. To appreciate social, cultural, scientific, and ethical values while conducting studies in the field of specialization. To contribute to the solution of problems faced in this process in the national and international levels.    X

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