COURSE SYLLABUS

TURKISH HISTORY AND CULTURE BEFORE ISLAM

1	Course Title:	TURKISH HISTORY AND CULTURE BEFORE ISLAM
2	Course Code:	SOS1004
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. ÖMER DÜZBAKAR
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Ömer DÜZBAKAR Uludağ Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi A Blok +90 (224) 2942250 oduzbakar@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Meaning of Turkish name; The main land of the Turks; The birth of Turkish; The history of the pre-Islamic Turkish states; The importance of Orhun Monuments and their history, culture, language and beliefs; steppe lifestyle characteristics; art, economy, faith culture and civilization in pre-Islamic Turkish societies in general.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Explaining of Turkish name, race and homeland after giving information about the relationship between culture and civilisation and the factors having an effect on the birth of the civilisation with theory and to deal with archaeological and antropological data of Central Asia and Southern Siberia belonging to this period within the dicipline of History.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Students analyze the arrival of on the stage of history of Turkish, Turkish name, such as basic historical facts of The Turkish Race, Turkish homeland.;
2	Students get knowledge about pre islamic Turkish states' chronological political history.;
3	Students recognize the pre-Islamic Turkish rulers, statesmen and scholarsleft their mark on the World.;
4	Students comprehend skills in areas such as state-building, having their homeland, independence and organizational beginning the Turks for centuries;
5	Students eveluate the effects religious beliefs owned by Turkish and on their individual and community life In pre-Islamic period.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The relevant literature of Pre-Islamic Turkish History and Culture, Turkish name, the Turk race, the homeland and migration from the Turkish homeland
2	First civilizations established in the motherland (Anau, Afanasyevo,Andrnova,Karasuk, Togar cultures)
3	Asia Hun Empire (Mete Han)-tribes emigration (Europen Huns, Akhuns)
4	I and II. GokTurks (Bilge Kağan, Kültigin, Tonyukuk) -Orhun monuments
5	Uigurs (Kansu Uigurians, Turfan Uigurians)
6	Turk States established out of Middle Asia(Kyrgyz, Cybermen, Avars, Magyars, Karluk, Oguz)
7	Turk States established out of Middle Asia (Khazars, Bulgarians, Turgish, Pechenegs, Cumans)
8	The social structure and state mentality at pre-Islamic Turks
9	The mentalities of independence, state, society, custom, world sovereignty at Pre-Islamic Turks
10	Parliment,state,sovereign,wife,family,writing,laguage-literature at Pre-Islamic Turks
11	Military, sport, justice, the establisment prosperity of Bozkır State at Pre-Islamic Turks
12	The mentality of religion at Pre-Islamic Turks
13	Legend and epics
14	Art and music, time calculating and calender

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	İbrahim Kafesoğlu, Türk Milli Kültürü, İstanbul, 2020. Grosset, R., Bozkır İmparatorluğu, (çev.) R. Üzmen, İstanbul, 1999. Taşağıl, A., Gök-Türkler, Ankara, 1995. Czeledy, K., Bozkır Kavimlerinin Doğudan Batıya Göçleri, çev: E. Çoban, İstanbul, 1998. Ögel, B., Büyük Hun İmparatorluğu Tarihi, Ankara, 1981. Ögel, B., Türk Kültürü’nün Gelişme Çağları, Ankara, 1988. Ligeti, L., Bilinmeyen İç Asya, (çev.) S. Karatay, Ankara 1986. Orkun, H. N., Eski Türk Yazıtları, Ankara, 1994. Ergin, M., Orhun Abideleri, İstanbul, 1980.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	20
Final Exam	1	50
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Midterm and Final Exams are conducted as tests.
Information	In the tests made in the exams, the questions are classified as difficult, medium level and easy. Students' achievements are calculated based on norm-referenced assessment.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High