1	Course Title:	TURKISH WORLD GEOGRAPHY
2	Course Code:	COG0501
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. ALİ YİĞİT
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. Ali Yiğit
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Turkey's neighbors and relatives of the countries that recognize the natural geographic and cultural potential and grasp the basics of setting up mutual sound relations with these countries
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Location and geopolitical features of Turkish countries; physical and socio-economic geographical characteristics and relations with Turkey.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Central Asia's features, capabilities, and to understand the problem and resolve their relations with Turkey; 2 Caucasus properties, opportunities and grasp the problems and resolve their relations with Turkey ; 3 The properties of the Balkans, opportunities and grasp the problems and resolve their relations with Turkey ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Main geographical features of Central Asia
2	Historical, social and political events affecting Central Asia
3	The relations between Central Asia and Turkey
4	Western Turkistan Countries
5	East Turkistan
6	Afghanistan, Mongolia and Pakistan
7	The Regions Where Turks Live in Russia: Siberia and İdil-Ural
8	The Regions Where Turks Live in Russia: The Caucasus
9	Main geographical features of the Caucasus
10	Date affect the Caucasus, relations between the social and political events and the Caucasus with Turkey
11	Azerbaijan Geography and Its Problems
12	Main geographical features of the Balkan Peninsula
13	Date affect the Balkans, social and political events and the relations between the Balkans and Turkey
14	Turks living in other parts of the world

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	•Türk Ülkeleri ve Türklerin Yaşadıkları Bölgelerin Coğrafyası, A. YİĞİT TİSAV Elazığ Şb yay. 2000 Elazığ •Türk Dünyasının Beşeri ve İktisadi Coğrafyası, Y. DÖNMEZ, İ.Ü.Coğr. Enst. Yay. No:74 1973 İstanbul •Tabiatı, insanı ve iktisadı ile TÜRK DÜNYASI, R. ÖZEY. Öz Eğitim Yay. 1996 Konya •Türkiye'nin ve Türk Dünyasının Jeopolitiği S. İLHAN, Türk Kültürünü Araştırma Ens. Yay: 134 1993 Ankara •Dünyada Türkler, BAINBRIDGE,M.Say Yayınları, İstanbul. 1995, •Çağdaş Türkîler; DEVLET,N.Doğuşundan Günümüze Büyük İslam Tarihi, Ek cilt, Çağ yayınları-İstanbul,1993,.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	20
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	20
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Lecture, Question and answer, Case study, Discussion, group work
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	5	70
Homeworks, Performances	1	25	25
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	1	1
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	1	1
Total WorkLoad			126
Total workload/ 30 hr			4,17
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High