COURSE SYLLABUS

HISTORY OF TURKISTAN

1	Course Title:	HISTORY OF TURKISTAN
2	Course Code:	TAR5133
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
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. MEHMET TEZCAN
16	Course Lecturers:	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sezai SEVİM
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Mehmet TEZCAN tezcanmehmet@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: 0 224 2941778 Adres: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Tarih Bölümü Görükle Kampüsü 16059 - Görükle-Nilüfer-BURSA
18	Website:	http://tarih.uludag.edu.tr/
19	Objective of the Course:	To present to the MA students the geography of Turkestan in the Middle Ages and of the present Turkish speaking peoples in Central Asia, to obtain to them easily understanding some political and cultural events in the present, learning the region with both its sources and short history.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	It enables graduate students to be trained in the field of Turkistan History and prepares them for the Doctorate program.

Learning Outcomes:

1	The students will learn the meanings of the terms "Turkestan", "Central Asia", "Inner Asia", "Turan" and "Central Eurasia";;
2	will learn the tribes taking place one time in the geography of Turkestan and the states founded here in the Antiquity and the Middle Ages;;
3	will comprehend the roles of Turkestan which were played on the trade routes;;
4	will learn the process of Islamization of the region and the Turks;;
5	will comprehend the importance of the civilizations in Turkestan on Turkification and Islamization of Anatolia;;
6	will know that how Mongol conquests in the 13th century were realized and how they influenced later political and cultural cases.;
7	will learn how the region of Turkestan and the ethnical groups here became different from the Western Turks in the course of time;;
8	will learn development of Turkestan and taking place in the world of civilizations during the time of Temur and afterwards;;
9	will learn the historical, cultural and linguistic basis of today's Turkish republics in the region.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The term “Turkestan”, other relating ones and written sources
2	The empires ruled in Turkestan in the Antiquity and the some cultures: the period of the Achamenids
3	The religions in the region from the very beginning: Mazdaism and Buddhism
4	Turkestan during the Parthians, Sasanians and the Kushans
5	The Hephthalites and Turkic Kaghanates
6	The roles played by the region of Turkestan on the Silk Road
7	Expansion of Islam in Turkestan and its impacts on the region
8	Turkestan in the time of the Mongol Empire (13th-14th centuries)
9	Influences of the Mongolian conquests upon Turkestan
10	The Mongolian ulus: the Chaghataids
11	The Golden Horde / Djuqids
12	Turkestan during the Timurid empire
13	Shahrukh Sultan and the “Timurid Renaissance” in Turkestan
14	The influences of Timurid period in the region, Turkestan after the Timurids

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Aka, I. (1991). Timur ve Devleti, Ankara: TTK. Alan, H. and Kemaloğlu, I. (Ed.) (2016). Avrasya’nın Sekiz Asrı: Çengizoğulları, İstanbul: Ötüken. Barthold, V. V (1981). Moğol İstilasına Kadar Türkistan, Ed. H. D. Yıldız, İstanbul: Kervan Yay. Barthold, V. V. (2006). Orta Asya Türk Tarihi Hakkında Dersler, Ed. K. Y. Kopraman and I. Aka, Ankara: TTK. Cüveynî, Alaaddin Ata Melik (1998). Tarih-i Cihan Güşa, Tr. M. Öztürk, Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı. Çandarlıoğluı, G. (1995). Orta Asya’da Timuriler, Çin’de Ming Münasebetleri, Ch’en Ch’eng Elçilik Raporu, İstanbul: Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Yay. Grousset, R. (1980). Bozkır İmparatorluğu. Attila / Cengiz Han / Timur, Tr. Dr. M. R. Uzmen, İstanbul: Ötüken. Kafalı, M. (1976). Altın Orda Hanlığının Kuruluş ve Yükseliş Devirleri, İstanbul Üniv. Edebiyat Fak. Yay. Klaviyo (1975). Timur Devrinde Semerkanda Seyahat, Tr. Ö. R. Doğrul, İstanbul: Nakışlar Yayınevi. Nizamü’d-Din Şâmî (1987). Zafernâme, Farsçadan Tr. N. Lugal, Ankara: TTK. Ögel, B. (2002). Sino-Turcica. Çingiz Han ve Çin’deki Hanedanının Türk Müşavirleri, İstanbul: IQ Kültür Sanat Yay. Roux, Jean-Paul (2001). Moğol İmparatorluğu Tarihi, Tr. A. Kazancıgil, A. Bereket, İstanbul: Kabalcı yay. Spuler, B. (1957). İran Moğolları. Siyaset, İdare ve Kültür. İlhanlılar Devri, 1220-1350, Tr. C. Köprülü, Ankara: TTK. Togan, A. Zeki Velidi (1981). Bugünkü Türkili Türkistan ve Yakın Tarihi, İstanbul: Enderun Kitabevi. Tüzükât-ı Timur. Timur’un Günlüğü ve Başarı Prensipleri (2004). Ed. K. Şakirov, A. Aslan, İstanbul. Vasary, I. (2007). Eski İç Asya’nın Tarihi, Tr. İ. Doğan, Ötüken, İstanbul. Vladimirtsov, B. Ya. (1944). Moğolların İctimai Teşkilatı, Moğol Göçebe Feodalizmi, Tr. A. İnan, Ankara: TTK. Yakubovskiy, A. Yu. (1976) Altın Ordu ve Çöküşü, Tr. H. Eren, Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı. Yuvalı, A. (2017). İlhanlı Tarihi, İstanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Measurement and evaluation are performed according to the Rules & Regulations of Bursa Uludağ University on Undergraduate Education.
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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	2	20	40
Homeworks, Performances	0	20	40
Projects	2	16	32
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	40	40
Total WorkLoad			180
Total workload/ 30 hr			6
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ2	PQ4	PQ7	PQ8	PQ10	PQ12
LO1	0	2	0	0	0	0
LO2	0	0	3	0	0	0
LO3	2	0	0	0	0	0
LO4	0	0	0	4	0	0
LO5	0	0	0	0	0	2
LO6	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO7	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO8	5	0	0	0	0	0
LO9	0	0	0	0	4	0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High