COURSE SYLLABUS

POLITICAL HISTORY OF OTTOMANS

1	Course Title:	POLITICAL HISTORY OF OTTOMANS
2	Course Code:	İLA2233
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	8
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:	Doç. Dr. SAADET MAYDAER
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	msaadet@gmail.com 0224 243 13 37 (60218) U.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To understand the political events in the Ottoman history within the cause and effect relationship
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	The ability to understand the emergence and development of the Ottoman Beylik;
2	The ability to understand the processof transition from the Ottoman principality to the Ottoman Empire;
3	The ability to comprehend the different approaches to the emergence of the Ottoman Empire and the political environment that anabled the Ottoman to rise;
4	The ability to understand the political development of the Ottoman Empire, the policy of expansion in Anatolia and Balkans, the politics of conquest and settlement.;
5	The ability to comprehend the relationship between Ottoman and other states and to understand the political struggles;
6	The ability to evaluate the process of the collapse of the Ottoman after the treaty of Küçük Kaynarca;
7	The ability to comprehend the political events led the Ottoman State to the weakness within the framework of the Ottoman-European relations;
8	The ability to understand how the Ottoman was influenced by French revolution;
9	The ability to comprehend the political situation of the Ottoman Empire befoe the first World War;
10	The ability to understand reform movements and the place of the Ottoman Empire in the world politics;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The transition of the Ottoman from the Beylik to the State
2	The Ottoman Empire from the emergence to the period of interregnum
3	The period of interregnum
4	The Ottoman State during the Mehmed II Conqueror
5	The ages of Bayezid II and Yavuz
6	The age of Suleyman the Magnificent
7	The Ottoman State after Suleyman the Magnificent
8	The Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca and its effects to the Ottoman State
9	The Ottoman Empire at the beginning of Modern Times
10	The Ottoman Empire in the years 1815-1870
11	Tanzimat Period
12	The Crimean War
13	Reform Edict of 1856
14	The Ottoman Empire after the Treaty of Paris

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Fuat Köprülü, Osmanlı Devleti’nin Kuruluşu, Ankara, 1959. Doğuştan Günümüze Büyük İslam Tarihi, red. Hakkı Dursun Yıldız, İstanbul 1993, c. 10, 11. Feridun Emecan, “Osmanlı Siyasî Tarihi”, Osmanlı Devleti Tarihi, ed. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, İstanbul 1999, c. I., ss. 5-135. Marshall G. S. Hodgson, The Venture of Islam, Vol. 2: The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods, Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1977, pp. 369-436
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	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
Information

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