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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Fall/Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • To be able to explain the origins and reasons of the military and political rise of the Ottoman state at the end of the Middle Age
  • To be able to outline the military and political rise of the Ottoman state vis-à-vis the European monarchies in the 14th and 15th centuries
  • To be able to comprehend the relative weakness of Europe at the birth of the Ottoman state
  • To be able to identify the internal and external weaknesses of the Ottoman Empire vis-à-vis Austria, Russia, Britain, France and Prussia.
  • Critiques the geostrategy of the Ottoman Empire in the Basin of the Five Seas
  • To be able to analyze the financial, military, economic, social and diplomatic structures of the Sublime Porte throughout its history
  • To be able to analyze the evolution of the Ottoman armed forces throughout its history
  • To be able to discuss the social structure of the multinational empire
  • To be able to comprehend the decline of the Sublime Porte vis-a-vis the European Great powers in the modern ages
  • To be able to explain the reasons of the early Ottoman successes to finance its expensive armed conflicts and conquests.
Course Description

 



Course Category

 Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction of the course and the course material
2 The Birth of the Ottoman state in the Basin of the Five Seas Oral Sander, Anka’nın Yükselişi ve Düşüşü, Osmanlı Diplomasi Tarihi Üzerine Bir Deneme, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları (any edition).
3 The Ottoman Supremacy in the Balkans Justin McCarthy, The Ottoman Turks, An Introductory History to 1923, Longman, New York and London, 1997.
4 Unification of Anatolia under the Ottoman Crown, the TurcoMongolian Clash and the Ottoman Interregnum Justin McCarthy, The Ottoman Turks, An Introductory History to 1923, Longman, New York and London, 1997.
5 The Imperial Age of the Warrior Sultans in Eastern and Central Europe and in the Middle East Oral Sander, Anka’nın Yükselişi ve Düşüşü, Osmanlı Diplomasi Tarihi Üzerine Bir Deneme, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları (any edition).
6 Soliman “The Magnificent” and the Golden Age of the Ottoman Civilization Justin McCarthy, The Ottoman Turks, An Introductory History to 1923, Longman, New York and London, 1997.Halil İnalcık and, Donald Quataert (eds.), An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1914, 1995.
7 First Midterm Exam
8 The Fall Back of the Empire versus the Rising Habsburg and Romanov Empires İlber Ortaylı, Ottoman Studies, İstanbul Bilgi University Press, 2004, Istanbul.
9 The Modernization Attempts in the Empire through the 18th century, Military defeats in front of Romanov and Habsburg expansionisms İlber Ortaylı, Ottoman Studies, İstanbul Bilgi University Press, 2004, Istanbul.
10 Rising secessionist nationalisms in the Empire in the 19th century, the “Reorganization (Tanzimat)” of the Empire and the attempts to reform and centralize it İlber Ortaylı, İmparatorluğun En Uzun Yüzyılı, İletişim Yayınları (any edition).
11 Second Midterm Exam
12 Diplomacy of Balance of the Sublime Porte among the European Great Powers, British protectionism towards the Ottoman Empire İlber Ortaylı, İmparatorluğun En Uzun Yüzyılı, İletişim Yayınları (any edition).
13 The Young Ottoman and Young Turk movements, the Young Turk Revolution of 1908 by the CUP (Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti), the Three Policies (Üç Tarzı Siyaset) to save the EmpireThe CUP years, the Empire’s Entry into WW I, Ottoman foreign policy and fronts. Şükrü Hanioğlu, Young Turks in Opposition, Oxford University Press, 1995.Ahmad, Feroz. The Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics, 1908–1914, 1969.Ulrich Trumpener, “Turkey’s War”, The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War, Oxford University Press, Oxford-New York, 1998.Ulrich Trumpener, Germany and the Ottoman Empire, 1914-1918, Caravan Boks, 1989. Edward J. Erickson, Ordered to Die, A History of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War, Greenwood Press, Westport - Connecticut, 2001.
14 Class Presentations
15 Class Presentations
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks Book chapters, power point presentations
Suggested Readings/Materials Recommended books on Ottoman and European diplomatic and military history

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
2
15
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
15
Presentation / Jury
1
15
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
2
30
Final Exam
1
25
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
5
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
11
3
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
15
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
10
Final Exams
1
14
    Total
140

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
 Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1 To be able to use the advanced theoretical and practical knowledge that the graduates have acquired in the areas of international relations X
2 To be able to examine, interpret data and assess concepts and ideas with the scientific methods in the area of international relations/political science X
3 To take the responsibility as a group team member and as an individual to solve unforeseen and multidimensional problems that are unforeseen in practice X
4 To be able to recognize regional and global issues/problems, and to be able to develop solutions based on research and scientific evidence X
5 To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the area of international relations/political science critically and to detect learning requirements and to guide learning. X
6 To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of international relations; to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems verbally and in writing to experts and nonexperts. X
7 To be able to interpret theoretical debates regarding relations among factors in global politics such as structures, institutions and culture, to be able to pinpoint the continuities and changes of main dynamics of international relations, X
8 To be able to distinguish the differences between the classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship, X
9 To be able to make use of other disciplines that international relations are based upon (political science, law, economics, sociology, psychology, etc.) and to have the basic knowledge of these disciplines. X
10 To be able to keep abreast of current news on international relations, learn a foreign language and to communicate with one’s peers (European language portfolio global scale, level B1) X
11 To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently X
12 To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to international relations. X
13 To be able to improve the acquired knowledge, skills and qualifications for personal and social reasons

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

 

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