COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OTTOMAN BUREAUCRACY AND CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRE 3001 OTTOMAN BUREAUCRACY AND CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

History Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR YAHYA ARAZ

Offered to

History Teacher Education

Course Objective

At the end of this course, it is aimed that the students learn the central organization and bureaucracy of the Ottoman Empire

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to discuss the resources of Ottoman System
2   To be able to explain the laws of Fatih
3   To be able to discuss the general structure of the palace and the functions of Harem and Enderun here
4   To be able to explain Kapıkulu System and its place in the janissary imperial organization system
5   To be able to write Council and its functions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Justification and Importance of Course - Course Rules and Requirements Course Description: Resources, Studies, Definitions
2 The Ottoman State System: Byzantine, Islamic and Turkish Effects
3 Fatih Law and Organization of the State
4 Formation of the Palace
5 Harem: Function for The Imperial
6 Formation and Composition of the Divan-i Humayun
7 Training of a State Officer and Development of its Career
8 Midterm Exam
9 Finance Organization and Bureaucracy I
10 Finance Organization and Bureaucracy II
11 Ruling Class Organization and Bureaucracy
12 Kapıkulu System
13 Janissary Corps
14 Emergence of Divan-ı Humayun, and Bab-ı Ali after 17th century -A General Overview
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Uzunçarşılı, Ismail Hakkı (1988). Osmanlı Devleti Teşkilatına Medhal, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları
2- Uzunçarşılı, Ismail Hakkı (1988). Osmanlı Devleti'nin Saray Teşkilatı, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları
3- Uzunçarşılı, Ismail Hakkı (1988). Kapıkulu Ocakları 1-2, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları
4- Uzunçarşılı, Ismail Hakkı (1988). Osmanlı Devleti'nin Ilmiye Teşkilatı, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları
5- Uzunçarşılı, Ismail Hakkı (1988). Osmanlı Devleti'nin Merkez ve Bahriye Teşkilatı, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları
6- Pierce, Leslie (2010). Harem-i Hümayun Osmanlı Imparatorluğu'nda Hükümranlık ve Kadınlar, Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +FINS * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.14
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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