COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF TURKISH ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3812 HISTORY OF TURKISH ARCHITECTURE COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

This course, concentrating mainly on the history of Turkish architecture, aims to examine the basic concepts and the terminology of Islamic culture and architecture, and to introduce the outlines of major developments and characteristic periods in the history of Turkish architecture within the contexts of social, economic and geographic backgrounds, institutions, settlements patterns, building typologies and construction techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To conceive the historical meaning of architecture
2   To gain a theoretical basis of the concepts and the terminology of architectural history
3   To understand the major developments in the history of architecture
4   To analyze and evaluate the historical built environment with its various aspects
5   To recognize the characteristic periods in the history of Turkish architecture.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

MIM 2811 - INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Islamic architecture: Basic concepts and the terminology
2 Introduction to Islamic architecture: Basic concepts and the terminology
3 The emergence of the mosque in the Islamic world and the early mosques
4 Early Islamic architecture: The Umayyad and the Abbasid traditions
5 Madrasas and mausoleums
6 A general view to pre-Anatolian Turkish architecture
7 Anatolian medieval architecture: Early principalities and the Seljuks
8 Midterm exam
9 Construction techniques and decoration in the architecture of the Seljuks
10 Architecture in the period of west-Anatolian principalities
11 Architecture and urban morphology in the early Ottoman period
12 Architecture and urban morphology in the early Ottoman period
13 Classical Ottoman architecture and Sinan
14 Classical Ottoman architecture and Sinan

Recomended or Required Reading

Architecture of the Islamic World, ed. G. Michell. London, 1978.
Hillenbrand, R. Islam Sanatı ve Mimarlığı, çev. Ç. Kafescioğlu. Istanbul, 2005.
Kuban, D. Türk ve Islam Sanatı Üzerine Denemeler. Genişletilmiş Ikinci Basım, Istanbul, 1995.
Kuban D. Çağlar Boyunca Türkiye Sanatının Anahatları. Istanbul, 2004.
Sözen, M. vd. Türk Mimarisinin Gelişimi ve Mimar Sinan. Istanbul, 1975.
Sözen, M ve Tanyeli, U. Sanat Kavram ve Terimleri Sözlüğü. Istanbul, 1986.
Türkiye Tarihi, ed. S. Akşin, Cilt I-II. Istanbul, 1987-1988.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, feedback sessions and discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term Exam: % 50 - LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Final Exam: % 50 - LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sedat.emir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday, 15:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.45555
LO.55555

CONTACT INFORMATION
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