COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF THE MODERN TURK STATES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ESH 0034 HISTORY OF THE MODERN TURK STATES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Faculty Of Letters

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

American Culture and Literature
Archeology
Museology
.
Translation and Interpreting
.
Turkish Language and Literature
Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)
Psychology
Archeology
Comparative Literature
Sociology
Sociology
Philosophy
Linguistics
Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)
Comparative Literature

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to develop undergraduate history students knowledge on political, social, economic and cultural history of contemporary Turkic states and their relations with each other.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students, who successfully completed this course, will be able to gain information on political, social, economic and cultural history of contemporary Turkic states.
2   Students, who successfully completed this course, will be able to gain information on relations betwwen contemporary Turkic states.
3   Students, who successfully completed this course, will be able to comprehend the place and importance of contemporary Turkic states in the world order.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Turkish societies, The geographical regions where Turkish people live
2 The old Soviet system and Turks
3 The Idil-Ural regional Turkish Communities and historical developments
4 Turkish communities in Caucasia
5 Central Asia Independent Turkish Countries
6 Eastern Turkestan
7 Mid-Term Assessment
8 Turks in Persia
9 Turks in Iraque
10 Turks in Syria
11 Turks in Yugoslavia
12 Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic
13 The Balkans Turkish Communities and political, social, cultural and economical situatians
14 Final Examination Week

Recomended or Required Reading

Mehmet Saray, Türk Cumhuriyetleri Tarihi, TTK Yayınları, Ankara 1999. Türk Dünyası El Kitabı, II, Ankara 1992. Ibrahim Kafesoğlu, Türk Milli Kültürü, Ankara 1996. Akdes Nimet Kurat, Rusya Tarihi, Ankara 1992. Fahir Armaoğlu, XX. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi, Türkiye Iş Bankası Yayınları, Ankara 1991.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation

Assessment Methods

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm
Final

Assessment Criteria

Midterm %40
Final %60

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attending Midterm
Attending Final

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

vefa.kurban@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13:15-14:15

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 10 10
Final 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13
LO.24
LO.34