COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONTEMPORARY SUFI MOVEMENTS II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIS 5142 CONTEMPORARY SUFI MOVEMENTS II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SÜLEYMAN GÖKBULUT

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to review any significant changes in the relations between mysticism and community life from Tanzimat years to the present day and to put out problems of the miystical life in the recent past and present and to prepare the ground fort he development of solutions to these problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student becomes aware of discussions related to the religious and Sufic life in Tanzimat (reforms) and Meşrutiyet (constitutional government) years.
2   He knows point of view of various religious groups and intellectual environments to the Sufic life in the Tanzimat and Meşrutiyet years.
3   He learns legal changes and adjustments made about religious and mystical life when the transition to the republic period
4   He knows the positive and negative results caused in the historical process by these regulations.
5   He recognizes certain Sufi groups that are active today. He estimates about the future of the Sufic life in our country.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sufism and Dervish Lodges (tekke) from Tanzimat to the Republic
2 Dervish Lodges (tekke) and Members of Them in the National Struggle
3 Closing of Dervish Lodges and Reactions
4 Positive and Negative Results of Closure of Dervish Lodges (tekke)
5 Overview of Sufism in the Republican Era Novels
6 Overview of Sufism in the Republican Era Novels
7 Mid-Term exam
8 Mid-Term exam
9 Today's Mystical Communities
10 Today's Mystical Communities
11 Today's Mystical Communities
12 Today's Mystical Communities
13 Place of Sufism in Modern Turkish Society
14 Sufism in Today's Novels

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources:
1- Mustafa Kara, Din, Hayat ve Sanat Açısından Tekkeler ve Zâviyeler, Istanbul 1990.
2- Hülya Küçük, Kurtuluş Savaşında Bektaşiler, Kitap Yay.
3- Nuri Köstüklü, Vatan Savunmasında Mevlevihaneler, Çizgi Yay.
5- Mustafa Kara, Metinlerle Günümüz Tasavvuf Hareketleri, Istanbul 2002.
6- Ismail Kara, Cumhuriyet Türkiye'sinde Bir Mesele Olarak Islâm, Istanbul 2008.
9- Mehmet Altan, Kent Müslümanlığı, Istanbul 2010.
10- Ismail Kara, Şeyh Efendi'nin Rüyasındaki Türkiye, Istanbul 1998.
11- Ali Köse, Neden Islam'ı Seçiyorlar , Istanbul 1997.
12- Eva de Vitray-Meyerovitch, Islam'ın Güleryüzü, Istanbul 1998.
13- Mihriban Özelsel, Halvette Kırk Gün, Istanbul 2002.
14- Y. Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Nur Baba.
15- R. Nuri Güntekin, Yeşil Gece, Miskinler Tekkesi.
19- Iskender Pala, Şah ve Sultan, Od.
20- Ahmet Ümit, Bâb-ı Esrâr.
21- Elif Şafak, Aşk.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, questions and answers.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students' achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, final exam and active participation to the lecture.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

suleyman.gokbulut@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 14:00 -16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 141

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.15
LO.24
LO.34
LO.42
LO.53