COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF THE TURKISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ATA 5019 HISTORY OF THE TURKISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALEV GÖZCÜ

Offered to

Principles of Atatürk and Turkish Revolution History

Course Objective

The course aims to analyze the events that led to Turkish War of Independence, development process of the war, Turkey s relations with foreign states and its policies in application, encountering the global issues that is in change and transformation during the period of time till Treaty of Lausanne.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about the literature related to the War of Independence and to be able to perform comparative assessment on the references.
2   To be able to list the fundamental concepts related to the War of Independence and to be able to perform comparative interpretation of these concepts
3   To be able to explain the events occurred within the course of the War of Independence and their nationwide and worldwide impacts
4   To be able to assess the aspects of the evolution noted by Turkey from the War of Independence to present.
5   To be able to express the significance of the War of Independence within the world history.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concepts Related to War of Independence and Their Descriptions
2 The Industrial Revolution, Activities of Colonialism and Global Balance of Power in Flux
3 Ottoman State s Attempts for Modernization and The Process Leading to the World War I
4 World War I and Assessment on the Ottoman State s Aspect
5 The Armistice of Mondros, The Occupations, The Occupation of Izmir and Its Impacts on the War of Independence
6 Leadership of Mustafa Kemal, the Organization Activities in Anatolia and the Congress Process
7 Misak-ı Milli (The National Pact) and Analysis
8 Mid-term ExamMid-term Exam
9 The Occupation of Istanbul, Foundation of Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara
10 Establishment of Organized Army and The Armed Struggle Period
11 Turkish Foreign Policy during the War of Independence
12 Armistice of Mudanya, Results and the Process Leading to Reconciliation
13 Treaty of Lausanne
14 Review of the Semester

Recomended or Required Reading

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk,(1919-1927), Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Yay., Ankara,2000.
Kemal Arı, Başlangıçtan Günümüze Türk Devrim Tarihi, Zeus Kitapevi, 2013.
Şerafettin Turan, Türk Devrim TarihiI-II-III-IV-V, Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara 1992
Falih Rıfkı Atay, Çankaya, Istanbul 1984
Bernard Lewis, Modern Türkiye'nin Doğuşu, çev. Metih Kıratlı, Ankara 1984
Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, Tek Adam, Mustafa Kemal 1881-1919, Istanbul 1976
Kazım Karabekir, Istiklal Harbimiz, Istanbul 1988
Mazhar Müfit Kansu, Erzurum'dan Ölümüne Kadar Atatürk'le Beraber, Ankara 1988
Gotthard, Jaeschke, Türk Kurtuluş Savaşı Kronolojisi, Ankara 1970
Shaw, Stanford J.-Ezel Kural Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Reform, Revolution and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey, 1808-1975, London 1977.
Salahi, R. Sonyel, Türk Kurtuluş Savaşı ve Dış Politika, Ankara, 1973
Mehmet Temel, Işgal Yıllarında Istanbul'un Sosyal Durumu, TC Kültür Bakanlığı Yay.,Ankara,1998.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

During the learning stage, besides following a lecturing process; certain activities will be done by the students such as pre-course preparations, presentation preparing and performing during the class by the students.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

40% midterm, %60 final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons. The instructor has right to make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yrd.Doç.Dr. Alev GÖZCÜ
alev.gozcu@deu.edu.tr
0232-301-79-31

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Atatürk Ilkeleri ve Inkılâp Tarihi Enstitüsü
Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi, 35390
Buca/IZMIR

Office Hours

Evey tuesday between 13:30-16:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.14
LO.24
LO.34
LO.44
LO.54

CONTACT INFORMATION
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