COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TCT 5033 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History of The Turkish Republic

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OKTAY GÖKDEMIR

Offered to

History of The Turkish Republic

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the social and economic history of Turkey, modernization process, and the historical phases of this process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. The scope and basis of the social an economic history of Turkey
2   2. The social and economic dissolution of the Ottomans in terms of modernization and capitalization
3   3. The social, economic, and cultural condition in the first years of the Republican Era
4   4. The politics of the Republic of Turkey in industrialization and modernization, social and economic politics and their relationships to the West
5   5. The social and economical politics of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The social and economic organization of the Ottomans
2 The social and economic heritage of the Ottomans
3 The Izmir Economy Congress, the society and economy in the first years of the Republican Era
4 The education politics of the Republic
5 The industrialization politics of the Republic
6 The immigration from rural areas to urban
7 The changes in socio-economic structure
8 Term examination
9 The changes in the economic politics
10 The economic crises and their outcomes
11 The labor and employer organizations
12 The formation of ghettos, urbanization, and identity problems
13 Presentations
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Feyyaz Berker-Güngör Uras, Fikir Üreten Fabrika: TÜSIAD ın Ilk On Yılı: 1970-1980, Doğan Kitap, Istanbul, 2009.
Korkut Boratav, Türkiye de Devletçilik, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2006.
Korkut Boratav, 1980'li Yıllarda Türkiye'de Sosyal Sınıflar ve Bölüşüm, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2005.
Korkut Boratav, Türkiye Iktisat Tarihi 1908 - 2005, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2006.
Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, 15 cilt, Iletişim yay., Istanbul.
Yıldırım Koç,. Türkiye Işçi Sınıfı ve Sendikacılık Hareketi Tarihi, Kaynak yay., Istanbul, 2003.
Necdet Sakaoğlu, Cumhuriyet Dönemi Eğitim Tarihi, Iletişim yay., Istanbul, 1992.
Sefa Şimşek, Halkevleri 1932-1951, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi yay., Istanbul,
Nurcan Toksoy, Halkevleri: Bir Kültürel Kalkınma Modeli Olarak, Orion yay., Istanbul, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. 1. Lecture
2. 2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 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

None

Assessment Criteria

1. 1. LO 1-3: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term and final examinations.
2. 2. LO 4-7: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term project.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 1. 70% attendance is obligatory.
2. 2. Non-attendance will not be considered as an acceptable excuse for the delay in the term project.
3. 3. Participation to the term and final examinations will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

oktay.gokdemir@deu.edu.tr / oktaygokdemir@mynet.com

Office Hours

Monday,at 13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 8 8
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1234
LO.2234
LO.3234
LO.4334
LO.5334

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