COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS OF TURKEY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5022 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS OF TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TÜRKMEN TÖRELI

Offered to

History

Course Objective

he 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 Fianl Discussion
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

To be announced.

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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.144
LO.244
LO.344
LO.444
LO.544