COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ISSUES IN MODERN TURKISH HISTORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5040 ISSUES IN MODERN TURKISH HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NEDIM YALANSIZ

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to analyze problems of history of modern Turkey, to learn methodological approaches and to understand establishment of historiography for modern Turkey and its problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   explain problems of history of modern Turkey
2   interpret progress of modern historiography
3   reach results in study of modern historiography
4   analyze main problems in history of modern Turkey
5   evaluate arguments of offical history

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Evolution of modern historiography
2 Institutionalization of modern history
3 Ahmet Refik Altınay
4 Fuat Köprülü
5 Zeki Velidi Togan
6 Ismail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı
7 Historical Studies in Atatürk s Period
8 Mid-term exam
9 Congress of Turkish History
10 Prodution style and its discussions
11 Armenian Question discussions
12 Ideology and history
13 Identity and History
14 Official History discussions I

Recomended or Required Reading

Gordon WRIGHT , Çağdaş Devirde (Zamanda) Çağdaş Tarih The Future of History, Essasys in the Vanderbilt University Cetennial Symposium, Vanderbilt University Press, Tennessee, 1977 içinde.
John Tosh, Tarihin Peşinde, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul, 2011.
Peter Burke, Tarih ve Toplumsal Kuram, Tarih Vakfı Yurt yay., I. Baskı, Istanbul, 1994
Etienne Copeaux, Türk Tarih Tezinden Türk Islam Sentezine, Tarih Vakfı Yurt yay., II. Baskı, Istanbul, 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lectures
2) Homeworks/Presentations

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 * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

TBA

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-3: asked in mid-term exam
2. LO 1-5: asked in final exam
3. LO 5 will be assessed with term repo

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

TBA

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone 0-232-3018744 nedimyalansiz@hotmail.com

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 161

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.1343
LO.2343
LO.3343
LO.4343
LO.5343