Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Ottoman Diplomacy
Course Code: TAR359
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The main purpose of this course is to discuss the history of diplomacy from traditional diplomacy to modern diplomacy in the light of case studies and to illuminate the change and transformation from legal, ideological, cultural and institutional perspectives. For this purpose, global diplomacy and revealing the basic features of the Ottoman period Turkish diplomatic tradition in this diplomacy are among the promises of this course. Other objectives of the Ottoman Diplomatic History course are to reveal the differences between the Turkish diplomatic history of the Ottoman period by taking into account the dominant ideologies of the establishment, rise, stagnation and collapse periods of the Ottoman Empire.

Course Content

The History of Ottoman Diplomacy examines the periods of rise, stagnation and collapse, respectively, from the foundation of the Ottoman Empire, taking into account the basic characteristics, in the light of case studies, and reveals the development of Turkish diplomacy and foreign policy and the effects of the developments in the West on the way Turkish diplomacy is carried out. constitutes the content of the course. The course will include explanations of events, actors and changing mentalities.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.it is informed about diplomacy term and its around
2.İt is informed between diplomacy and policy terms
3.he/she have general information about policy diplomacy around Turkish States
4.he/she have general information about Ottoman diplomacy and its change
5.Student will be able to explain the interaction between modernization and diplomacy.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Namık Sinan Turan, İmparatorluk ve Diplomasi Osmanlı Diplomasisinin İzinde, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul 2014.
2.Alaaddin Yalçınkaya-Uğur Kurtaran (Der), Osmanlı Diplomasi Tarihi-Kurumları ve Tatbiki-, Altınordu Yayınları, Ankara 2018.
3.Alaaddin Yalçınkaya-Uğur Kurtaran (Der), Osmanlı Devleti’nin Diplomasi Tarihi / Makaleler 2, Altınordu Yayınları, Ankara 2024.
4.Palmira Brummett, Osmanlı Denizgücü: Keşifler Çağında Osmanlı Denizgücü ve Doğu Akdeniz'de Diplomasi, Timaş Yayınları, İstanbul 2009.
5.Halil İnalcık, Kuruluş ve İmparatorluk Sürecinde Osmanlı -Devlet Kanun Diplomasi-, Timaş Yayınları, İstanbul 2019.
6.Selim Hilmi Özkan, Osmanlı Devleti ve Diplomasi, İdeal Kültür Yayıncılık, İstanbul 2017.
7.Ahmet Dönmez, Osmanlı Modernleşmesinde İngiliz Etkisi Diplomasi ve Reform (1833-1841), Kitap Yayınevi, İstanbul 2014.
8.Mikail Acıpınar, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu ve Floransa Akdeniz'de Diplomasi, Ticaret ve Korsanlık 1453-1599, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara 2023.
9.Mustafa Yılmaz, Fav Yarımadası’nda Osmanlı-İngiliz Çekişmesi (1886-1915) -Çatışma-Diplomasi-İşgal-, Taş Mektep Yayın Atölyesi, İstanbul 2015.
10.Mustafa Yılmaz, Fav Yarımadası’nda Osmanlı-İngiliz Çekişmesi (1886-1915) -Çatışma-Diplomasi-İşgal-, Taş Mektep Yayın Atölyesi, İstanbul 2015. Musa Gümüş, Güç ve Diplomasi-Mısır Meselesi ve Sultan II. Abdülhamid Kitabevi Yayınları, İstanbul 2018.
11.Feroze A. K. Yasamee, Abdülhamid’in Dış Politikası -Düvel-i Muazzama Karşısında Osmanlı-, Kronik Kitap, İstanbul 2020.
12.Mustafa Bıyıklı (Der), Türk Dış Politikası Osmanlı Dönemi (2 Cilt), Gökkubbe Yayınları, İstanbul 2008.
13.Temel İskit, Diplomasi Tarihi, Teorisi, Kurumları ve Uygulaması, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, İstanbul 2020.
14.Kollektif, Uluslararası İlişkiler Tarihi: Diplomasi Tarihi, 1-5. Ciltler, Evrensel Basım Yayın, İstanbul 2009-2015.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Diplomacy and basic concepts and source information around it
Week 2 - Theoretical
The emergence of diplomacy and its history adventure
Week 3 - Theoretical
Diplomatic Experience in Turkish History I: Pre-Islamic Period
Week 4 - Theoretical
Diplomacy Experience in Turkish History II: Post-Islamic Period
Week 5 - Theoretical
The Problem of Periodizing the History of Ottoman Diplomacy
Week 6 - Theoretical
Stages of Ottoman History and Diplomacy: Periods and Ideologies
Week 7 - Theoretical
Characteristics of Turkish Diplomacy and Foreign Policy in the Ottoman Founding Period
Week 8 - Theoretical
Characteristics of Turkish Diplomacy and Foreign Policy in the Ottoman Rise Period
Week 9 - Theoretical
Characteristics of Turkish Diplomacy and Foreign Policy in the Period of Ottoman Stagnation and Decline
Week 10 - Theoretical
Characteristics of Turkish Diplomacy and Foreign Policy in the Ottoman Modernization Period
Week 11 - Theoretical
Tanzimat Edict as Ottoman Modernization and Diplomatic Document
Week 12 - Theoretical
Ottoman Modernization and the Reform Edict as a Diplomatic Document
Week 13 - Theoretical
Ottoman Modernization and Legal Principles as a Diplomatic Document
Week 14 - Theoretical
History of Turkish Diplomacy in the Republican Era Inherited Heritage
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%30
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%40
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Assignment101120
Term Project20510
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)74
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026