Information Package / Course Catalogue
Ottoman Seafaring
Course Code: TAR335
Course Type: Required
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 aim of the course is to teach maritime politics of the Ottoman Empire in military and commercial areas.

Course Content

Sea Meeting of the Ottoman Empire. First Marine Veterans . Ottoman-Venetian and Ottoman - Genoese challenges and on . First Naval Base Gallipoli and Ottomans in the Aegean. Fatih Age and the Far Sea Orientation (Black Sea -Mediterranean ) . Power Struggle in the Eastern Mediterranean : the Ottoman , Venetian and the Knights of Rhodes . New Forces in the Mediterranean : Emergence of piracy . Geographical Discoveries and Ottomans in the Mediterranean. Aceh Sea Power Transfer from Suez . Mediterranean Aspects Teachers: Barbarossa brothers, Kemal Reis Piri Reis , Phials Pasha and Kılıç Ali Pasha . Imperial arsenal . Captain Pasha . reform efforts in the Navy. Nineteenth Century Ottoman Maritime . Commercial shipping. I. Ottoman Marine in World War II.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Tanju DEMİR
Learning Outcomes
1.Able to explain the properties of the policy of the Ottoman sea.
2.Able to tell of the Ottoman shipyards and its organization.
3.Able to explain of the Ottoman vessel technology.
4.The student knows the importance of maritime in Ottoman modernization efforts.
5.Students will be able to make a general summary of Ottoman maritime history.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.İsmail H. Uzunçarşılı; Osmanlı Devletinin Merkez ve Bahriye Teşkilatı, Ankara, 1984
2.Ayhan Afşin Ünal; XVI ve XVII. Yüzyıllarda Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid (Akdeniz-Ege Adaları yada Kapudan Paşa Eyaleti), Türkler, C.9, Ankara 2002
3.Fernand Broudel; Akdeniz ve Akdeniz Dünyası, C.II, İstanbul 1990
4.Aydın Taneri; Osmanlı Kara ve Deniz Kuvvetleri (Kuruluş Devri), Ankara 1981
5.İdris Bostan; Kapudan Paşa, İslam Ansiklopedisi, Diyanet Yayınları, C.24, Ankara 2002
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The history of the Ottoman shipyard
Week 2 - Theoretical
Shipyard buildings
Week 3 - Theoretical
Other Ottoman shipyards
Week 4 - Theoretical
Administrative structure and staff of the Tersane-i Amire
Week 5 - Theoretical
Ship Types: Paddle boats
Week 6 - Theoretical
Sailing Ships
Week 7 - Theoretical
Steam Ships
Week 8 - Theoretical
Materials used in ship building
Week 9 - Theoretical
Ship servants
Week 10 - Theoretical
Ship fighters
Week 11 - Theoretical
Piri Reis, Katip Celebi and Ottoman Maritime
Week 12 - Theoretical
The Politics of the Ottoman for Black Sea and Mediterranean
Week 13 - Theoretical
Ottoman Navy, Important Ottoman sailors and the Kapudan Pasha
Week 14 - Theoretical
Ottoman Maritime Wars. Change in the Ottoman Navy
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)78
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
OÇ-1
3
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
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