Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Ottoman Empire V
Course Code: TAR443
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: 5
Objectives of the Course

It is aimed in this course to evaluate the internal and external dynamics that shaped the Ottoman political, social and economic history from the very beginning of the 20th Century to 1922.

Course Content

Explaining the Ottoman monarchical and republican transition period and comprehend .

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Mehmet BAŞARAN
Learning Outcomes
1. to be able to write the situation of the Ottoman Empire in the 20th Century and compare with European states.
2.to be able to comprehend how western imperialism began to pay attention to the Ottoman Empire
3.to be able to explain the political, social and economic dynamics of the Second Constitutional Period
4.to be able to explain the reasons of the changes in the Balkans and the World War I
5.to be able to discuss the social history of the War of Independence and the reasons for removal of the sultanate
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Feroz Ahmad, İttihat ve Terakki (1908-1914), (çev: Nuran Yavuz), İstanbul 1995,
2.Enver Ziya Karal, Osmanlı Tarihi Cilt V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, Ankara
3.Robert Mantran, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu Tarihi II, Çev. Server Tanilli, İstanbul 2000.
4.T. Zafer Tunaya, Türkiye'de Siyasal Partiler,C. 1,2 ve 3, İstanbul
5.İlber Ortaylı, İmparatorluğun En Uzun Yüzyılı
6.M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, Osmanlı ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti ve Jön Türklük, I, İstanbul 1989, Sina Akşin, Jön Türkler ve ittihad ve Terakki, istanbul 1987.
7.Prof. Dr. İlber Ortaylı, Erol Şadi Erdinç, İttihat ve Terakki, İNKILAP KİTABEVİ 2016
8.Murat Çulcu, İttihat ve Terakki, 2011.
9.Sina Akşin, 100 Soruda Jön Türkler ve İttihat ve Terakki, 1980
10.İbrahim Temo, İttihat ve Terakki Anılarım, 2021
11.Doğan Avcıoğlu, 31 Mart'ta Yabancı Parmağı, Cumhuriyet Yayınları, 1998
12.Sina Akşin, Şeriatçı bir ayaklanma: 31 Mart olayı, İmge Yayınları, 2015
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The Economic, Political, and Intellectual Background of the Period and the Evaluation of the Sources
Week 2 - Theoretical
The establishment of the Union and Progress Society; its organization and political activities.
Week 3 - Theoretical
The decleration of the Second constitution and its effects
Week 4 - Theoretical
The elections; the opening of the Chamber of Deputies and its activities
Week 5 - Theoretical
Governments and their activities
Week 6 - Theoretical
Reactions to the constitutional order: March 31 Uprising.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Foreign Policy Pursuits and the Inter-Bloc Landscape
Week 8 - Theoretical
Reform movements carried out in the administrative and social fields
Week 9 - Theoretical
Regulations in the economic and cultural policies
Week 10 - Theoretical
Qualifications of Soldiers and Intellectuals in the Constitutional Monarchy Period
Week 11 - Theoretical
Press in the Second Constitutional Period
Week 12 - Theoretical
Unionism during the Tripolitanian, Balkan, and First World War Periods
Week 13 - Theoretical
Unionism during the Tripolitanian, Balkan, and First World War Periods
Week 14 - Theoretical
The Armistice of Mudros, Mustafa Kemal’s Landing at Samsun (1919–1920 Developments)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Assignment113114
Individual Work133039
Midterm Examination1718
Final Examination113114
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)131
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
4
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4
3
3
2
4
3
4
3
3
OÇ-2
4
5
2
4
4
3
2
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3
4
3
3
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4
5
2
4
4
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2
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3
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4
5
2
4
4
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2
4
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4
3
3
OÇ-5
4
5
2
4
4
3
2
4
3
4
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026