Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Modernization in the Republican Period
Course Code: TAR460
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

To learn the developments and changes on the way from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic in the light of the concepts of Modernization, Modernization and Westernization and to compare with the events in Europe.

Course Content

This course focuses on all developments in society and administration on the path of modernization, and not only the problems of the Ottoman period but also the changes of the past and present.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Coşkun TÜRKAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Understanding and questioning the concepts of modernization, modernization and westernization
2.Comparing and questioning the concepts of East and West
3.Answering the question of what an intellectual is in the Ottoman Empire
4.Questioning the understanding of political ideologies of the Tanzimat and Constitutional Monarchy periods
5.Being able to understand the characteristics of the modernization movements of the Republican Era
6.Understanding modernization in the fields of law, education, culture, art and architecture in the Republican Era
7.Being able to compare the modernization movements of the Ottoman Period and the Republican Period
Recommended or Required Reading
1.ALKAN, Mehmet Ö., “Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nda Modernleşme ve Eğitim”, Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi. XII, (2008), 9-84.
2.ENGELHARDT, Tanzimat, İstanbul, 1976.
3.İMBERT, Paul, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nda Yenileşme Hareketleri, İstanbul, 1981.
4.KARAL, Enver Ziya, Osmanlı Tarihi, Nizam-ı Cedit ve Tanzimat Devirleri, V, 1994, Ankara.
5.KARPAT Kemal, Osmanlı'da Değişim, Modernleşme ve Uluslaşma, İmge Yay., Ankara, 2006.
6.AHMAD Feroz, Modern Türkiye'nin Oluşumu, çev. Y. Alogan, Kaynak Yayınları, İstanbul 2019.
7.GEORGEON François, Osmanlı-Türk Modernleşmesi, 1900-1930, çev. Ali Berktay, YKY Yayınları, İstanbul 2016.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Providing Students with Information about the Subject, Purpose and Bibliography of the Course.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Defining and comparing the concepts of Westernization, Modernization, modernization, reform
Week 3 - Theoretical
Steps Taken for Westernization: Reforms during the Period of Nizam-ı Cedid and Mahmud II
Week 4 - Theoretical
Tanzimat and Westernization
Week 5 - Theoretical
Movements of Thought: Ottomanism, Islamism
Week 6 - Theoretical
Movements of Thought: Westernism, Turkism
Week 7 - Theoretical
Modernization Efforts in the First and Second Constitutional Monarchy Periods
Week 8 - Theoretical
Heritage from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic
Week 9 - Theoretical
Characteristics of Republican Era Modernization
Week 10 - Theoretical
Modernization in the Field of Law in the Republican Era
Week 11 - Theoretical
Modernization in the Fields of Education, Culture and Art in the Republican Era
Week 12 - Theoretical
Modernization in Social Life in the Republican Era
Week 13 - Theoretical
Modernization in the field of Architecture in the Republican Era
Week 14 - Theoretical
Modernization in the Field of Fashion in the Republican Era
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Assignment114216
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)80
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026