Information Package / Course Catalogue
Local Administrations
Course Code: TAR340
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

To teach the fundamental knowledge of Turkish administration

Course Content

Fundamental resources of Turkish administration, in new and modern ages Turkish structures of governmental administration, the impact of former Turkish states, Islam, Byzantium, European, Persian etc. on formation of Turkish administrative structures will be examined

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To know the classical Ottoman provincial governments.
2.To undestand the Ottoman rural governments.
3.To undestand the Ottoman law sytem before the Tanzimat Era.
4.To underline the main changes of the Tanzimat on the Ottoman provincial rule.
5.To comment on the major changes on the provincial rule of the Ottomans through modernisation .
Recommended or Required Reading
1.İlber Ortaylı, Türkiye İdari Tarihi, Ankara 1979.
2.İlber Ortaylı, Tanzimat Devrinde Osmanlı Mahalli İdareler (1840-1880), TTK, Ankara 2018.
3.Mehmet Seyitdanlıoğlu, Tanzimat Döneminde Modern Belediyeciliğin Doğuşu, Yerel Yönetim Metinleri, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul 2010.
4.Ziya Kazıcı, Osmanlı'da Yerel Yönetimler, Kayıhan Yayınları, İstanbul 2021.
5.Türklerde Çevre ve Şehircilik, Şehirlerimizin Gelişiminde Tarihi Süreç, 2 Cilt, T.C. Çevre, Şehircilik ve İklim Değişikliği Bakanlığı, Ankara 2023.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Concept of local administration an its resources
Week 2 - Theoretical
Local Government Tradition in Turks until the Ottomans
Week 3 - Theoretical
Local Government Tradition in Europe
Week 4 - Theoretical
Local Government Elements in the Ottoman Empire in the Classical Period
Week 5 - Theoretical
Institution of Kadı in the Ottoman Empire
Week 6 - Theoretical
Foundation System in the Ottoman Empire
Week 7 - Theoretical
Lonca System in the Ottoman Empire
Week 8 - Theoretical
Ottoman Modernization and the Case of Local Government
Week 9 - Theoretical
Accounting Assemblies
Week 10 - Theoretical
Sanjak and Provincial Assemblies
Week 11 - Theoretical
Changes in the 1864 Provincial Regulations and Provincial Assemblies
Week 12 - Theoretical
Mithat Pasha and the Danube Province Regulation
Week 13 - Theoretical
Emergency of Modern municipalism
Week 14 - Theoretical
Turkish local administration in republic period
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
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026