Information Package / Course Catalogue
Immigration and Immigrants in Western Anatolian
Course Code: TAR422
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

Terminology on migration and immigrants; Migrations from Rumelia and Caucasus to Western Anatolia (1877-1920), Migration to Western Anatolia (1923ler1989), institutions and organizations for migrants; effects of migration on socio-economic and cultural structure in general. After the French Revolution in the world, intense population migration took place in the countries that were dispersed and newly settled, in parallel with the entry of the empires into the disintegration processes and the establishment of nation-states. Some countries have migrated, some countries have received; some countries have received both migration and migration. Almost all of these factors has been seen in the history of Turkey. One way to see today's social structure is the healthy analysis of this process. Course, the proclamation of the republic until the migration movements experienced in Turkey and aims to analyze the problems they cause. This course mainly focuses on the migrations of the Republican Era: (Exchange, from Greece, from Bulgaria, from Yugoslavia, from the Caucasus to migration, and to migration to Israel and Cyprus). In addition, due to the recent years, migration from Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia, especially to Western Anatolia, will be emphasized.

Course Content

Terminological information on immigration and immigration, settlement policy of the Ottoman Empire, migration from Caucasia to Anatolia, migrations from Rumelia and Islands to Anatolia (especially to Western Anatolia) during the Ottoman Empire period, nationalism movements and wars in the Balkans. I and II. The Balkan Wars, the migration waves caused by these wars, the National Liberation War, the Lausanne Exchange Treaty, the Lausanne Treaty, the Settlement Problem of the Bulgarians, the immigration to the Western Anatolia

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Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Lesson preparation, course presentation
Week 2 - Theoretical
Informing about the subject, purpose and limits of the course, providing bibliographic information about
Week 3 - Theoretical
What is Migration? What types of migrations are there?
Week 4 - Theoretical
Terminology about migration and immigrants
Week 5 - Theoretical
Homeland of the Turks and their migration routes
Week 6 - Theoretical
Settlement policy of the Ottoman Empire
Week 7 - Theoretical
Migrations from the Caucasus to Anatolia
Week 8 - Theoretical
Migrations from Rumelia and the Islands to Anatolia during the Ottoman Empire Period (especially
Week 9 - Theoretical
French Revolution and Nationalism Movements
Week 10 - Theoretical
Nationalist movements and wars in the Balkans. I and II. Balkan Wars and the waves of migration
Week 11 - Theoretical
National Liberation War, Lausanne Exchange Treaty
Week 12 - Theoretical
Lausanne Exchanges, Settlement Problem of Exchanges
Week 13 - Theoretical
Migrations outside of exchange
Week 14 - Theoretical
General evaluation
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
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026