Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

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Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Ahmet TOKSOY

Prof. Aysun SARIBEY HAYKIRAN

Prof. Hüseyin ÜRETEN

Prof. Musa GÜMÜŞ

Prof. Tanju DEMİR

Prof. Tülay YÜREKLİ

Assoc. Prof. Bülent ÇELİK

Lec. Ayten CAN

Lec. Günver GÜNEŞ

Lec. Mehmet BAŞARAN

Lec. Muhittin ÇEKEN

Lec. Uğur TATLISUMAK

Res. Assist. Ömer GÜNGÖRMÜŞ

Res. Assist. Yasin AKMEŞE

History of Caucasia

Course Code	: TAR266
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

An analysis of political and social developments in the Caucasus from ancient times to the present.

Course Content

Caucasus geography, the basic political, cultural and socio-economic dynamics of the Caucasus since ancient times, the main political, cultural and socio-economic dynamics of the Caucasus after Turkish domination. XX. Century developments in the Caucasus.

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Learning Outcomes

1.	Emphasize the geopolitical importance of the Caucasus
2.	The importance of Turkish settlement in Caucasus
3.	Establishment of Turkish States and political struggles
4.	Caucasus politics of the Russians
5.	Turkish-Russian struggle in the Caucasus and 20. impact on the Hundred Years

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Bayur, Yusuf Hikmet, Türk İnkılâbı Tarihi, c. I, Ankara 1983.
2.	Ahmet Cevdet Paşa, Kırım ve Kafkas Tarihçesi, İstanbul, 1307.
3.	John F. Baddeley, Rusların Kafkasya’yı İstilası ve Şeyh Şamil, çeviren: Sedat Özden, İstanbul, 1989.
4.	İsmail Berkuk, Tarihte Kafkasya, İstanbul, 1958.
5.	Tevfik Bıyıklıoğlu, Osmanlı ve Türk Doğu Hudut Politikası, İstanbul, 1988.
6.	Cabağı, Giray, Kafkas-Rus Mücadelesi, İstanbul 1967
7.	Tarihte Türk Devletleri I-II
8.	Toksoy, Ahmet, Kafkas İslam Ordusunun Azerbaycan Harekatı, Ankara 2024
9.	Hasanlı, Cemil, Azerbaycan Tarihi, 1918-1920, Ankara 1998
10.	Yıldız, Hakkı Dursun, Türkler ve İslamiyet, İstanbul 1969
11.	Armaoğlu, Fahir, 20. yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi, İstanbul 1984

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

General terminology on the history of the Caucasus,

Week 2 - Theoretical

Geographical and geopolitical situation of the Caucasus

Week 3 - Theoretical

Caucasus and Turks

Week 4 - Theoretical

Khazar Khaganate In The Caucasus

Week 5 - Theoretical

Caspian-Arab Struggle In Caucasus

Week 6 - Theoretical

Caucasus after the Khazars

Week 7 - Theoretical

Seljuks and Caucasus

Week 8 - Theoretical

Ilkhanate State

Week 9 - Theoretical

Caucasus during Kara and Ak-Koyunlu period

Week 10 - Theoretical

Ottoman-Safavid struggle in the Caucasus

Week 11 - Theoretical

Caucasus during the Ottoman era

Week 12 - Theoretical

Caucasus strategies and activities of the Russians

Week 13 - Theoretical

Turkish-Russian Struggle In The Caucasus

Week 14 - Theoretical

Russian-Dominated Caucasus

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	2	2	56
Assignment	1	0	10	10
Midterm Examination	1	3	1	4
Final Examination	1	4	1	5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				75

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