Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

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Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Gökçe ŞİMŞEK

Prof. Hacer Sibel ÖZDEMİR

Prof. Mustafa Kemal ŞAHİN

Assoc. Prof. Osman ÜLKÜ

Res. Assist. Mükerrem KÜRÜM

Res. Assist. Nurdan ERDAN

History of Seljuk Sultanate of Rum and Principalities Period

Course Code	: TAR252
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

The aim of this course is to educate to the students to be able to learn, explain, analysis and synthesis capability related to political, socio-economic, organizational, cultural and scientific history of Western Anatolian Principalities. In this context, it is intended to understanding of the rising conditions of these principalities in the period of the weakening of the authority of the Anatolian Seljuk state in comparison with the situation of Byzantine Empire.

Course Content

To reveal the distinctive features of Principalities in history of Mediterranean by evaluating conditions of evolutions and formations of these states, established in western Anatolia before the Ottomans.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Kemal Ramazan HAYKIRAN

Learning Outcomes

1.	To be able to list and distinguish the characteristics of Western Anatolian Principalities
2.	To be able to compare the features of Anatolian Seljuk, Byzantine, Ottoman Empire and Western Anatolian principalities.
3.	To be able to evaluate the effects of these principalities to Mediterranean world history which they were a part of these process for a while
4.	To be able to specify the properties of current evolutions and formations to the history of civilization in Anatolia in the first half of the 14th century
5.	To understand the cultural and the intellectual legacy of the Anatolian Seljukis

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	İ. Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, Anadolu Beylikleri ve Akkoyunlu, Karakoyunlu Devletleri, Ankara 1988.
2.	Feridun Emecen, İlk Osmanlılar ve Batı Anadolu Beylikler Dünyası, İstanbul 2003.
3.	T. Baykara, Anadolu’nun Sosyal ve İktisadi Tarihi (XI-XIV. Yüzyıllar)

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Objectives and contents of the course

Week 2 - Theoretical

Sources of course (contemporary sources and current studies)

Week 3 - Theoretical

The arrival of Turk to Anatolia and the historical process to the 14th century.

Week 4 - Theoretical

Turks, Byzantines and other factors.

Week 5 - Theoretical

Establishment process and conditions of Western Anatolian principalities.

Week 6 - Theoretical

State of Germiyanoğulları and İnançoğulları

Week 7 - Theoretical

Emirate of Candaroğulları

Week 8 - Theoretical

Emirate of Menteshe

Week 9 - Theoretical

Establishment conditions of Turcoman Maritime Principalities and their activities

Week 10 - Theoretical

Aydınoğulları

Week 11 - Theoretical

Emirate of Saruhanoğulları

Week 12 - Theoretical

Emirate of Karasi

Week 13 - Theoretical

Socio-economic, organizational, cultural and scientific structures of principalities.

Week 14 - Theoretical

General assessment

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	1	2	42
Assignment	1	10	2	12
Midterm Examination	1	7	1	8
Final Examination	1	12	1	13
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11	PÇ-12
OÇ-1	2						4		4			3
OÇ-2	2			4			4		5			3
OÇ-3				4			5		5			3
OÇ-4	2			5			5		5			4
OÇ-5	2						4		5			3