Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Ottoman I
Course Code: TAR223
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: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to give the ability to the students to learn the political, military and social structure of Anatolia during the foundation of Ottoman Principality. In addition to this, some problems that occurred during the Ottoman expansion will be discussed and, political, social, economic and military factors will be focused.

Course Content

Founding philosophy and historical development of the Ottoman Empire will be discussed. Rulers of the early period and their activities with regard to political events are basic topics.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Bülent ÇELİK
Learning Outcomes
1.to be able to grasp Ottoman Principality and its geography, neigbours, political and socio-economical ties between them.
2.to be able to explain importance of penetration to Rumelia for the Ottomans.
3.to be able to recognise how the initial Ottoman conquests were conducted.
4.to be able to comprehend Ottoman ways of qonquest.
5.to be able to remember important political events, wars and territory gains.
6.to be able to tell personal and political activities of rulers of the period.
7.to be able to evaluate changes that the state experinced in that period.
8.to be able to inform about the foundation institutions of the Ottoman State.
9.to be able to comprehend how international developments affected the Ottoman State.
10. to be able to define Ottoman geography in the period of expansion.
11.to be able to classify Ottoman land and naval forces in the Classical Period.
12.to be able to explain Ottoman individual and daily life in the Classical Period.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Collective, From Söğüt to Istanbul / Debates on the Establishment of the Ottoman Empire, İmge Yayınevi Ankara 2019.
2.Halil İnalcık, East West Articles I, Doğu Batı Yayınları İstanbul 2018.
3.Halil İnalcık, Ottoman and Europe, Kronik Kitap İstanbul 2020.
4.Noel Malcolm, Useful Enemies Islam and the Ottomans in Western Political Thought, 1450-1750, Kronik Kitap İstanbul 2024.
5.Erhan Afyoncu, A World Ruler Fatih Sultan Mehmed, Yeditepe Yayınları İstanbul 2022.
6.Halil İnalcık, Ottomans, Conquests, Empire, Relations with Europe, Timaş Yayınları, İstanbul 2018.
7.İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, Ottoman History (Volume 1), TTK, Ankara 2015.
8.İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, Ottoman History (Volume 2), TTK, Ankara 2011.
9.Feridun M. Emecen, History of the Establishment and Rise of the Ottoman Empire (1300-1600), Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Ankara 2019.
10.Halil İnalcık, Studies and Documents on the Era of Mehmet the Conqueror 1, Kronik Kitap, İstanbul 2021.
11.Clive Foss, The Beginnings of Ottoman Empire,Oxfort Üniv. Press, 2022.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Western Anatolia before the Ottomans, Frontier Culture.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Importance of Ottoman Geography.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Osman Bey and his Reign
Week 4 - Theoretical
Orhan Bey and his Reign
Week 5 - Theoretical
Ottoman Penetration in to the Rumelia (Europe) and Results.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Initial Ottoman Conquests in the Balkans and Ways of Qonquest.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Born of Classical Ottoman System.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Murad I and his Reign
Week 9 - Theoretical
Bayezid I and his Reign
Week 10 - Theoretical
Struggle between Ottoman princes during the Interregnum
Week 11 - Theoretical
Mehmed I and his Reign
Week 12 - Theoretical
Murad II and his Reign
Week 13 - Theoretical
Reborn of the Ottoman State as an Organized Power.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Mehmed II and his Reign
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142142
Reading123036
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)102
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
4
4
OÇ-2
4
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
4
OÇ-6
4
OÇ-7
OÇ-8
OÇ-9
4
OÇ-10
OÇ-11
4
OÇ-12
4
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