Information Package / Course Catalogue
Social and Economic History of the Ottoman Empire I
Course Code: TAR333
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: 3
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to evaluate the social and economic structure of Ottoman Empire in the 14th and 16th centuries. For this purpose, firstly after the foundation process to the imperial status the current conditions will be discussed and then the socio-economic factors of its existence and success will be examined. The influential factors, evolution and dissolution on Ottoman growth will be discussed with interpretation, analysis and synthesis methods. Besides, for consolidation of subject, modern systems and structures will be comparison.

Course Content

Relatively complex and differentiating Ottoman socio-economical structure in the classical period, state policies and argüments that shaped this structure.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Bülent ÇELİK
Learning Outcomes
1.The student uses the knowledge obtained from the course to understand the past and the present.
2.The student comprehends social structure of the Ottoman Empire.
3.The student knows policy of money, inflation, interest etc. in the Ottoman Empire.
4.The student knows social structure changes in The Ottoman Empire from 18 century
5.The student uses the knowledge relations economic and commercial between Western States and Ottoman Empire in 18 and 19 century.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Halil İnalcık, East West Articles II, Doğu Batı Yayınları İstanbul 2024.
2.İlber Ortaylı, Organization and Administrative History of Türkiye, Kronik Kitap İstanbul 2022.
3.Halil İnalcık,Devlet-i Aliyye I, , İş Bankası Yayınları, İstanbul 2009.
4.Suraiya Faroqhi, How to Study Ottoman History? Kronik Kitap İstanbul 2024.
5.Suraiya Faroqhi, Producing, Marketing, Living in the Ottoman World, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul 2018.
6.Suraiya Faroqhi, Ottoman Cities and Rural Life, Doğu Batı Yayınları, Ankara 2018.
7.Şevket Pamuk, Ottoman-Türkiye Economic History 1500-1914, İletişim Yayınları Ankara, 2015.
8.Şevket Pamuk, 200 Years of Economic History of Turkey, TÜRKİYE İŞ BANKASI KÜLTÜR YAYINLARI, Ankara 2023.
9.Şevket Pamuk, History of Money in the Ottoman Empire, TÜRKİYE İŞ BANKASI KÜLTÜR YAYINLARI, Ankara 2018.
10.Şevket Pamuk, Ottoman Economy and Institutions, TÜRKİYE İŞ BANKASI KÜLTÜR YAYINLARI, Ankara 2018.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
The Turkish society in the foundation of the Ottoman Empire
Week 3 - Theoretical
Social structure of the Turkish society in 15th century
Week 4 - Theoretical
The Ottoman system of administration
Week 5 - Theoretical
Social stratification in the Ottoman society
Week 6 - Theoretical
The world trade
Week 7 - Intermediate Exam
Ottoman Timar system and reaya farms
Week 8 - Theoretical
The Ottoman economic system in the
Week 9 - Theoretical
Trade, markets and bazaars
Week 10 - Theoretical
State Treasury (Incomes-expenses)
Week 11 - Theoretical
The Ottoman system of tax collecting
Week 12 - Theoretical
The Mukataa system
Week 13 - Theoretical
Tax collecting in the endowments
Week 14 - Theoretical
Inflation- devaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment20510
Reading140114
Midterm Examination1628
Final Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)72
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026