Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Turks
Course Code: REH210
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 the course is to examine Turkish culture prior to the birth of Islam in the light of the main sources and know the Turkish States and cultures which had been founded beforeTalas War broke out.

Course Content

To suggest the birth, development of Turkish culture and interactions that it has come across starting with the prehistoric ages.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Ergün EFENDİ
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to define the concepts of culture and civilization and to be able to classify the Pehistoric Turkish Cultures,
2.To be able to recognize the effect of the key elements such as geographic environment, people, society on shaping the culture,
3.To be able to evaluate the organization, economic life, mentality and morality, culture, and art; the alterations that has been undergone
4.Learn the political history of the first Muslim Turkish states
5.Learn the cultural history of the first Muslim Turkish states
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ögel, B. 1988, İslamiyetten Önce Türk Kültür Tarihi, Türk Tarih Kurumu.
2.Ögel, B. 1989, Türk Mitolojisi, Türk tarih Kurumu.
3.Ögel, B. 1989, Türk Kültür Tarihine Giriş, I-IX, Ankara.
4.İnan, A. 1968, Makaleler ve İncelemeler, Ankara.
5.İnan, A. 2006, Tarihte ve bugün Şamanizm, Türk Tarih Kurumu.
6.Kafesoğlu, İ. 1986. Türk Milli Kültürü, Boğaziçi Yayınları.
7.Temir, A. 1995, Moğolların Gizli Tarihi, Türk Tarih Kurumu.
8.Roux, J.P. 2002, Türklerin ve Moğolların Eski Dini, Kabalcı Yayınevi.
9.Roux, J. P. 2007,Türklerin Tarihi, Kabalcı Yayınevi
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Preliminary information will be given about the objectives, importance, scope, content, measurement methods and sources of the course.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Sources of Turkish History, Homeland of the Turks, The Oldest Turks
Week 3 - Theoretical
Hunnic Empires
Week 4 - Theoretical
Tabgaç State, Göktürks
Week 5 - Theoretical
Uyghurs, Sabars, Avars, Khazars, Pechenegs, Uz, Cumans, Bulgars
Week 6 - Theoretical
Tolunoğulları, Sacoğulları, İhşidis (Akşidis)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Itil (Volga) Bulgarian Khanate, Karakhanids, Ghaznavids
Week 8 - Theoretical
Great Seljuks, Khwarezmshahs
Week 9 - Theoretical
Turkish Seljuks, First Anatolian Principalities
Week 10 - Theoretical
II. Anatolian Principalities, Ottoman Empire (Establishment Period)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Ottoman Empire (Period of Rise, Stagnation and Disintegration)
Week 12 - Theoretical
Culture and Civilization in Turkish States Before Islam I
Week 13 - Theoretical
Culture and Civilization in Turkish States Before Islam II
Week 14 - Theoretical
Culture and Civilization in the First Muslim Turkish States
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Midterm Examination1718
Final Examination1718
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)72
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2026