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Current Debates on History

Course Code	: TRH502
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 5

Objectives of the Course

To assess these events by taking a sample of the scientific debates made in today's intellectual circles about some important historical events that have happened in the past.

Course Content

In the world and Turkey, important political, social and economic events will be discussed, the effects of these events on the present day, both in the media and in written scientific works, examples of the results obtained by obtaining samples of these will be evaluated together with the students

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Learning Outcomes

1.	Being able to learn how to make a discussion on a scientific subject.
2.	Being able to consider historical events from different viewpoints.
3.	Being able to evaluate historical events.
4.	Being able to compare and contrast different evaluations about historical events.
5.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Osmanlı Tarihi Nasıl İncelenir? Suraiya Faroqhi, İstanbul 2001.
2.	Halil İnalcık Osmanlı Tarihini Yeniden Yazmak Kuruluş. Hayykitap 5. baskı İstanbul 2010.
3.	Y. Hakan Erdem, Tarih-i Lenk. Doğan Kitap İstanbul 2008.
4.	Y. Hakan Erdem, Gerçek İle Kurmaca Arasında Torosyan’ın Acaip Hikayesi. Doğan Kitap İstanbul 2012.
5.	İlber Ortaylı, İmparatorluğun En Uzun Yüzyılı. Hil İstanbul 1983.
6.	Stefanos Yerasimos Azgaelişmişlik Sürecinde Türkiye, Gözlem Yayınevi İstanbul 1980.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Formation of the first states in history.

Week 2 - Theoretical

Differentation and rivalry between nomads and urban settlers in history.

Week 3 - Theoretical

Historical probes about commerce and its importance.

Week 4 - Theoretical

First empires and their expansion policies.

Week 5 - Theoretical

French Revolution and nationalism.

Week 6 - Theoretical

Imperial expansions and their modern impacts.

Week 7 - Intermediate Exam

MIDTERM EXAM

Week 8 - Theoretical

Debates on the foundation of Ottoman Empire.

Week 9 - Theoretical

Debates of Asiatic Mode of Production in Turkey during 1970s.

Week 10 - Theoretical

Were the Ottomans imperialist?

Week 11 - Theoretical

Ottomans and different cultures, peoples.

Week 12 - Theoretical

Ottoman - European relations (16th - 17th centuries)

Week 13 - Theoretical

Ottoman - European relations (18th - 19th centuries)

Week 14 - Theoretical

"Stagnation" and "Decline" notions for the Ottomans.

Week 15 - Theoretical

Gains and losses from Ottoman Empire to Republic.

Week 16 - Final Exam

FINAL EXAM

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	3	56
Lecture - Practice	2	0	5	10
Assignment	2	0	5	10
Reading	5	1	2	15
Individual Work	5	2	1	15
Midterm Examination	1	2	2	4
Final Examination	1	8	2	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				120

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
OÇ-1	4
OÇ-2				4		4
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5

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