Information Package / Course Catalogue
Tanzimat and Islahat Reformations
Course Code: TRH522
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

This course aims to instruct to students describing struggles and formations, reforms that were made in the life of administration, politic, culture, education and community in the late Ottoman history

Course Content

The formation of western style institutions starting with the Tanzimat Period in the Ottoman Empire and the developments in the administrative, political, military and cultural fields will be emphasized and the rights obtained by non-Muslims in the Tanzimat and Islahat process will be evaluated

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Ayten CAN
Learning Outcomes
1.administrative, political, cultural and social reforms of ottoman empire.
2.theoretical knowledge obtained from course can be used in their research and able to make their own analysis.
3.They will have information abaut the Reform Studies of the Ottaman Stade
4.Have knovledge abaut the development of minorıty rights
5.To be able to discuss the movements of ideas after Tanzimat and Islahat Edicts.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
presentation of resources and bases of Ottoman reforms
Week 2 - Theoretical
Discussions according to today's historians.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Osman II, Murad IV, Mehmed IV
Week 4 - Theoretical
Mahmud I, Abdülhamid I and Ahmed II
Week 5 - Theoretical
1789-1807 Selim III and Nizam-ı Cedid, 1808-1839 Mahmud II.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Tanzimat era
Week 7 - Theoretical
Tanzimat era
Week 8 - Theoretical
Tanzimat era
Week 9 - Theoretical
Islahat era
Week 10 - Theoretical
Islahat era
Week 11 - Theoretical
opposition and the first political movements: Young Turks
Week 12 - Theoretical
I. Constitutionalism
Week 13 - Theoretical
1876-1908 Abdülhamid II
Week 14 - Theoretical
General evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Assignment114216
Individual Work128230
Midterm Examination18210
Final Examination114216
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)128
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
3
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026