Information Package / Course Catalogue
Atatürk Andturkishmodernization
Course Code: TRH568
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

Turkey's 200-year modernization process and the stages it is to handle in comparison with other modernization.

Course Content

The concept of modernization, Ataturk era administrative, judicial, financial, education, field of law reform efforts, intellectual movements, modernization of Turkey's Ataturk period.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Coşkun TÜRKAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Have knowledge about the scope and sources of Turkish Modernization.
2.Explain the modernization of the Ottoman modernization.
3.It analyzes the causes of the problems experienced in Turkey's modernization process.
4.Turkey's modernization history, by comparison with the world assesses and European countries.
5.Analyze the breaking points in the modernization process of the Ottoman and Republic.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Concept of modernization.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Concepts of Traditional Society-Modern Society.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Western schools of modernization.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Western schools of modernization.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Modernization efforts in the Ottoman Empire
Week 6 - Theoretical
Modernization movements in the Republican period.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Modernization movements in the Republican period.
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Written examination.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Modernization movements in the Republican period.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Modernization movements in the Republican period.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Comparison of Ottoman State and Republic modernization.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Comparison of Ottoman State and Republic modernization.
Week 13 - Theoretical
General evaluation of Turkish modernization.
Week 14 - Theoretical
General evaluation of Turkish modernization.
Week 15 - Final Exam
Written examination.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Assignment112214
Individual Work101120
Midterm Examination1729
Final Examination114216
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)129
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-3
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026