Information Package / Course Catalogue
Socio-Economic Transformations in Republican Era
Course Code: TRH564
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 teach and explain that not only political factors play a role in historical events but also economic and social developments.

Course Content

Evaluation of social economic development of the Republic of Turkey in 1950 until the beginning of the last period of the Ottoman Empire in the scientific framework

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Comprehend the character of the social and economic structure inherited from the Ottoman Empire.
2.Learn the necessity of building a statist economic structure within the nation-state structure
3.To be able to understand the economic and demographic power of the new Turkish state and attempts to be made in the economic sphere
4.To be able to express the policies of the new Turkish state in the economic and social fields
5.To be able to have an idea about political, social and economic developments in the 20th century
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction of the socio-economic history course İn Turkey Republic
Week 2 - Theoretical
Economic and social history of the Ottoman Empire; crises and change, the period of revolutions, the transfer of reforms, socialist movements in the Ottoman Empire, trade unions, borrowing and extinction
Week 3 - Theoretical
II. Constitutionalist Revolution and War years, Union and Progress National Economic Policy
Week 4 - Theoretical
Revolution and war years, the socio-economic situation of Anatolia in the National Struggle, the politics followed by the Turkish Grand National Assembly, the situation of the people in Anatolia
Week 5 - Theoretical
İzmir Economic Congress, National oriented bourgeoisie orientation, open economy, reconstruction and crisis years, socio-economic expression of the period of 1923-1929 state supported economic policy
Week 6 - Theoretical
1923-1929 Developments in agriculture, agricultural policies, exemption of taxes on public relief, small industry and monopolies
Week 7 - Theoretical
State industrialization 1930-1939 Evaluation of the economic policies of Atatürk period,
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
The social and economic problems of World War II, the war economy of the government and the state of the people
Week 10 - Theoretical
II. World War I created the pride, criticism, problems and problems taken to solve the current problems
Week 11 - Theoretical
Some laws enacted in the years of World War II, national protection law, asset tax, the law of the farmers and the post-war economic situation
Week 12 - Theoretical
The post-war period 1946-1953 in the embrace of new imperialism, being together with the US in the bipolar new world order,
Week 13 - Theoretical
Inflationary growth years 1950 -1958 years and after, the US aid in the trap of multinational companies and the arms of the octopus,
Week 14 - Final Exam
Final Exam (Final)
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-8
PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
OÇ-2
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OÇ-4
5
OÇ-5
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2026