Information Package / Course Catalogue
History and Culture of the Western Anatolian Beyliks
Course Code: TRH586
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: There isn't
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

After the Kösedağ War, the cultural characteristics of the social structures of the Turkish Dynasties established in Western Anatolia and the contributions of the principalities to the Turkification of Western Anatolia and the architectural traces left by the Dynasties

Course Content

Western Anatolia conquest Turkization, establishment processes of the principalities, cultural and social characteristics, effects of the principalities on the culture structure of Western Anatolia

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Kemal Ramazan HAYKIRAN
Learning Outcomes
1.Learning the concepts of Bey and Beylik
2.Western Anatolia, XIII. and XIV. Understanding the political and cultural structure of the century
3.Recognizing the cultural life of the principals
4.Understanding the contributions of the principals to the Turkization and İslamization of Western Anatolia
5.Recognition of the ideational environment formed during the period of the Emirates
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Feridun Emecen, First Ottoman and Western Anatolian Principalities, Istanbul, 2005.
2.İsmail Uzunçarşılı, Anatolian Principalities and Akkoyunlu Karakoyunlu States, Ankara, 1946.
3.Mehmet Ersan Mustafa Alican, The Lost Age of Turks Beylikler Dünyası, İstanbul 2012.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Bey and principal concept
Week 2 - Theoretical
The conquest of Anatolia and the first principalities
Week 3 - Theoretical
Cultural and architectural traces of the First Principals
Week 4 - Theoretical
Kösedağ War and the Dissolution Process of the Seljuks
Week 5 - Theoretical
Turkish principals established in Central Anatolia
Week 6 - Theoretical
Turkish principals established in North West Anatolia
Week 7 - Theoretical
Turkish Beyliks Established in South West Anatolia
Week 8 - Theoretical
Relations of Principalities with Seljuks and Mongols
Week 9 - Theoretical
The conquest of Western Anatolia and the Turkish principalities established here
Week 10 - Theoretical
The cultural environment in the principals
Week 11 - Theoretical
The ideals created by the principals
Week 12 - Theoretical
General characteristics of the Emirates
Week 13 - Theoretical
The principalities' contacts with the Western world
Week 14 - Theoretical
Ottoman domination in Anatolia and the end of the Beyliks
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Assignment18210
Individual Work18210
Midterm Examination1628
Final Examination1628
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)120
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
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OÇ-3
1
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026