Information Package / Course Catalogue
Sufi Turkish Music
Course Code: GTM524
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

Explaining Sufi music in religious music and examining examples of Sufi music

Course Content

1. To introduce Sufi Turkish music genres. 2. To introduce Sufi Turkish art music. 3. To introduce Sufi Turkish folk music. 4. To examine examples of Sufi Turkish art music. 5. To examine examples of Sufi Turkish folk music.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Understands the mystical types of Turkish music.
2.Understands the mystical Turkish art music.
3.Understands the Sufi Turkish folk music.
4.Understands the Sufi Turkish Music products.
5.Understands the concept of ritual.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.GÖLPINARLI, Abdülbaki; Mevlânâ’dan Sonra Mevlevîlik, İnkılâp Yayınları, İkinci Basım, İstanbul, 2006, 576 S.
2.GÖLPINARLI, Abdülbaki; Tasavvuf, Milenyum Yayıncılık, İkinci Basım, İstanbul, 2009, 301 S.
3.OCAK, Ahmet Yaşar; Türk Sufiliğine Bakışlar, İkinci Baskı, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 1996, 264 s.
4.KILIÇ, Rüya; Osmanlıdan Cumhuriyete Sufi Geleneğin Taşıyıcıları. Dergâh Yayınları, Birinci Basım, İstanbul, 2009,157 S.
5.SAVAŞÇI, Özgür; “Alevi-Bektaşi İnancının Temel Kavramları”, Alevilik, Birinci Basım, Der: İsmail Engin-Havva Engin, Kitap Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2004, 581
6.TOP, Hasan Hüseyin; Mevlevî Usûl ve Âdâbı, Ötüken Neşriyat Yayın No: 496, Kültür Serisi: 208, İkinci Basım, İstanbul, 2007, 30
7.ULUDAĞ, Süleyman; İslâm Açısından Musiki ve Semâ, İrfan Yayınevi, Birinci Basım, İstanbul, 1976, 408 S.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
What is Sufi Turkish music?
Week 2 - Theoretical
Explanation of Sufi Turkish art music
Week 3 - Theoretical
Explanation of Sufi Turkish folk music
Week 4 - Theoretical
Basic concepts in Alevi-Bektashi teaching
Week 5 - Theoretical
Explanation of the concept of ritual
Week 6 - Theoretical
Number mysticism in sects
Week 7 - Theoretical
Mevlevi belief and culture
Week 8 - Theoretical
Mevlevi belief and culture
Week 9 - Theoretical
Alevi belief and culture
Week 10 - Theoretical
Instruments used in Mevlevi music and in Alevi-Bektashism
Week 11 - Theoretical
Sema in Mevlevi
Week 12 - Theoretical
Semah in Alevi-Bektashism
Week 13 - Theoretical
Examples of Mevlevi rituals
Week 14 - Theoretical
Semah examples
Week 15 - Theoretical
FINAL EXAMINATION
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory146198
Midterm Examination15510
Final Examination117017
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
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