Information Package / Course Catalogue
Modernization and Education in Turkey
Course Code: SBE705
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim is to make students comprehend the historical background of the formation of modern Turkey. Understanding and knowing the Republican period well depends on knowing the last period of the Ottoman Empire, which existed before it, well. The beginning of Turkish modernization, the struggles, the birth, development, implementation and course of the concept of democracy.

Course Content

Westernization movements in the modern period Ottoman Empire, modernization and republic modernization in Turkey in the years of Constitutional Monarchy and education

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Have information about the historical roots of Turkish modernization.
2.Have an opinion about what processes the modern Turkish Republic was formed as a result of.
3.Gains the ability to analyze the modernization problems of modern Turkey.
4.Gains the ability to analyze the modernization problems of modern Turkey.
5.Gains the ability to analyze the modernization problems of modern Turkey.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.M. Hakkı Akın, Türkiye'de Modernleşme, Türkiye Notları Yayınevi
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The meaning of the concept of modernization and its development process, the first steps towards Westernization
Week 2 - Theoretical
Tanzimat and Reform Movements and Modernization
Week 3 - Theoretical
Constitutional government: II. Constitutionalism and modernization
Week 4 - Theoretical
The first period of innovation movements in education (1776-1839)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Rüşdiye schools, the first modern civil school
Week 6 - Theoretical
Modernization in primary and secondary education in the Tanzimat Period
Week 7 - Theoretical
Tanzimat Era higher education and vocational schools
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
II. Education in the Abdulhamid Era
Week 10 - Theoretical
The understanding of education in the Republican era and the Law of Tevhid-i tedrisat
Week 11 - Theoretical
Primary and secondary education in the Republican Era
Week 12 - Theoretical
Higher Education in the Republican Era
Week 13 - Theoretical
Teacher schools from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic
Week 14 - Theoretical
From educational institutes to education faculties
Week 15 - Theoretical
The Effect of Modernization on Education
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exams
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Assignment34527
Midterm Examination1437
Final Examination1437
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
4
5
OÇ-2
4
4
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026