Information Package / Course Catalogue
Turkish Economic History
Course Code: EKO636
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: None
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To give insight about the history of Turkish economy.

Course Content

History of economic thought before republic, economics of Ottoman period, economic developments after republic, economic changes.

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Learning Outcomes
1.Students completing this course succesfully will be able to propose historical perspectives to phenomena about Turkish economy.
2.Students will be able to make comparative analysis.
3.The students will be capable of critical questioning to set connection between past and present.
4.Can look at Turkey's present-day social and economic problems from a historical perspective.
5.Students who complete the course successfully, can define transformations and breaking in the history of Turkish economics.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Korkut Boratav, İktisat Tarihi, İmge Kitabevi.
2.Şevket Pamuk, Osmanlı Türkiye İktisadi Tarihi,İş Bankası Yayınları
3.Halil İnalcık, Osmanlı Ekonomik ve Sosyal Tarihi, Eren Yayın Osmanlı Maliyesinde Bunalım ve Değişim Dönemi, İstanbul 1985 Osmanlı ve Dünya
4.İlber Ortaylı, imparatorluğun En Uzun Yüzyılı
5.Zafer Toprak, Milli İktisat 1908-1918 Zafer Toprak İktisat Tarihi, Türkiye Tarihi,
6.S.Akşin Oktay Özel ve M.Öz, Söğütten İstanbul’a, İmge Yayınevi,2000.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction Söğütten İstanbula, 225-240 ve 443-472 ;Osmanlı ve Dünya ed.Kemal Karpat
Week 2 - Theoretical
Agricultural structure and land property in the Ottoman Empire
Week 3 - Theoretical
1453-1580 Foreign trade and Money
Week 4 - Theoretical
Cities and guilds system and capital accumulation question
Week 5 - Theoretical
Price revolution, military revolution and demographic crises
Week 6 - Theoretical
Ottoman economy and finance in 18th century
Week 7 - Theoretical
Centralization, the Effects of Industrial Revolution an French Revolution
Week 8 - Theoretical
Transformation to Open Economy
Week 9 - Theoretical
Transformation to Open Econom; 1838 Commercial Treaty and Tanzimat
Week 10 - Theoretical
Finance; Ottoman Budgets and Money system
Week 11 - Theoretical
Foreign Debts and Banking
Week 12 - Theoretical
World Economy and the Ottoman Economy in the second half of the 19th Century
Week 13 - Theoretical
Direct investments ; Railroads; Agriculture, Industry and Trade
Week 14 - Theoretical
Economy between 1908-1914; 2nd Constitutional Period
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory153390
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination120222
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)124
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026