Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
130300107100HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY- ICompulsory473
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
This course will teach students about fundamental information about how republic of Turkey composed, and will adopt Ataturk, Ataturk’s thought system and Ataturk’s principles and revolutions. Additionally, it make students comprehend revolution ideology and have enough information about institutions in republic of Turkey.
Name of Lecturer(s)
DOÇ.DR.CENGİZ ATLI
Learning Outcomes
1They will achieve some behaviour such as being open-minded while doing scientific investigations, being suspicious and delaying decisions in the situation of having no complete proof, and they can maintain their studies with patience and care.
2They will apply the modern methods writing and investigating history by being loyal to scientific ethical rules.
3The individuals who are major in their field and experienced are being grown as dependent on main principles of Republic of Turkey and convenient for the main aims of Turkish national education system.
4By learning other disciplines which can be an assist to science of history, they will benefit from the branches which will help them in their investigations and studies.
5They will have the information of archive, library and documents. In addition, by evaluating these sources in decent way through its originality, they will present service and being of academic society.
6With social responsibility they will be able to increase attention to history in society in the condition of study of group and individual and they will contribute social social enlightenment by presenting much people with actions such as conference and lecture.
7They will achieve the skills to convey their collections concerned with subject both verbally and in writing, to work independently and to take responsibility , to make evaluation over the information they have learned and to manage and direct.
8They will understand that Turkish revolution is not an exception and has idealistic preparation period like other revolutions. So they will do genuine works.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
This course will teach students about fundamental information about how republic of Turkey composed, and will adopt Ataturk, Ataturk’s thought system and Ataturk’s principles and revolutions.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Transition from individual domination to national domination: abolition of reignreading, explanation, discussion
2Entrance to republic, declaration of republic and laterreading, explanation, discussion
3Caliphate matter, caliphate and its abolitionreading, explanation, discussion
4People party: establishment, organisation, one part period and through the change of rulereading, explanation, discussion
5Terakkiperver republic party: establishment, organisation, political actions and closingreading, explanation, discussion
6Revolutions and rebels: inner riotsreading, explanation, discussion
7Free republic partyreading, explanation, discussion
8Midterm Exam.
9Independent courts: establishment, aim and attemptsreading, explanation, discussion
10Revolutions in social fieldreading, explanation, discussion
11Improvement of woman rights in turkeyreading, explanation, discussion
12Economic improvements in the period of republicreading, explanation, discussion
13Ataturk’s concept of history and Turkish history institutionreading, explanation, discussion
14The importance given to Turkish by Ataturk and T.D.Kreading, explanation, discussion
Recommended or Required Reading
Selami Kılıç, II. Meşrutiyet’ten Cumhuriyete Türk Devrimi ve Fikir Temelleri, İstanbul, 2005; Feroz Ahmad, Modern Türkiye’nin Oluşumu, İstanbul, 1995; Erik Jan Zürcher, Modernleşen Türkiye’nin Tarihi, İstanbul, 1995; Hakkı Uyar, Tek Parti Dönemi ve Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, İstanbul, 1999; Şerafettin Turan, Türk Devrim Tarihi, I-V, İstanbul, 1991; Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi, II, Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi, Ankara, 2002; Fahir Armaoğlu, 20. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi 1914-1980, Ankara, 1983; Mete Tunçay, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nde Tek parti Yönetiminin Kurulması (1923-1931), Ankara, 1981; Ergün Aybars, İstiklal Mahkemeleri, I-II, 1920-1927, İzmir, 1988.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures13226
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination199
Individual Study for Final Examination11010
Reading7214
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
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