Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
130300106102READING TRAVELOGUESElective363
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The information contained in reports to the embassy sometimes travelogues and accurate understanding of the period may play an important role. Date and place of their contributions to the science of travelogues is indisputable. Accurate assessments of resources in terms of presentation of history, travelogues and the indispensable need to know.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Serpil Sönmez
Learning Outcomes
1The 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.
2They 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.
3They will apply the modern methods writing and investigating history by being loyal to scientific ethical rules.
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.
6At the end of course provided the student's travel writing and Sefaretname vukufiyeti area sources.
7In addition, the ability to reach the recognition of different texts.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Travel Culture, Travelers in history, Islamic geography travelers, Travelers in the Ottoman Period, Evliya Celebi and Travelogues
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1History of travelreading, explanation, discussion
2The early Travelersreading, explanation, discussion
3The first written Traveloguesreading, explanation, discussion
4Marco Polo and Western Travelersreading, explanation, discussion
5Formation of the idea of Muslims Travelreading, explanation, discussion
6first Geographical worksreading, explanation, discussion
7Ibn Fadlan and his Traveloguereading, explanation, discussion
8Midterm Exam.
9Ibn Batuta and his Traveloguereading, explanation, discussion
10Pilgrimage Traveloguesreading, explanation, discussion
11Evliya Çelebi and his Traveloguessreading, explanation, discussion
12Voyagers of the last period and Theirs major works reading, explanation, discussion
13Description of the embassy risereading, explanation, discussion
14Travels and Embassy description between and evaluation of the differences reading, explanation, discussion
Recommended or Required Reading
Seyahatname ve sefaretnamelerin matbu ve yazmaları da birlikte işlenecektir. İbn Battuta Seyahatnamesi, Evliya Çelebi Seyahatnamesi , I-X, haz. R.Dankoff, Yücel Dağlı, Seyit Ali Kahraman, Yapı Kredi Yayınları. Seyahatname madddesi (DİA), 37. CİLT. Coşkun, Menderes (2006), "Seyahatname ve sefaretnameler", Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi, 2, İstanbul: Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Ercüment Kuran, Avrupa'daki Osmanlı İkamet Elçiliklerinin Kuruluşu ve İlk Elçilerin Siyasî Faaliyetleri --------------, Türkiye'nin batılılaşması ve milli meseleler, 1920-2009 ; Ankara : Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, 1994. Bidwell, R., Travellers in Arabia. Lebanon 1994. Suraiya Farughi, Pilgrims and Sultans. The Hajj under the Ottomans. London 1992
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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