Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
130300107111	HISTORY OF TURKISH PRESS	Elective	4	7	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

In Turkey, the discovery of the historical function of the press. The output of the first newspaper in this context, starting reasons, published policies and determination of its effectiveness in creating public opinion.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1	The 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.
2	They 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.
3	They will apply the modern methods writing and investigating history by being loyal to scientific ethical rules.
4	By 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.
5	They 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.
6	They will have the command of grammar rules of Turkish language and they will use it in best way in their studies.
7	In the dimension of student improvement: Having the ability to know the student and in the dimension of planning the education: they will have the knowledge of how to maintain the course.

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Introduction to the history of Turkish Press, The first Turkish official newspaper, The first private newspaper, Official press in provinces, The first French newspapers, Newspapers of Young Turks, Press during Abdülhamit II., Censorship period at press, Newspapers during autocracy period, Newspapers of minorities, Press during II. Constitutional Monarchy, News agencies, Woman newspapers and periodicals, Child newspapers and periodicals.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction to the history of Turkish Press	reading, explanation, discussion
2	The first Turkish official newspaper	reading, explanation, discussion
3	The first private newspaper	reading, explanation, discussion
4	Newspapers of Young Turks	reading, explanation, discussion
5	Press during Abdülhamit II.	reading, explanation, discussion
6	Censorship period at press	reading, explanation, discussion
7	Newspapers during autocracy period	reading, explanation, discussion
8	Midterm Exam.
9	Newspapers of minorities	reading, explanation, discussion
10	Press during II. Constitutional Monarchy	reading, explanation, discussion
11	News agencies	reading, explanation, discussion
12	Woman newspapers and periodicals	reading, explanation, discussion
13	Child newspapers and periodicals	reading, explanation, discussion
14	Press the period of National Struggle	reading, explanation, discussion

Recommended or Required Reading

Alpay Kabacalı, Başlangıcından Günümüze Türkiye'de Matbaa Basın ve Yayın Hıfzı Topuz, Türk Basın Tarihi M. Nuri İnuğur, Basın ve Yayın Tarihi Orhan Koloğlu, Basın Tarihi

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Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	13	2	26
Self Study	14	2	28
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	9	9
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	10	10
Reading	7	2	14
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			90

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