Ordu 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
İKT3062013201	HISTORY OF TURKISH ECONOMY	Compulsory	3	6	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to understand the changes in economic, social and class structures of the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic between 16th and 18th centuries.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Yrd. Doç.Dr. Fatma Özlem Tezcek

Learning Outcomes

1	understand the dynamics of class relations in the Ottoman Empire between 16th and 18th centuries
2	analyze the surplus extraction processes in the agricultural sector
3	explore the industrial activities in urban areas and domestic and foreign commercial activities
4	find out certain credit activities, financial transactions and individual wealth accumulation
5

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

The course includes the social and class structures of agricultural activities, taxes, industrial activities in urban areas, domestic and foreign commercial activities, credit activities, finance and individual wealth accumulation in the Ottoman Empire between the 16th and 18th centuries.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction: discussion on historians and history writing methods
2	Establishment period of the Ottoman Empire Society, economy and finance
3	agriculture in Anatolia
4	taxation of agriculture
5	Industrial activities and guilds in urban areas
6	domestic and foreign commercial activities
7	credit activities, finance and individual wealth accumulation
8	mid term exam
9	state and economy
10	social/economic development process towards Capitalism in Europe during the second half of the 16th century
11	Money and Prices in the Ottoman Empire
12	Effects of economic depression on economy and society
13	Economic stagnation in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries
14	the commercial activities between the Ottoman Empire and various European regions
15	Agriculture and industrial activities in the Ottoman Empire
16	Wars, economic depression and inflation

Recommended or Required Reading

Şerif Mardin, "Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e İktisadi Düşüncenin Gelişmesi (1838-1918)", Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, Cilt 3, s. 618-634. Tevfik Çavdar, "Cumhuriyet Döneminde Türk İktisadi Düşüncesi", Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türkiye Ansiklopedisi, Cilt 4, s. 1074-1084. Ahmed Güner Sayar, “Yenileşmeden Cumhuriyet’e Osmanlı İktisat Düşüncesi”, Genel Türk Tarihi, Cilt 7, Yeni Türkiye yay., Ankara 2002, s. 719-726. Niyazi Berkes, "Ekonomik Tarih ile Teori İlişkileri Açısından Türkiye'de Ekonomik Düşünün Evrimi", Türkiye'de Üniversitelerde Okutulan İktisat Üzerine, der. Fikret Görün, ODTÜ yay., Ankara 1972. Şevket Pamuk (2014), Osmanlı-Türkiye İktisadi Tarihi 1500-1914, İletişim Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri		40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	1	1
Final Examination	1	1	1
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Case Study	14	1	14
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	14	1	14
Individual Study for Final Examination	18	1	18
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7	PO 8	PO 9	PO 10	PO 11	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14
LO1	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
LO2	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
LO3
LO4
LO5

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High