Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TAR646MODERN BALKANIC HISTORYCompulsory125
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is; The students will be supported to research on the Modern Balkan history and politics and they will write papers on different topics.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç. Dr. FUAT HACISALİHOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1The students will learn about the history of Balkan
2The students will be able to write seminar papers on political and diplomatic history of Balkans.
3Define the information acquired at the level of expertise, evaluate critically and analyze the information obtained.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
The course will deal with the history of Balkans from the French Revolution to the present day. The political history, as well as the social and economic history will bw the topic of the course.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1The Balkans Against the end of the 18th Century
2Serbian Revolt/Uprising
3Greek Revolt/Revolution
4The Danubean Principalities
5Tanzimat and tothe non-muslims
6Establishment of the Bulgarian Exarchate
7Russo-Turkish War of 1877/78 and İndependenceof Balkan States
8Midterm Exam
9Macedonian Question
10Albanian Question
11The Balkans Before the First World War
12The Balkans Between the World Wars
13The Second Worl War and the Balkans
14The Balkans During the Cold War
15The Balkans After the Collapse of Socialism
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Adanır, Fikret, The Formation of a ‘Muslim’ Nation in Bosnia-Hercegovina: a Historiographic Discussion”, The Ottomans and the Balkans. A Discussion of Historiography, eds. Fikret Adanır and Suraiya Faroqhi, Leiden, Boston, Köln 2002. Adanır, Fikret, Die Makedonische Frage. Ihre Entstehung und Entwicklung bis 1908, Wiesbaden 1979 (Türkçe çevirisi mevcut). Anderson, Benedict, Imagined Communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, London und New York 1991 (İngilizce yeni baskıları ve Türkçe çevirisi mevcut).4. Acar, Kezban, Başlangıçtan 1917 Bolşevik devrimine Kadar Rusya Tarihi, Ankara, 2004. Djordjevic, Dimitrije, Révolutions nationales des peuples balkaniques. 1804-1914, Belgrad 1965. Frashëri, Kristo, The History of Albania (A Brief Survey), Tirana 1964. Hacısalihoğlu, Mehmet, Die Jungtürken und die Mazedonische Frage (1890-1918), München 2003 (Türkçe çevirisi mevcut). Lewis, Bernard, The Emergence of Modern Turkey, London 1961 (Türkçe çevirisi mevcut). Karpat, Kemal, An Inquiry Into the Social Foundations of Nationalism in the Ottoman State: From Social Estates to Classes, From Millets to Nations, Princeton 1973. Jelavich, Barbara, History of the Balkans, Vol. 1: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Vol. 2: Twenteeth Century, Cambridge 1983 (Türkçe çevirisi mevcut). Kitromilides, Paschalis M., Enlightenment, Nationalism, Orthodoxy. Studies in the Culture and Political Thought of South-Eastern Europe, Aldeshot, Brookfield, Ve. 1994. Ortaylı, İlber, İmparatorluğun En Uzun Yüzyılı, İstanbul 1983 (daha yeni baskıları da mevcut). Skendi, Stavro, The Albanian National Awakening 1878-1912, Princeton, N.J. 1967.F Fikret Adanır and Suraiya Faroqhi, Leiden, Boston, Köln 2002, s. 267-304.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures7428
Self Study5735
Individual Study for Homework Problems5735
Individual Study for Mid term Examination5735
Individual Study for Final Examination5315
Reading5210
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)160
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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3
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4
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5
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6
PO
7
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LO24444444
LO34444444
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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