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
TAR654	STATE AND SOCIETY AT THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE	Compulsory	1	2	5

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

to give basic concepts and facts about the social life of Ottoman state and to provide students with the comparison skills between patients and concepts.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Tuğrul ÖZCAN

Learning Outcomes

1	To gain different perspectives on the political, social, economic and legal structure of the Ottoman Empire.
2	To gain research and analysis skills about the Ottoman innovation.

Mode of Delivery

Formal Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

The concept of modernization; modernization movements in the Ottoman Empire; the political, economic, legal and social effects of the modernization movement on other areas; the political and social structure of the Ottoman Empire; publications and the press; non-Muslims.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Political and Social Situation of the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th centuries
2	Tanzimat bureaucrats and Reformist bureaucracy
3	Centralized Finance
4	Central Government (Babıali)
5	The Ottoman Sultans and the Palace in the 19th century
6	Centralization and provincial governments
7	Modern Ottoman Municipalities
8	Restructuring in the Central Government
9	Middterm Exam
10	Social Structure according to the relationship with the people of the Ottoman Empire
11	Social Structure according to the settlement status (Urban and Rural)
12	Radical changes occurring in social Life
13	Press and Puslish
14	Education
15	Family Economics and the foundations of collaborative life
16	Final

Recommended or Required Reading

Ahmed Mithat Efendi. (2004), Üss-i İnkılâp (Kırım Muharebesi’nden II. Abdülhamid Han’ın Cülusuna Kadar), İstanbul: Selis Kitaplar. Çadırcı, M. (2008), Tanzimat Sürecinde Türkiye, Ankara: İmge Yayınları. Doğan, İ. (2001), Osmanlı Ailesi (Sosyolojik Bir Yaklaşım), Ankara: Yeni Türkiye Yayınları. Berkes, N. (2002), Türkiye’de Çağdaşlaşma, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi 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

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	70	70
Final Examination	1	80	80
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7
LO1	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
LO2	2	3	2	4	3	4	4

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