Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
TAR668TRAVEL TRANSCRIPTS AND TURKISTAN CIVILIZATIONCompulsory125
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To provide detailed information about travelers and travel books sent to the Turkestan region.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç Dr. Murat ÖZKAN
Learning Outcomes
1To recognize the Turkistan region geographically.
2To learn about travelers.
3The understanding of domination in the states established in the region analyzes the military, administrative and financial structure.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
To observe Turkestan in the light of the information that travelers and statesmen sent to the region convey in their travel books.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1General Evaluation on Travel Books.
2Travellers who were sent to Turkestan
3Chinese Travelers Arriving in Turkestan
4Ibn Fadlan’s Travel Book
5Plano Carpini’s Travel Book
6Wilhelm Von Rubruk’s Travel Book
7Marco Polo’s Travel Book
8Midterm Exam
9İbn Batuta’s Travel Book
10Ruy Gonzales De Clavijo’s Travel Book
11Seyfi Çelebi’s Travel Book
12Turkestan in Russian Embassy Committees (Such as Hohlov, Pazuhin, Beneveni)
13Burnaşev’s Travel Book
14Arminius Vambery’s Travel Book
15Turkestan Through the Eyes of Travelers in the XIX. Century
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Seyyahların İzinde Türkistan, Edt. Mustafa Gökçe, Pegem Akademi, Ankara 2019. Ramazan Şeşen, İbn Fadlan Seyahatnamesi, Yeditepe Yayınevi, İstanbul 2017. Ergin Ayan, Plano Carpini'nin Moğolistan Seyahatnamesi (1245 - 1247), Gece Kitaplığı, Ankara 2014 Ergin Ayan, Moğolların Büyük Hanı’na Seyahat 13. Yüzyılda İstanbul’dan Karakurum’a Yolculuk (1253-1255), İstanbul 2019 Marco Polo Seyahatname, Leyla Tonguç Basmacı, Alfa Yayıncılık, İstanbul 2018. Ebû Abdullah Muhammed İbn Battûta Tancî, İbn Battûta Seyahatnâmesi, A. Sait Aykut, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul 2004. Ruy Gonzales De Clavijo, Timur Devrinde Kadis'ten Semerkant'a Seyahat, Köprü Kitapları, İstanbul 2016. Defterdar Seyfi Çelebi, Türkistan ve Uzak Doğu Seyahatnamesi, Çev. Serkan Acar, Selenge Yayınları, İstanbul 2014. Murat Özkan, Türkistan’ın Keşif Çağı Rus Seyyah Burnaşev’in Gözünden Buhara, Kronik Kitap, İstanbul 2019 Arminius Vambery, Bir Sahte Dervişin Orta Asya Gezisi, Kitabevi Yayınları, İstanbul 2019.
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
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14228
Discussion45145
Team/Group Work40140
Self Study30130
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)145
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
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7
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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