| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | GKS0162018332 | TURKISH CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY | Elective | 3 | 5 | 3 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| First Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| The members of the Turkish cultural circle, who have experienced historical cultural continuity and ruptures under different political dominations; How Turkish society in Turkey and other post-Soviet modern Turkish societies and contemporary Turkish communities in Europe (political environment, colonial and political and non-political immigrant communities) are positioned by interacting at the level of Western cultures, national culture and foreign culture, in the face of cultural change. It is aimed to analyze the dimensions and level of interaction, the cultural and social identities interacted with, the forms of thought and action they develop individually and socially, and the political language. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | Develops the power of thinking and discussion based on theories of change around the phenomenon of culture. | | 2 | By analyzing the meanings attributed to the concept of culture by various political (and philosophical) thoughts, currents of thought and movements on 'Turkish' and 'Turkish culture', he selects synchronic-diachronic case studies in time-space and develops a perspective on historical sociology approaches. | | 3 | It solves the problems of cultural change, intercultural interaction and conflict around the distance of national culture and Turkish culture with other cultures (contact-relationship, interaction and conflict, change and change). |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Formal Education |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| None |
| Course Contents |
| Culture, people and society; Turkish culture and Turkish civilization; The first ethnographic sources about the Turks; Turkish states in history; State, administrative, military and social structure in Turks; Folk beliefs and mythology in Turks; Relationship between human and space in Turks; Oral, written and material culture in Turks; Family structure in Turks; Demographic and cultural consequences of migrations in Turkish history; The spread of Turkish culture and its effect on neighboring geographies; The tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Turkey; transfer of natural and cultural heritage to future generations. |
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | Conceptual framework and literature introduction | | | | 2 | Language, history, geographical, ethnological and sociological approaches to the phenomenon of culture | | | | 3 | Examination of the culture-civilization relationship within the scope of national culture, Turkish culture and Turkish civilization | | | | 4 | Geography as the shaping factor of Culture-Civilization and Turks as an example of 'Geography Nation', Turkish Geography; Turks in Inner Asia; Steppe Horsemen and Nomads. Old Turk: Huns, Kokturks and their successors | | | | 5 | Folk beliefs and mythology examples in Turkish culture | | | | 6 | Belief system in Turkish culture | | | | 7 | Spreading areas of Turkish culture | | | | 8 | Midterm Exam | | | | 9 | Demographic effects of migrations in Turkish history | | | | 10 | Family structure in Turkish culture | | | | 11 | Human and place relationship in Turks | | | | 12 | The tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Turkish culture | | | | 13 | Change dynamics of Turkish culture in Turkey | | | | 14 | Transfer of natural and cultural heritage to future generations | | | | 15 | Final Exam | | |
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
| Turhan, M. (2015). Kültür Değişmeleri. Altınordu Yayınları.
Turan, Ş. (2014). Türk Kültür Tarihi. Bilgi Yayınevi.
Archangelı, A. (2011). Cultural History: A Concise Introduction (Routledge)
Burke, P. (1997). What is Cultural History?. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Çapcıoğlu, İ. ve Beşirli, H. (2015). Türk Kültürü. Grafiker Yayınları. |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| SUM | 0 | |
| SUM | 0 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 60 | 60 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | LO2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | | LO3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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