Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
3ATA 101Principles of Atatürk and History of Turkish Revolution I2+0+022

Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The main aim is not for the student to learn theoretical or encyclopedic knowledge, but to establish a link between history and his field of expertise. In addition, it is to ensure that s/he sees the problems of the age and the world in which s/he lives from a wider perspective. To reveal the place and contribution of Turkish-Islamic civilization in these turning points by identifying the main turning points in the history of civilization. It is aimed to transfer the XX century Turkish modernization (political, military, art and technique) and its projections, foundations or ruptures before the XX century to the students by visualizing as much as possible with technological possibilities. To provide learning by comparing the Turkish Revolution, Kemalism thought and Atatürk's principles within the framework of old Turkish and world history.
Course Content The history of Turkish modernization is discussed within the framework of the general history of civilization. In this direction, the important periods of the history of civilization are briefly explained and the place and contribution of Turkish history in these periods is revealed. Afterwards, the reasons why the Ottoman Empire, which guided the history of civilization for a period, entered the regression process were emphasized. Finally, the establishment process of modern Turkey on the legacy of the Ottoman Empire is explained.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Instructor Dr. Şükrü Şur
Name of Lecturers Instructor Cenk Mısırlıoğlu
Instructor Dr. Müşerref Avcı
Asist. Prof. Dr. Murat Kadıoğlu
Instructor Dr. Hürol Erbay
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Kemal Tahir, Esir Şehrin İnsanları (Novel), Yorgun Savaşçı (Novel) Turgut Özakman; Diriliş, Çanakkale 1915 (Novel)
• Amin Maoluf, Arapların Gözünde Haçlı Seferleri • Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Milli Mücadele Hatıraları • Bernard Lewis, Modern Türkiye’nin Doğuşu • Cemal Yıldırım, Bilim Tarihi • E. Jan Zürcher, Modernleşen Türkiye’nin Tarihi • El Farabi, El Medinetül Fazıla
• Mehmet Bayrakdar; İslam Bilim Adamları • Murat Yülek, Ulusların Yükselişi (İmalat, Ticaret, Sanayi Politikası ve Ekonomik Kalkınma)
Ünsal Sığrı, Yavuz Erçil, Ufuk Başar; From past to present; Management Practices in Turkey
Mostafa Minawi, “Forgetting the Ottoman past has done the Arabs no good” https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/8/20/forgetting-the-ottoman-past-has-done-the-arabs-no-good
Archive documents, Books, Article, Film, Photograph

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Project 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 16 2 32
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 16 1 16
Project 1 4 4
Final examination 1 8 8
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 2 60

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 To establish a connection between their field of expertise and history
2 To learn Turkey's recent history
3 To learn founding philosophy and basic principles of the Republic of Turkey
4 To have the necessary knowledge about the development of democracy in Turkey
5 To gain a general knowledge of the 20th century world, important international developments and decisive developments affecting our day
6 To learn the international problems and resources of today's Turkey
7 To compare the past and present conditions and to build a knowledge bridge.
8 Knows and applies verbal and written communication rules


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Antiquity and Rome in Outline 1. Ancient Greece and the Birth of Democracy 2. Roman Empire ? Urban Culture ? Law ? Regular Armies ? Road and Central State Fuat Sezgin, History of Science Cemal Yıldırım, History of Science
2 The Two Faces of the Middle Ages 1. The Church and Europe in the Grip of Feudal Fragmentation 2. The Golden Age of the Turkish-Islamic World 3. How Did the Turkish-Islamic World Connect with the Intellectual Heritage of Antiquity in the Middle Ages? Henri Pirenne, Medieval Cities // Albert Hourani, History of the Arab Peoples // Farabi, El Medinetül Fazıla
3 The Scientific Revolution and Its Pioneers in the Middle Ages 1. Al Jazari 2. Al-Farabi 3. Ibn al-Haytham 4. Ibn Rushd 5. Jabir b. Hayyan 6. Ibn Sina 7. Meryem Al Usturlabi Fuat Sezgin, History of Science Cemal Yıldırım, History of Science
4 Modern Age and Enlightenment 1. The invention of heavy artillery and the end of feudalism 2. Ehl-i Hiref in the Ottoman Empire as a design organization? 3. The Winners and Losers of the New World (The Rise of England, Spain and Portugal, The Ottoman State Cannot See the Changing World) 4. While Medieval Turkish-Islamic Civilization Influenced the World, Why Did It lag behind Europe since the XVII Century? Marc Ferro; Colonial History: From Conquests to Independence Movements /Encyclopedia of Islam; colonialism
5 Industrial Revolution in the XVIII Century 1. “The Story of Cotton; Slaves, India and the British Industrial Revolution” 2. Which Nations Rise, Which Fallen? Ottoman and Industrial Revolution 1789 Murat Yülek, Rise of Nations Eric Hobsbawn, Age of Revolution 1789-1848
6 Important Terms Ottoman Modernization in the XIX Century 1. Reform 2. Revolution 3. Charter of Alliance 4. The rescript of gülhane 5. Edict of Reform 6. I. Constitutional Monarchy Cemal Yıldırım, History of Science E. Jan Zurcher; Modern Turkish History Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; Speech Bernard Lewis, The formation of modern Turkey Halil İnalcık, The Ottoman Emrire Classical Age 1300- 1600
7 Ottoman Empire in the XX Century 1. At the very beginning of the 20th century, imperialism's struggle for division, Tripoli, the Balkan Wars and the conditions that brought about the First World War. ? The war of Tripoli and the first planes ? Man's test by flying; From Ibn Firnas to Hazarfen İlber Ortaylı, The Longest Century of the Empire Halil İnalcık, Ottoman and Modern Türkiye
8 MIDTREN EXAM
9 World War I (1914-1918) Şevket Süreyya Aydemir, Ataturk Fahir Armaoğlu, XX. Century Political History
10 Mustafa Kemal Pasha in Samsun Circular Letters Ali Fuat Cebesoy, National Struggle Memories F. Rıfkı Atay, Çankaya
11 Mustafa Kemal Pasha in Samsun Circular Letters Şerafettin Turan, Turkish Revolution History
12 Mustafa Kemal Pasha in Samsun Congress
13 From Toy (Congress) to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Assembly Tradition in Turks Kazim Karabekir, Our War of Independence Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; Speech
14 Foreign Aid Issue in the National Struggle “The Case of President Osman Kocaoğlu of Bukhara Kazim Karabekir, Our War of Independence Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; Speech Celal Bayar,I wrote too
15 National Pact or Sevr? 1. Eastern Front 2. Southern Front 3. Western Front 4. Mudanya Armistice İsmet İnönü (memories) Farouk Bey, Ö. (1926). Das Ottomanische Schuldwesen von den Anfaengen bis 1925 einschliesslich des Friedensvertrages von Lausanne.
16 FINAL EXAM


Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15
C1 3
C2 2 3
C3 2
C4 2
C5 2
C6 1
C7 2
C8

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant


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