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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ÜS0501.4History of Turkish CultureElective232
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Examination of all elements that make up Turkish culture. To be able to transfer important institutions in Turkish culture. To recognize how Turkish culture has followed the course of history according to social, political and geographical conditions. To understand the importance of institutions belonging to Turkish history in our history.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Fatih Mehmet EŞKİ
Learning Outcomes
1The able to describe the basic concepts in the field of Culture and Civilization,
2Be able to explain theories and theorists within theory of culture,
3To recognize of The most important elements of Turkish culture, Turkish language and literature brought up to the present,
4Turkish customs and traditions of history to explain the changes in the process undergone,
5Turkey had spent changes in thoughts and beliefs to explain the historical process,
6Turkish Culture to be aware of the cultures that constitute the carrier.
Mode of Delivery
Second Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
To transfer that the theories of culture and civilizations on historical process gained the sense within the framework of Turkish culture. To describe the place of Turkish culture in the cultural classification. To asses in terms of function and importance pf unique institutions of Turkish culture.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1The factors of the emergence of nomadic steppe culture,
2Nomadism and semi-nomadism,
3Cultural similarities and differences between Turkish and the environmental cultures,
4State Approach in the Pre-Islamic Period Turkish State,
5Turkish Inscriptions,
6Legends,
7State-Public Relations in Turkish States,
8Midterm Exam
9Social Structure in semi-nomadic Turkish Culture,
10Economic Structure in semi-nomadic Turkish Culture,
11Family Approach of the Turkish Culture,
12Women in Turkish Culture,
13Turkish Law,
14The Religions of the Turks,
15General oveerview,
16The Final Exam.
Recommended or Required Reading
Bahattin Ögel, Türk Kültürünün Gelişme Çağları, İstanbul 1988. Kaşgarlı Mahmud, Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk, I, II, III, (çev. B.Atalay), Ankara 1986. Yusuf Has Hacip Kutadgu Bilig, (çev, Resit Rahmeti Arat), Ankara 1994.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures11414
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11212
Individual Study for Final Examination2816
Homework11414
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)59
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