TAR131

School of Humanities \ History

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6

Compulsory

Turkish

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History department; all departments

Societies in Turkestan (especially Turks and Mongols) until the 1000th year, Their political formations and civilizations: Huns, Tabgachs (Tobas), Avars, Gokturks, Khazars, Bulgars, Uyghurs, Karluks, Turgish and similar Turkish communities and states, their relations with each other and with other communities and countries. Cultures created by Turkish communities; Especially pre-Islamic Turkish political history, civilization and new developments resulting from their contacts with Islamic civilization.

Carter V. Findley, Turks in World History, Istanbul 2006, pp. 31-72. Baykara, Tuncer, The Earliest Times of Turkishness, Ed. Hasan C. Güzel, K. Çiçek, S. Koca, Ankara 2002. Koca, Salim, Society and Economy in Ancient Turks, Ed. Hasan C. Güzel, K. Çiçek, S. Koca, Ankara 2002, v. III, pp. 15-35.

This course aims to teach students the letters of the Ottoman alphabet, the properties and uses of these letters, and word formation. It also aims to teach them how to form Turkish, Arabic, and Persian words with different suffixes in Ottoman Turkish. It also aims to teach them to read basic printed Ottoman texts.

1. Understanding the place of the Turks in history
2. Obtaining a general idea about the Central Asian Turkish people and their neighbors
3. Learning the methods of obtaining sources and information about the ancient Turkish states

Week 1: Turkish Cultural Environments in Prehistoric Periods
Week 2: Turkish Name and Lineage
Week 3: Hun Empire and Relations with China
Week 4: Political Situation in Central Asia After the Hun Empire
Week 5: Ancient Turkish Tribes and Problems of the Steppe
Week 6: Turkish Migration
Week 7: European Huns and Attila
Week 8: Gokturk State and Its Establishment
Week 9: Gokturk State's Place in Turkish History
Week 10: Uyghurs
Week 11: The Fall of the Uyghurs and Their Successors
Week 12: Religion, Society and Economy in Ancient Turks

• Midterm Exam 35 %
• Final 45 %
• Participation 10 %
• Homework 20 %