School of Humanities \ History
Course Credit
ECTS Credit
Course Type
Instructional Language
Programs that can take the course
History department; all departments
This course will cover the intellectual movements that emerged in the last period of the Ottoman Empire and the people who represented them. The sources of these ideas and their impact on the transformation that the Ottoman Empire experienced in the last period will also be discussed.
Textbook and / or References
Berkes, Niyazi. Modernization in Turkey, Yapı Kredi, 2003. Zürcher, Erik. The Young Turk Legacy and National Buildings, IB Tauris, 2010. Mardin, Şerif. Political Thought of the Young Turks, İletişim Publishing House, 2008.
To better understand today's intellectual and political debates by examining the roots of the intellectual movements that have left their mark on Turkey in the 20th and 21st centuries.
1. To obtain information about the intellectual movements that emerged in the last period of the Ottoman Empire and the people who represented them.
2. To provide the opportunity to better understand current events with this information.
Week 1: Course Description Week 2: Ottomanism Week 3: Westernism Week 4: Islamism Week 5: Turkism Week 6: Turanism Week 7: Decentralization, Socialism Week 8: Materialism- Positivism Week 9: Social Darwinism Week 10: Feminism Week 11: Other Thought Movements Week 12: Debate
Tentative Assesment Methods
• Participation 10 %
• Presentation 10 %
• Homework 20 %
• Midterm Exam 20 %
• Final 40 %
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