Name of Department: General Cultural Courses

Programme: Bachelor in Architecture

Course Title: Principles of Kemal Atatürk I

Language of Instruction: Turkish

Course Code: HIST 201

Type of Course: mandatory

Level of Course: undergraduate (first cycle)

Semester: October-January

Year of Study: 2nd year, 1st semester

ECTS Credits: 1

Pre-requisite: none

Co-requisite: none

Name of Lecturer: Funda Kaya    E-mail fundakaya@iyte.edu.tr

Objective of the course: Discusses the modernisation of the Ottoman Empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the spread of nationalism among its subject peoples, and the revolutionary changes in Ottoman institutions and society that led to the Empire’s demise and the transitional period from the Empire to the national state and the foundation of the Turkish Republic following the national struggle led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Course Contents: Reasons for the decline of Ottoman Empire; beginnings of modern Ottoman reform: the era of Mahmut II (1808-1839); era of modern reform: The Tanzimat (1839-1876); culmination of the Tanzimat: the reign of Abdülhamit II (1876-1909); the Young Turks period (1908-1918); the Turkish War of Independence (1918-1923) and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Bibliography:
Atatürk. (1989). The Speech. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu.
Kinross, Lord. (1965). Atatürk. New York: Company New York.
Küçükoğlu, et al. (1990). Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi I/1. Ankara: Yüksek Öğretim Kurulu Yayınları.
Lewis, Bernard. (1968). The Emergence of Modern Turkey. 2nd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press.

Teaching & Learning Methods: 2 hrs/wk lecture throughout the semester

Assessment Methods: 2-hr written midterm examination: 40%; written final examination: 60%. Examinations are held during the regular midterm- and final-examination periods of the academic calendar. The final grade for the course will consist of Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U).