ACADEMICS
Course Details
AİT203 - Ataturk's Principles & History of His Reforms I
2024-2025 Fall term information
The course is open this term
| Name Surname | Position | Section |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Saime Selenga Gökgöz | Supervisor | 71,171 |
| Dr. İdris Yücel | Supervisor | 81 |
| Dr. Barış Yüksekkaya | Coordinator | 71,81,171 |
| Section | Day, Hours, Place |
|---|---|
| 171 | Tuesday, 14:40 - 16:30, E1 |
| 71 | Tuesday, 12:40 - 14:30, E1 |
| 81 | Tuesday, 14:40 - 16:30, BD |
Timing data are obtained using weekly schedule program tables. To make sure whether the course is cancelled or time-shifted for a specific week one should consult the supervisor and/or follow the announcements.
AİT203 - Ataturk's Principles & History of His Reforms I
| Program | Theoretıcal hours | Practical hours | Local credit | ECTS credit |
| Undergraduate | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Obligation | : | Must |
| Prerequisite courses | : | - |
| Concurrent courses | : | - |
| Delivery modes | : | Face-to-Face |
| Learning and teaching strategies | : | Lecture, Discussion |
| Course objective | : | The establishment of the Republic of Turkey as a secular and unitary state after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire; the history of Turkish modernization experience in accordance with the establishment of the new state, the instruction of the Turkish Revolution pioneered by Kemal Atatürk and the Kemalist thought, as the meaning and statement of modernity and secularism in Turkey to young generations and let them figure out its significance. It aims to let the student who attends the AİT 203courses to acquire the ability of classification, description, explanation, analysis of the current social and individual problems in Turkey by taking rationality and science, norms of modernity into account with respect to the Kemalist thought and the Turkish Revolution. |
| Learning outcomes | : | The student who passes the course successfully: Learns how to analyse a historical question according to its fact-incident, time, actors; the assessment of relevant resources such as books, articles as well as movies and literature and to nurture his/her point of view. Learns how to read and assess an article on a historical problem does research on a historical question by interrelating with the current issues and developments hypothetically Learns how to prepare a presentation on a historical question. Learns critical assessment from different point of views; how to give answers to questions by assertion of historical facts and arguments ; expression of his/her opinion rationally and correctly; and abstraction |
| Course content | : | Parallel to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, the assessment of the Turkish society as within the level of civilized nation-states, the experience of Turkish revolution with its sui-generis character in definition of the nation-state in a chronological line beginning from the Ottoman Turkish Imperial state: The Classical and post classical ages, late 18th and 19th centuries, the Second Constitutional Era, The First World War, The Turkish National Struggle of 1918-1922 and the interval of 1923-60; the assessment of the modern Turkish nation-state by the restructuring of the state & the nation and the stages of the change and transformation in Turkish political and social system. The analysis of the political, social, economic and cultural transformation with respect to the internal and external political developments and their actors. |
| References | : | KILINÇKAYA Derviş (ed) Atatürk ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi. Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 2004.; ACUN Fatma (ed.), Atatürk ve Türk İnkılâp Tarihi, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 11. Baskı, 2010.; AHMAD Feroz, Modern Türkiye?nin Oluşumu, İstanbul, 1995.; Atatürk?ün Söylev ve Demeçleri, 3 cilt, Ankara, 1981.; Atatürk?ün Tamim Telgraf ve Beyannameleri, 4 cilt, Ankara, 1964.; BAYUR Yusuf Hikmet, Türk İnkılâp Tarihi, 10 cilt, Ankara, 1991.; BERKES Niyazi, Türkiye?de Çağdaşlaşma, Ankara, 1978.; KARPAT Kemal, H., Türk Demokrasi Tarihi, İstanbul, 1967.; LEWIS Bernard, Modern Türkiye?nin Doğuşu, Ankara, II. Baskı, 1984. |
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | Main concepts and Ottoman ? Turkish modernization |
| 2 | Developments in Europe, Emergence of the modern Europe, the industrial revolution and the French revolution & their effects to the world. |
| 3 | Europe & the Eastern question, early and late colonization movements, relations between Europe and the Ottomans, Ottoman Empire and Europe in the age of imperialism. |
| 4 | Constitutionalism and the idea of Constitution in Europe, the 'Commitee of New Ottomans (Yeni Osmanlılar Cemiyeti) as intellectual opponents, the Young Turk Opposition, the characteristics of the Tanzimat & Constitutional eras |
| 5 | The Second Constitutional era, trends and movements in Turkish political thought, The Turco-Italian war (1911), the Balkan wars (1912-1913). |
| 6 | The world war I: Its reasons-consequences & its evaluation with respect to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and imperial systems: the distribution of her territories in accordance with the Eastern Question. |
| 7 | Mid Term |
| 8 | The Mudros Armistice, The Turkish National Struggle: preparations & organization. |
| 9 | The political aspect of the organization in the Turkish National Struggle: Erzurum & Sivas Congresses. |
| 10 | the Sivas Congress, The abolition of the Ottoman Parliament and the National Pact (Misak-ı Millî). |
| 11 | The Establishment of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Ankara as the political center of the National Struggle and the military phase of the struggle. |
| 12 | Mid Term |
| 13 | The Lausanne Conference and the assessment of the new world order within the framework of the Peace Treaties concluded in the wake of the First World War. |
| 14 | the Lausanne Treaty, The comparison of the Mudros Armistice and the Lausanne & Sevres Treaties with respect the Eastern question. |
| 15 | final exam |
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 50 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade success | 50 | |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade success | 50 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| Course activities | Number | Duration (hours) | Total workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, etc.) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study Duration) | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total workload | 31 | 7 | 60 |
| Key learning outcomes | Contribution level | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1. | Possesses the theoretical and practical knowledge required in Electrical and Electronics Engineering discipline. | |||||
| 2. | Utilizes his/her theoretical and practical knowledge in the fields of mathematics, science and electrical and electronics engineering towards finding engineering solutions. | |||||
| 3. | Determines and defines a problem in electrical and electronics engineering, then models and solves it by applying the appropriate analytical or numerical methods. | |||||
| 4. | Designs a system under realistic constraints using modern methods and tools. | |||||
| 5. | Designs and performs an experiment, analyzes and interprets the results. | |||||
| 6. | Possesses the necessary qualifications to carry out interdisciplinary work either individually or as a team member. | |||||
| 7. | Accesses information, performs literature search, uses databases and other knowledge sources, follows developments in science and technology. | |||||
| 8. | Performs project planning and time management, plans his/her career development. | |||||
| 9. | Possesses an advanced level of expertise in computer hardware and software, is proficient in using information and communication technologies. | |||||
| 10. | Is competent in oral or written communication; has advanced command of English. | |||||
| 11. | Has an awareness of his/her professional, ethical and social responsibilities. | |||||
| 12. | Has an awareness of the universal impacts and social consequences of engineering solutions and applications; is well-informed about modern-day problems. | |||||
| 13. | Is innovative and inquisitive; has a high level of professional self-esteem. | |||||
1: Lowest, 2: Low, 3: Average, 4: High, 5: Highest