This basic, comprehensive survey of the politics, economics and sociology of Turkish modernization begins with a review of the pressures building up on the Ottoman Empire, and the recurring confrontations between the conservative and the reform-minded wings of the ruling elite, through the 17th and 18th centuries, dovetailing into the challenges confronting the porte under Selim III and Mahmud II. The long drawn-out tragedy of the Turkish 19th century, comprising: a context of continuing retreat and territorial contraction, as well as of deepening despair, summed up as a non-colonial pattern of incorporation; the complicated relationships between the Great Powers and the various Balkan nationalisms; the initial introduction and the subsequent expansion of modernization agendas from the top down; the interplay of political and economic factors, and of local vs international forces, in the major crises of the 1830s, the 1850s, and the 1870s; the course of restructuring in the legal, administrative, educational, fiscal and economic spheres; the ancien régime complexity set up by Tanzimat dualisms; the Ottomans' ambition to modernize and to be recognized as modern (and hence of being admitted into the Concert of Europe); the gradual emergence of a state of law, and the replacement of the First Constitution's abortive liberalism by the resurgent authoritarianism of the Hamidian era.
Principles of Atatürk and the History of the Turkish Revolution I (HIST 191)
Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
BA- Political Science | |||
BA-Cultural Studies | |||
BA-Cultural Studies | |||
BA-Economics | |||
BA-Economics | |||
BA-International Studies | |||
BA-International Studies | |||
BA-Management | |||
BA-Management | |||
BA-Political Sci.&Inter.Relat. | |||
BA-Political Sci.&Inter.Relat. | |||
BA-Psychology | |||
BA-Psychology | |||
BA-Social & Political Sciences | |||
BA-Visual Arts&Visual Com.Des. | |||
BA-Visual Arts&Visual Com.Des. | |||
BS-Biological Sci.&Bioeng. | |||
BS-Computer Science & Eng. | |||
BS-Computer Science & Eng. | |||
BS-Electronics Engineering | |||
BS-Electronics Engineering | |||
BS-Industrial Engineering | |||
BS-Manufacturing Systems Eng. | |||
BS-Materials Sci. & Nano Eng. | |||
BS-Materials Science & Eng. | |||
BS-Mechatronics | |||
BS-Mechatronics | |||
BS-Microelectronics | |||
BS-Molecular Bio.Gen.&Bioeng | |||
BS-Telecommunications |
CONTENT
OBJECTIVE
The aim is to provide a comprehensive perspective and multi-layered knowledge on Atatürkist reforms and on the history of modern Turkey.
LEARNING OUTCOME
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1.Compare and contrast the disciplines of history, social sciences and natural sciences;
2. Examine different trajectories toward modernization;
3. Identify the main themes of the Ottoman modernization process;
4. Comprehend the history of those innovations which constituted the bases for the reforms of the 20th century;
5. Identify the key developments of Ottoman political, social and economic history and relate them to an overall conception of the subject matter;
6. Describe large themes over a relatively long span of history;
7. Develop independent study capability.
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ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA
Percentage (%) | |
Final | 50 |
Midterm | 50 |
RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS
Readings |
Zürcher, E.J., Modernlesen Türkiye'nin Tarihi, Iletisim Press, November 2015. Findley, Carter V., Modern Türkiye Tarihi, Timas Press, 2016. |