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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Introduction To Turkish Cultural History TDE119 Elective Bachelor's degree 1 Fall 4

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Uğur DURMAZ

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Learns Turkish cultural geography.
2) Knows the Turkish states that have lived in Turkish history and are currently living.
3) Understands what should be understood from the term Turkish culture.
4) It examines the development of many elements that make up the cultural infrastructure.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Learning Outcomes
1 Middle High Middle Middle High High High High Middle Middle Middle
2 Middle High High Middle High Middle High Middle Middle High High
3 Middle High High High Middle Middle Middle High High Middle High
4 High Middle High Middle High Middle High High High Middle Middle

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

Transfer of the elements that made them exist in order to reveal the cultural infrastructure of all Turkish communities, starting from the Proto-Turkish tribes until today. Seeing the transformations from past to present by comparing these elements. In addition, to evaluate the Turkish cultural geography contextually.

Weekly Schedule

1) Introduction and basics.
2) What is culture and how is it formed?
3) The scope of Turkish cultural geography.
4) The names of the communities in the Turkish cultural geography.
5) Cultural elements in Proto Turkish tribes.
6) The formation and cultural development of the first Turkish States.
7) The formation and cultural development of the first Turkish States.
8) Midterm
9) Belief, art, literature and daily life in the first Turkish States.
10) Belief, art, literature and daily life in the first Turkish States.
11) Belief, art, literature and daily life in post-Islamic Turkish States.
12) Belief, art, literature and daily life in post-Islamic Turkish States.
13) Belief, art, literature and daily life in post-Islamic Turkish States.
14) Faith, art, literature and daily life in today's Turkish States.
15) Faith, art, literature and daily life in today's Turkish States.
16) Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Ögel, Bahaeddin (2022). Türk Kültür Tarihine Giriş I-IX, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu
2- Günay, Umay (2020). Türklerin Tarihi, Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları
3- Komisyon, Türk Dünyası Edebiyat Tarihi 1-9, Ankara: Atatürk Kültür Merkezi Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Brain Storming
5) Self Study
6) Problem Solving


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade

40%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

60%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required