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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Ottoman Diplomatics TAR323 Elective Bachelor's degree 3 Fall 5

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Ersin KIRCA

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Explain the importance and stress of the diplomatic sources and documents on historical research
2) Recognize history of Ottoman diplomacy
3) Recognize Ottoman ambasadors
4) Recall Yirmisekiz Chelebi Mehmet
5) Recall Ahmet Resmi

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1
Learning Outcomes
1 No relation
2 No relation
3 No relation
4 No relation
5 Low

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Ottoman History

Course Contents

This course includes explanation and meaning of diplomacy, diplomatic events, diplomatic documents and facts. It also includes how diplomacy research history

Weekly Schedule

1) EMERGENCE OF THE CONCEPT AND APPLICATIONS OF DIPLOMACY IN HISTORY
2) TYPES AND THEORIES OF DIPLOMACY
3) UNDERSTANDING OF DIPLOMACY IN THE FOUNDATION AND RISE PERIOD OF THE OTTOMAN
4) DIPLOMACY ORGANIZATION IN THE OTTOMAN CLASSICAL AGE
5) DIPLOMATS IN THE CLASSICAL OTTOMAN PERIOD: AMBASSADORS AND THEIR ENTURIES
6) OTTOMAN DIPLOMACY DURING THE DEPRESSIVE YEARS
7) MIDTERM EXAM
8) TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF OTTOMAN DIPLOMACY: SULTAN III. SELIM REFORMS AND THE TRANSITION PROCESS TO MODERN DIPLOMACY
9) SEFARET NAMES FROM OTTOMAN DIPLOMACY HISTORICAL SOURCES
10) DIPLOMACY IN THE REFORMS OF SULTAN MAHMUT II: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERY AND DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIES
11) OTTOMAN DIPLOMACY IN THE TANZIMAT ERA
12) FULL INTEGRATION OF OTTOMAN DIPLOMACY WITH EUROPE: UNDERSTANDING OF DIPLOMACY AFTER THE TREATY OF PARIS OF 1856 AND THE EDICT OF ISLAHAT
13) DIPLOMACY IN THE PERIOD OF SULTAN ABDULHAMID II
14) PROFESSION IN MODERN ERA OTTOMAN DIPLOMACY
15) DIPLOMACY DURING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OTTOMAN
16) FINAL EXAM

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Hüner Tuncer , Osmanlı Diplomasisi ve Sefaretnameler
2- Osmanlı Diplomasi Tarihi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade

30%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

70%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required