• Turkish
  • English
Course Code: 
HIST 307
Semester: 
Spring
Course Type: 
Core
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Laboratuvar Saati: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
7
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 
To understand the historical process of the development of the basic problems of the Middle East.
Course Content: 

The historical background of the Middle East region will be given to students. Furthermore, the advent of Turks in the Middle East before the first world war in the Middle East and beyond sharing and oil, instability and terrorism in the Middle East will be discussed.

Course Methodology: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A: Term Paper, B: Attendance and Participation C: Presentations

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

To be able to be informed about the history of Middle East.

1,2,3

A,B,C

To be able to learn cultural and political structure peculiar to the Middle East.

1,2,3

A,B,C

To be able to realize the cultural and political atmosphere in the Middle East which is influential in Turkish history.

1,2,3

A,B,C

To be able to analyze the political situation of the states founded in the Middle East.

1,2,3

A,B,C
 

Course Flow

Week

Topics

Study Materials

1

The content of the statement of "Middle East" and the characteristics of the region.

 

2

The definitions of the ethnical and religious terms peculiar to the Middle East

 

3

The beginning of Turkish presence in the Middle East

 

4

The invasion of the Middle East by Ottomans

 

5

The governance of the Middle East in the Ottoman Period

 

6

The transformation process in the 19th century Middle East.

 

7

The sharing of Middle East prior to World War I and subsequent developments

 

8

Midterm exam and evaluation of course

 

9

Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Lebanon

 

10

Israel and Zionism

 

11

Iran and Iraq

l

12

The countries in the Persian Gulf, Jordan and Yemen

 

13

Turkey

 

14

The petrol, the instability in the Middle East and terrorism

 
 

Recommended Sources

Textbook

 

Additional Resources

1- Tayyar Arı, Geçmişten Günümüze Orta Doğu, İstanbul, Alfa Yayınları, 2004.
2-Bernard Lewis, Ortadoğu, İstanbul, Sabah Yayıncılık, 1996.
3-Kemal H. Karpat, Ortadoğu'da Osmanlı Mirası ve Ulusçuluk, Çev: Recep Boztemur, Ankara, İmge Kitabevi, 2001.
4-Ömer Turan, Medeniyetlerin Çatıştığı Nokta, İstanbul, Acar Matbaacılık, 2003.
5- Fahir Armaoğlu, 20. Yüzyıl Siyasî Tarihi (1914-1990), 9. Baskı, Ankara, Türkiye İş Bankası Yayınları, 1993.
 

Material Sharing

Documents

 

Assignments

 

Exams

 

 

Assessment

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Short Paper

1

30

Final Paper

1

50

Presentation

1

20

Total

 

100

CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE

 

 

CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE

 

 

Total

 

100
       
       

 

 

COURSE CATEGORY

Expertise/Field Courses

 

Course’s Contribution to Program

No

Program Learning Outcomes

Contribution

1

2

3

4

5

1

To equip the students with the theoretical and practical skills necessary to pursue academic studies.

        

X

2

To provide the students skills such as analytical and critical thinking, interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional approach, deducing results and interpretation, necessary for a successful history education.

      

X

  

3

To provide the students with skills to relate historical issues to contemporary, local, regional and global problems.

        

X

4

To provide students with skills to use English in oral and written presentations and source languages to study the primary sources.

      

X

  

5

To provide the students with skills to use the contemporary technologies.

    

X

    

6

To provide the students with skills to become creative in team-work and skills for efficient oral and written communication.

      

X

  

7

Educating the students to become professionally and socially responsible and ethical individuals.

      

x

  
 

ECTS

Activities

Quantity

Duration
(Hour)

Total
Workload
(Hour)

Course Duration (Including the exam week: 14x Total course hours)

14

3

42

Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)

14

5

70

Mid-terms

1

3

3

Presentation

1

8

8

Paper

14

2

28

Final examination

1

10

10

Term Paper

 

1

14

14

Total Work Load

 

 

175

Total Work Load / 25 (h)

 

 

7

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

7

 

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