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Course Name : Atatürk´s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution

Course Code : AIIT-101

Course Type : Compulsory

Level of Course : First Cycle

Year of Study : 1

Course Semester : Fall and Spring (32 Weeks)

ECTS : 4

Name of Lecturer(s) : Lecturer AYDIN CAN
Lecturer HİDAYET ESKİSÜRMELİ

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Will have general information about recent history of Turkey
Will have an understanding about foundation thought and main principles of Turkish Republic
Will have a general information about 20th century world main international progresses which affects present day
Will have essential understanding of development of democracy in Turkey
Will have information about international problems of Turkey and their reasons
Will have an ability to compare the conditions of past and present.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : To teach the foundation and development of Modern Turkey. To give the right information about Ataturk’s way of thinking, Turkish Republic History, Turkey and some factors threatening the applications of Ataturk’s way of thinking. Educate Turkish youth as regards to Ataturk’s way of thinking which offers an absolute unity at home as a system including all cultural components of Turkish country. To raise rationalist, contemporary, humanist, hardworking, and honourable youngsters.

Course Contents : A general view to the reasons that prepared Ottoman Empires downfall and rise of Turkish revolution. The disintegration of Ottoman State. Mondros armistice agreement. The conditions of the country under invasion and General Mustafa Kemals responds. General Mustafa Kemals voyage to Samsun. Organization through the national congresses. National Forces and National pact. Opening of Turkish Parliament and its ruling the Independence war. National Combat until War of sakarya. War of Sakarya and Great Attack. National struggles in the fields of education and culture. From Mudanya to Lozan social and economical struggle. The declaration of the Republic. The importance of the leader and the staff in the revolution. Constitutional solutions to the problems related to the Lausanne Conference The participation of Turkey in pacts and in international organizations Reactions to the new governmental structure. Trials in the multi party system. The Home and foreign policy of the Republic of Turkey. Atatürk s foreign policy to inspire confidence in the future of Turkey. Kemalism the Principles of Atatürk

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The quality of Turkish Revolution and its Importance The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
2 A general view to the reasons leading to Turkish Revolution The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
3 Important Political and Military Developments leading the collapse of Ottoman Empire The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
4 The collapse of Ottoman Empire The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
5 The status of the country towards occupation and the attitude of Mustafa Kemal The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
6 Mustafa Kemal and Being the leader of National Battle The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
7 Congress route and National Organization The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
8 Midterm The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources multiple-choice questions
9 Decisions of Kuvay-ı Milliye and Misak-ı Milli The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
10 Assembly (TBMM) and establishment of the New Turkish State The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
11 National Struggle Fronts (south and southeast) - National Struggle Fronts (east) and the Armenian Question The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
12 National Struggle Fronts (west), first occupations and national army - Establishment of regular army and financial sources of the National Struggle The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
13 Treaty of Sevres and its impact on Turkish Nation - Fronts in the National Struggle, Inonu I-II, Sakarya and Great Attack The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
14 Political aspect of National Struggle, Mudanya Armistice, Lozan Peace Conference The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
15 Mudanya Armistice, Lozan Peace Conference The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Presentation audio-visual assisted
16 the Lausanne peace treaty, and the importance of history The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
17 The strategy of the Turkish Revolution The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
18 Revolutions in the political field The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
19 Attempts to step into the multi party system and the results The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
20 Establishment of Turkish Law System The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
21 Establishment of Turkish Education System The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Presentation audio-visual assisted
22 Revolutions in the economic sphere The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
23 Social revolutions in the field The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
24 Midterm The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Multiple-choice test
25 Foreign Policy in Atatürk Period I-II The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
26 Atatürk‘s Principles I The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
27 Atatürk’s Principles II The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
28 internal and external developments after Atatürk The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
29 internal and external developments after Atatürk (1938-1960) The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
30 Atatürk Sonrası Türkiye’nin İç ve Dış Politikası (1960-2000) The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
31 Geopolitics and the geopolitical situation of Turkey The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources Lecture, question and answer, discussion
32/33/34 Final Exam The textbook and the relevant topics in suggested sources multiple-choice questions


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Y.Ö.K.(Komisyon ), Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılâp Tarihi I / 1 , Ankara, 1989
 ATATÜRK, Gazi Mustafa Kemal, Nutuk(Söylev), İstanbul, 1980
 Atatürk´ün Söylev ve Demeçleri I-II, III., Ankara, 1989
 Atatürk´ün Tamim, Telgraf ve Beyannameleri IV, Ankara 1991
 Yalçın ,Durmuş vd., Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi I, Ankara 2002
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 2 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 40
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 29 2 58
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 29 1 29
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 3 3
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 2 6 12
    Final Exam 1 8 8
Total Workload: 110
Total Workload / 25 (h): 4.4
ECTS Credit: 4