AİT201

Ataturk's Principles and Revolutionary History I

Faculty \ Department
School of Humanities \ History
Course Credit
ECTS Credit
Course Type
Instructional Language
1
2
Compulsory
Turkish
Prerequisites
-
Programs that can take the course
All Departments
Course Description
Ottoman modernization movements, the First Constitutional Monarchy, the Committee of Union and Progress, the Second Constitutional Monarchy, the Tripoli and Balkan Wars, World War I and the Ottoman Empire, the War of Independence period, and the proclamation of the Republic will be discussed.
Textbook and / or References
AHMAD, Feroz; Union and Progress, Kaynak Publications, Istanbul, 1995. Ali Cevat Bey, Declaration of the Second Constitutional Monarchy and the 31 March Incident, ed. Faik Reşit Unat. ATATÜRK, Mustafa Kemal(Ed. Zeynep Korkmaz); Speech 1919-1927, Atatürk Research Center Publications, Ankara, 2005. AYBARS, Ergun; History of the Republic of Turkey I, Ege University Faculty of Letters Publications, Izmir, 1986. BERKES, Niyazi; Modernization in Türkiye, YKY, Istanbul, 2005.
Course Objectives
The aim of this course is to examine the developments in contemporary European states, the contributions of the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution to economic and political developments, and their reflections in the Ottoman Empire, starting from the Ottoman modernization movements; to examine the periods of the First Constitutional Monarchy, the Committee of Union and Progress, the Second Constitutional Monarchy, the Tripoli and Balkan Wars, and the effects of World War I, and the developments during the National Struggle period.
Course Outcomes
1. In this course, all developments from the War of Independence to the declaration of the Republic will be discussed in detail.
2. The change and development from the empire to the republic will be evaluated in a broad perspective.
Tentative Course Plan
Week 1: Concepts and Ottoman Modernization
Week 2: European Developments, Industrial Revolution and French Revolution
Week 3: New Ottomans, Constitutional Monarchy, Union and Progress
Week 4: Second Constitutional Monarchy Period, Tripoli and Balkan Wars
Week 5: Causes of World War I
Week 6: World War I, Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire
Week 7: National Struggle Preparation Period
Week 8: Congresses
Week 9: Sivas Congress, Last Ottoman Chamber of Deputies and National Pact
Week 10: TBMM Period and Formation of Fronts
Week 11: Lausanne Treaty
Week 12: Foreign Policy
Tentative Assesment Methods
• Midterm Exam 50 %
• Final Exam 50 %
Program Outcome *
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Course Outcome
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