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Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Level of Course	Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery	Blended (face-to-face & Distance Learning)
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
Course Coordinator	Assoc. Prof. (Ph.D.) ELVİN YILDIRIM
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant	Araş. Gör. Cem DÜZEN

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course	To understand the developments and transformations in the Middle East
Course Content	An overview of the events in the Middle East throughout history, the manda regimes established in the Middle East, the establishment of Israel, and the Arab-Israeli War, the British-Iranian oil dispute, the Baghdad Pact and its consequences, the Suez War, Jordan Events, Monarchy in Iraq 'the Fall of Yemen Civil War, the Lebanese Civil War, the overthrow of the Shah in Iran, the Iran-Iraq War, Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, Turkey and the Middle East.

The aim of the course

To understand the developments and transformations in the Middle East

Course Content

An overview of the events in the Middle East throughout history, the manda regimes established in the Middle East, the establishment of Israel, and the Arab-Israeli War, the British-Iranian oil dispute, the Baghdad Pact and its consequences, the Suez War, Jordan Events, Monarchy in Iraq 'the Fall of Yemen Civil War, the Lebanese Civil War, the overthrow of the Shah in Iran, the Iran-Iraq War, Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, Turkey and the Middle East.

Learning Outcomes

Gains knowledge of the nature and basic concepts of the science of history
Defend the importance of scientific knowledge.
Have the basic knowledge on the examples of World and Turkish History from prototypes to contemporary ones.
Define the contemporary research methods of the field.
Follows the bibliography of the studies on the science of history according to the countries and schools in written, printed and virtual environments.
Use the resources related to the History literature.
Offer solutions to the matters related to literature relying on researches and proposals.
Apply academic and professional skills to the associated works cooperated with other fields of human sciences.
Apply the contemporary research methods to History literature.
Perform a work on literature independently.
Take responsibilities both individually and as a part of a team in a research, a project or a practice related to literature
Plan and organise cultural and social activities on literature.
Use academic methods and sense of arts to review and analyze texts and oral works effectively.
Evaluate the acquired knowledge and skills on Literature critically.
Plan and manage the process of learning.
Follow the developments in the field of using a foreign language.
Be respectful to moral, national, humanistic and cultural values and be aware of his/her responsibilities to his/her country, nation and mankind.
Acquaint various groups of listeners with literature orally and in written.
Have the ability to represent the History literature.
Gain competence of a researcher who is innovative and open to new ideas.
Use all the resources related to occupational safety and environmental protection.
In all studies of the field be attentive to academic, social, cultural and ethical values.

Weekly Course Subjects

1	Rise and spread of Islam
2	Ottoman and Safavi Empires
3	Early Phases of Transformation
4	The Egyptian and Algerian Problems in the Tanzimat Period
5	Middle East and North Africa in the Late Ottoman Period
6	World War I and the Reshaping of the Middle East
7	Middle East Between Two World Wars
8	Independence Struggles
9	Exam
10	Establishment of the State of Israel
11	Middle East in the Cold War
12	The Middle East After the Fall of the Soviet Union
13	General evaluation
14	General evaluation

Resources

1. Bernard Lewis, Ortadoğu, Çev.M.Harmancı, Sabah Kitapları, İstanbul, 1996.
2. M.G.S. Hodgson, İslam’ın Serüveni, C.I-III, İz Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1993.
3. P.M.Holt ve diğerleri, İslam Tarihi, 2.bs., C.I-IV, Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1997.
4. Bernard Lewis, The Arabs in History, Hutchinson’s Univ. Library, London, 1956.
5. Sydney N.Fisher, The Middle East, a History, Knopf, New York, 1959.
6. H.A.R. Gibb, Mohammedanism, Oxford Univ. Pres, New York, 1962.

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