Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
4PSIR252Ottoman Political Modernization3+0+03506.12.2024
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Political Science and International Relations
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course This course aims to enable the students to understand and analyze the late Ottoman history, society and institutions by providing them with analytical tools of political, economic and social historiography.
Course Content This course presents an overview of modernization of Ottoman Empire with a systematic analysis of its social, political, ideological, institutional, and economic aspects. Topics to be covered include the construction of modern army and bureaucracy, alternative paradigms for the Tanzimat era, Young Turk revolution and their ideas, the rise of national economy-national bourgeoisie, the interrelation between politics, society, war and economy during the Balkan Wars, World War One and the armistice, the role of center-periphery relations in Ottoman/Turkish political modernization.
Course Methods and Techniques Lecture, in-class discussion and presentation of assigned readings, case-studies/simulations.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Prof.Dr. Ahmet Keser https://profil.hku.edu.tr/akademik/ahmet-keser/ ahmet.keser@hku.edu.tr
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources REQUIRED READINGS Ahmad, Feroz, “Vanguard of Nascent Bourgeoisie: The Social and Economic Policy of the Young Turks,” in Okyar and İnalcık (eds.) Social and Economic History of Turkey 1071-1920 (Ankara, 1980), 329-350. Ahmad, Feroz, “War and Society under the Young Turks,” in Essays on the Late Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (Istanbul: Bilgi University Press, 2008), 233-258. Akçura, Yusuf, Üç Tarz-ı Siyaset (Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu, 1991), 19-36. Ergül, Aslı, “The Ottoman Identity: Turkish, Muslim or Rum?” Middle Eastern Studies (2012), 629-645. Findley, Carter, “The Tanzimat” in Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey IV (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 1-37. Fortna, Benjamin, C., “The Reign of Abdulhamid II,” in Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey IV (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 38-61. Gökalp, Ziya, Türkles¸mek, I·slamlas¸mak, Muasırlas¸mak (I·stanbul: I·nkılap Kitabevi, 1976), 11-19. Hanioğlu, Şükrü, “The Second Constitutional Period, 1908-1918,” in Kasaba (ed.)

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 30
Assignment 5 % 25
Attendance 15 % 5
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
22
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 15 3 45
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 5 5 25
Assignments 5 5 25
Presentation 1 5 5
Mid-terms 1 20 20
Final examination 1 30 30
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 150

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 To understand and interpret the late Ottoman history, society and institutions.
2 To systematically analyze the social, political, ideological and economic aspects of the late Ottoman State.
3 To understand the inner-workings of the Ottoman modernization process.
4 Develop an understanding of the various paradigms involved in the modernization/transformation process.
5 To figure out the Tanzimat era, Young Turk revolution and their ideas.
6 To explore and explain the the role of center-periphery relations in Ottoman/Turkish political modernization.
7 Develop a sense of the interrelation between politics, society, war and economy during the Balkan Wars, WWI, the armistice and the aftermath in light of the efforts to establish a (nation-state) national economy/national bourgeoisie in the early Republican Era.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction: The Decline of the Ottoman Empire Required: Halil İnalcık (2011): 41-52. Recommended:Itzkowitz (2008): 63- 109:Bernard Lewis, “Some Reflections on the Decline of the Ottoman Empire,” Studia Islamica, 9 (1958), 111-127. Required: Halil İnalcık (2011): 41-52. Recommended:Itzkowitz (2008): 63- 109:Bernard Lewis, “Some Reflections on the Decline of the Ottoman Empire,” Studia Islamica, 9 (1958), 111-127.
2 Ottoman Empire before and after Tanzimat Required: Carter Findley, “The Tanzimat” in Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey IV (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 1-37. Recommended: Niyazi Berkes, The Development of Secularism in Turkey, (McGill University Press, 1964), 137- 172: .Halil I·nalcık, “Application of the Tanzimat and Its Social Effects,” Archivum Ottomanicum, 5 (1973), 97- 127: S¸ükrü Haniogˆlu, A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire (Princeton: Princeton UniversityPress), 72-108: Butrus Abu-Manneh, “The Islamic Roots of the Gulhane Rescript,” Die Welt des Islams, 34: 2 (1994), 173-203: Baki Tezcan, The Second Ottoman Empire: Political and Social Transformation in the Early Modern World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 1- 13: Roderic Davison, Reform in the LO1,LO2 Ottoman Empire, 1856-1876 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963), 3-51. Required: Carter Findley, “The Tanzimat” in Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey IV (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 1-37. Recommended: Niyazi Berkes, The Development of Secularism in Turkey, (McGill University Press, 1964), 137- 172: .Halil I·nalcık, “Application of the Tanzimat and Its Social Effects,” Archivum Ottomanicum, 5 (1973), 97- 127: S¸ükrü Haniogˆlu, A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire (Princeton: Princeton UniversityPress), 72-108: Butrus Abu-Manneh, “The Islamic Roots of the Gulhane Rescript,” Die Welt des Islams, 34: 2 (1994), 173-203: Baki Tezcan, The Second Ottoman Empire: Political and Social Transformation in the Early Modern World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), 1- 13: Roderic Davison, Reform in the LO1,LO2 Ottoman Empire, 1856-1876 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963), 3-51.
3 Abdulhamid II, an Absolutist Reformer? Required:Benjamin C. Fortna, “The Reign of Abdulhamid II,” in Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey IV (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 38-61. Required:Benjamin C. Fortna, “The Reign of Abdulhamid II,” in Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey IV (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 38-61.
4 The Young Turk Revolution Required:Şükrü Hanioğlu, “The Second Constitutional Period, 1908- 1918,” in Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey IV (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 62-111. Required:Şükrü Hanioğlu, “The Second Constitutional Period, 1908- 1918,” in Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey IV (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 62-111.
5 State and Economy, Social and Economic Policy of Young Turks Required:Feroz Ahmad, “Vanguard of Nascent Bourgeoisie: The Social and Economic Policy of the Young Turks,” in Okyar and İnalcık (eds.) Social and Economic History of Turkey 1071- 1920 (Ankara, 1980), 329-350. Required:Feroz Ahmad, “Vanguard of Nascent Bourgeoisie: The Social and Economic Policy of the Young Turks,” in Okyar and İnalcık (eds.) Social and Economic History of Turkey 1071- 1920 (Ankara, 1980), 329-350.
6 State and Society I, The Ottoman Public Sphere Required :Hüseyin Hatemi, “Tanzimat ve Mes¸rutiyet Dönemlerinde Derneklerin Gelis¸imi,” in Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye Ansiklopedisi(I·stanbul: I·letis¸im Yayınları, 1985), 198-204: Zafer Toprak, “1909 Cemiyetler Kanunu” in Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye Ansiklopedisi (I·stanbul: I·letişim Yayınları, 1985), 205-08: Zafer Toprak, “Ömer Seyfettin ve “Sivil Toplum” Toplum ve Bilim, 31 (1985), 113-27. Recommended:Nadir Özbek, “Defining the public sphere during the late Ottoman Empire: War, mass mobilization and the Young Turk regime (1908–18),” Middle Eastern Studies,43:5 (2007), 795-809: Mehmet Ö.Alkan, “Sivil Toplum Kurumlarının Hukuksal Çerçevesi 1839- 1945,” in Yücekök et al. (ed.)Tanzimat'tan Günümüze I·stanbul'da Sivil Toplum Kurulus¸ları (I·stanbul: Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, 1998), 45-74. Required :Hüseyin Hatemi, “Tanzimat ve Mes¸rutiyet Dönemlerinde Derneklerin Gelis¸imi,” in Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye Ansiklopedisi(I·stanbul: I·letis¸im Yayınları, 1985), 198-204: Zafer Toprak, “1909 Cemiyetler Kanunu” in Tanzimat'tan Cumhuriyet'e Türkiye Ansiklopedisi (I·stanbul: I·letişim Yayınları, 1985), 205-08: Zafer Toprak, “Ömer Seyfettin ve “Sivil Toplum” Toplum ve Bilim, 31 (1985), 113-27. Recommended:Nadir Özbek, “Defining the public sphere during the late Ottoman Empire: War, mass mobilization and the Young Turk regime (1908–18),” Middle Eastern Studies,43:5 (2007), 795-809: Mehmet Ö.Alkan, “Sivil Toplum Kurumlarının Hukuksal Çerçevesi 1839- 1945,” in Yücekök et al. (ed.)Tanzimat'tan Günümüze I·stanbul'da Sivil Toplum Kurulus¸ları (I·stanbul: Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, 1998), 45-74.
7 State and Society II, Gender and Family Required:Zafer Toprak, “The Family, Feminism, and the State during the Young Turk Period, 1908-1918,” in Première Rencontre Internationale sur l'Empire Ottoman et la Turquie Moderne (I·stanbul: ISIS, 1991), 441-52. Recommended:Fatma Müge Göçek, “From Empire to Nation: Images of Women and War in Ottoman Political Cartoons, 1908-1923,” in Melman (ed.) Borderlines, Genders and Identities in War and Peace 1870-1930 (New York: Routledge, 1998), 47-72: Serpil Çakır,Osmanlı Kadın Hareketi (I·stanbul: Metis Yayınları, 1994), 1-78, 313-321: Zafer Toprak, Türkiye’de Kadın Özgürlüğü ve Feminizm (İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 2015). Required:Zafer Toprak, “The Family, Feminism, and the State during the Young Turk Period, 1908-1918,” in Première Rencontre Internationale sur l'Empire Ottoman et la Turquie Moderne (I·stanbul: ISIS, 1991), 441-52. Recommended:Fatma Müge Göçek, “From Empire to Nation: Images of Women and War in Ottoman Political Cartoons, 1908-1923,” in Melman (ed.) Borderlines, Genders and Identities in War and Peace 1870-1930 (New York: Routledge, 1998), 47-72: Serpil Çakır,Osmanlı Kadın Hareketi (I·stanbul: Metis Yayınları, 1994), 1-78, 313-321: Zafer Toprak, Türkiye’de Kadın Özgürlüğü ve Feminizm (İstanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 2015).
8 Mid-term Exam
9 State and Society III, The Question of Ottoman Identity and the Rise of Nationalisms Required: Aslı Ergül, “The Ottoman Identity: Turkish, Muslim or Rum?” Middle Eastern Studies (2012), 629- 645: Donald Quataert, “Chapter 9: Inter-communal co-operation and conflict,” in The Ottoman Empire 1700-1922 (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 174-194: Required: Aslı Ergül, “The Ottoman Identity: Turkish, Muslim or Rum?” Middle Eastern Studies (2012), 629- 645: Donald Quataert, “Chapter 9: Inter-communal co-operation and conflict,” in The Ottoman Empire 1700-1922 (Cambridge University Press, 2005), 174-194:
10 State and Intellectuals I, Intellectual Background S¸erif Mardin, “Ahmet Rıza Bey ve Meşveret, Abdullah Cevdet ve İçtihat, Prens Sabahattin ve Jön Türkler,” Jön Türklerin Siyasi Fikirleri, 1895-1908 (I·stanbul: I·letis¸im Yayınları, 1989), 177-254, 291-304. S¸erif Mardin, “Ahmet Rıza Bey ve Meşveret, Abdullah Cevdet ve İçtihat, Prens Sabahattin ve Jön Türkler,” Jön Türklerin Siyasi Fikirleri, 1895-1908 (I·stanbul: I·letis¸im Yayınları, 1989), 177-254, 291-304.
11 War and Society I, The Empire at War, 1911-1918 Required: Feroz Ahmad, “War and Society under the Young Turks,” in Essays on the Late Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (Istanbul: Bilgi University Press, 2008), 233-258. Recommended: Eric Zürcher, “Between Death and Desertion: The Experience of the Ottoman Soldier in World War I”, Turcica, 28 (1996), 235-258. equired: Feroz Ahmad, “War and Society under the Young Turks,” in Essays on the Late Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (Istanbul: Bilgi University Press, 2008), 233-258. Recommended: Eric Zürcher, “Between Death and Desertion: The Experience of the Ottoman Soldier in World War I”, Turcica, 28 (1996), 235-258.
12 War and Society II, The National Struggle, 1918-1923 Required: Hasan Kayalı “ The Struggle for Independence,” in Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey IV (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 112-146. Required: Hasan Kayalı “ The Struggle for Independence,” in Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey IV (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 112-146.
13 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Revolutionary Emergence of Modern Turkey (1. Week) Feroz Ahmad, The Making of Modern Turkey (Routledge, 1993), 31-51: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk (İstanbul: Alfa, 2016). Kazım Karabekir, İstiklal Harbimiz (İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2016). Required: Eric Zürcher, “Atatürk as a Unionist,” and “Ottoman Legacy of the Kemalist Republic,” in the Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building: From the Ottoman Empire to Ataturk’s Turkey, (London: IB Tauris, 2010), 124-150. Feroz Ahmad, The Making of Modern Turkey (Routledge, 1993), 31-51: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk (İstanbul: Alfa, 2016). Kazım Karabekir, İstiklal Harbimiz (İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2016). Required: Eric Zürcher, “Atatürk as a Unionist,” and “Ottoman Legacy of the Kemalist Republic,” in the Young Turk Legacy and Nation Building: From the Ottoman Empire to Ataturk’s Turkey, (London: IB Tauris, 2010), 124-150.
14 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Revolutionary Emergence of Modern Turkey (2. Week) Recommended: Feroz Ahmad, “Kemal Atatürk and the Founding of Modern Turkey,” in Fischer (ed.) Balkan Strongmen (London: Hurst, 2007), 141-164: Andrew Mango, “Atatürk,” in Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey IV (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 147-174 Recommended: Feroz Ahmad, “Kemal Atatürk and the Founding of Modern Turkey,” in Fischer (ed.) Balkan Strongmen (London: Hurst, 2007), 141-164: Andrew Mango, “Atatürk,” in Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey IV (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 147-174
15 General Overview and Discussion
16 Final Exam

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
C1 4 3 3 1 2
C2 5 3 3 2
C3 5 2 4 3
C4 3 3 5 3 3
C5 4 3 3
C6 4 5 3 2 2
C7 3 4 4 2 2

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant