Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
3AİİT201Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I2+0+02203.11.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Electrical - Electronic Engineering
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To teach the student to Turkey ` s recent history. To inform students about Turkish Revolution / Revolution, Atatürkism and Atatürk ` s Principles. University students provide adoption by Turkey ` s modernization and that the objectives and mission of the modernization of the carrier.
Course Content Internal and external reasons for the collapse of the Ottoman Empire; XIX. Innovation movements in the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century; The idea movements in the last period of the Ottoman Empire; XX. At the beginning of the century the political and military situation of the Ottoman Empire; World War I and the Armenian question; Invasion and reactions of Anatolia; Mustafa Kemal Pasha ` s departure to Samsun and its activities; congress period and organization; the opening of the last Ottoman Parliament and the adoption of the National Pact; Preparation for the National Struggle and the material and moral foundations of this preparation; The opening and activities of the TGNA; Treaty of sevr; The struggles on the southern and eastern fronts; the establishment of a regular army, the Greek offensive and the wars on the Western front, the signing of the Mudanya Armistice, the convening of the Lausanne Conference and the signing of the Peace Treaty
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Instructor Murat Erkoç
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Lecture notes
Course Notes 1. Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk I, II, III, İstanbul, 1967.
2. Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi I, II, III, Yüksek Öğretim Kurulu Başkanlığı Yayınları, Ankara, 1990.
3. Mehmet Alpargu-İsmail Özçelik-Nuri Yavuz, Atatürk İlkeleri ve İnkılap Tarihi, Ankara, 2003.
4. Atatürk maddesi, İslam Ansiklopedisi, Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı, Ankara, 1990.
5. Atatürk İnkılabı, Kültür Bakanlığı, Ankara, 1990.
6. Atatürkçülük, I, II, III, Genelkurmay Başkanlığı, Ankara, 1983.
7. Ergün Aybars, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Tarihi I, İzmir, 1987.
8. Meclis-i Mebusan Zabıt Cerideleri
9. Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Zabıt Ceridesi

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 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 15 2 30
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 2 28
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 2 62

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 General information about the recent history of Turkey, the required experience about the development of democracy in Turkey, the Republic of Turkey, to have knowledge about the basic principles and philosophy of the organization.
2 Gain a general knowledge about the 20th century world, important international developments and decisive developments affecting today, so they will have general information about the conditions that prepare the period.
3 Today's Turkey will be informed about the issues and international sources, compare the past and present conditions, the information will be capable of building bridges

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction to AİİT 201 course and introduction of the course, introducing and examining the concepts and processes such as revolution, revolution, rebellion that differentiate societies from political, socio-economic and cultural aspects.
2 18-19 in line with Western modernization. of the important political, social, economic and cultural developments of the world in the 19th century: Europe after the Geographical Discoveries, the development of the bourgeois and capitalism, the French Revolution, the Vienna Congress and the creation of a political alliance balance in Europe
3 In general, 18th and 19th centuries by examining the Ottoman State system and society model, the political, economic and social situation of the Ottoman state in the current world order.
4 Processes and factors leading to Turkish Revolution I: Balance policies and ideological movements within the framework of the efforts to save the Ottoman Empire.
5 Processes and factors leading to Turkish Revolution II: Reform movements within the problem of modernization of traditional Ottoman structure, Young Turks struggle, First and Second Constitutional Monarchy.
6 Processes and factors leading to the Turkish Revolution III: The struggle for the sharing of imperialism in the early 20th century, Tripoli, Balkan Wars and the conditions that brought out the First World War.
7 After Mondros Armistice: Ottoman Empire and Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Resistance movements against invasions in Anatolia and Kuvayı Milliye, local congress powers.
8 Lecture notes
9 Mustafa Kemal Pasha's departure to Samsun and the organization studies based on congresses I.
10 Mustafa Kemal Pasha's departure to Samsun and congress-based organization studies II.
11 Organizing activities in Anatolia, the establishment of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, 1921 Constitution, the power struggle between Istanbul and Ankara and the Sevres Treaty.
12 War of Independence and Mudanya Armistice.
13 Foreign policy during the National Struggle: Relations with Soviet Russia, Britain, France, Italy and the USA.
14 The consequences of the struggle of Anatolia / Ankara inside and outside: the abolition of the sultanate and the Lausanne Peace Treaty.

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11
All 5
C1 5
C2 5
C3 5

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