• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. To be able to understand, the internal and external political events and developments in the first stage of the process of collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Science of Strategy
   2. Formulate and solve complex problems concerning management strategies and national security strategies
   3. Design and conduct research projects independently
   4. Defend research outcomes at seminars and conferences.
   5. Demonstrating professional and ethical responsibility.

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Seminar/presentation
2. To be able to analyze, the importance of inter-state diplomacy in the Ottoman case.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Science of Strategy
   2. Formulate and solve complex problems concerning management strategies and national security strategies
   3. Design and conduct research projects independently
   4. Defend research outcomes at seminars and conferences.
   5. Demonstrating professional and ethical responsibility.

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Seminar/presentation
3. To be able to understand the developments of international politics in the historical background of the Republic of Turkey.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Science of Strategy
   2. Formulate and solve complex problems concerning management strategies and national security strategies
   3. Design and conduct research projects independently
   4. Defend research outcomes at seminars and conferences.
   5. Demonstrating professional and ethical responsibility.

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
   3. Seminar/presentation

Contents
Week 1:	Introducing the course methods, resources, and related literature.
Week 2:	The political events of the period Selim III.
Week 3:	Evaluation of the papers read in the previous lesson.
Week 4:	The political events of the period Mahmud II.
Week 5:	Evaluation of the papers read in the previous lesson.
Week 6:	The political events of the period Abdülmecid.
Week 7:	Evaluation of the papers read in the previous lesson.
Week 8:	Mid-term Exam
Week 9:	The political events of the period Abdülaziz.
Week 10:	Evaluation of the papers read in the previous lesson.
Week 11:	The political events of the period Abdülhamit.
Week 12:	Evaluation of the papers read in the previous lesson.
Week 13:	Seminar papers control and final recommendations.
Week 14:	Evaluation of the final version of the seminar papers.
Week 15*:	General overview
Week 16*:	Final Exam
Textbooks and materials:	Sander, Oral Anka’nın Yükselişi Ve Düşüşü, Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Yay, Ankara 1987. Shaw, Stanford ve Shaw, Ezel Kural, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu ve Modern Türkiye, C.I-II, e yay. İstanbul 1982.
Recommended readings:	Ahmed Cevdet Paşa, Tarih-i Cevdet, Osmanlı Tarihi / Cilt 1-6. Ahmed Cevdet Paşa, Tezakir / Cilt 1-4, Neşr. Cavid Baysun, Ankara1986. Akçora, Yusuf, Osmanlı Devleti’nin Dağılma Devri, TTK Yayınları, Ankara 1984. Danişmend, İsmail Hami, İzahlı Osmanlı Tarihi Kronolojisi, C.I-IV.,İst.1971-1972. Karal, Enver Ziya, Osmanlı Tarihi, C.5-6-7-8, TTK Yayınları Ankara 1983. Ortaylı, ilber, İmparatorluğun En Uzun Yüzyılı, Timaş yayınları, İstanbul 2011. Palmer, Alan, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu: Son Üç yüz Yıl: Bir Çöküşün Yeni Tarihi, Ekonomik Yayınlar, İstanbul 1993. Seignobos, Charles, Avrupa Milletlerinin Mukayeseli Tarihi, Çev. Semih Tiryakioğlu, İstanbul 1960. Soysal, İsmail, Fransız İhtilali ve Türk-Fransız Diplomatik Münasebetleri, İstanbul 1964. Yılmaz, Ömer Faruk, Belgelerle Osmanlı Tarihi / Cilt 1-4 / Osmanlı Yayınevi, İstanbul 2011. Yılmaz, Ömer Faruk, Belgelerle Osmanlı Tarihi / Cilt 1-4 / Osmanlı Yayınevi, İstanbul 2011.
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	8	40
Other in-term studies:	4, 11	20
Project:		0
Homework:		0
Quiz:		0
Final exam:	16	40
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	3	14
Own studies outside class:	5	14
Practice, Recitation:	2	12
Homework:	2	3
Term project:	0	0
Term project presentation:	0	0
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	20	1
Mid-term:	2	1
Personal studies for final exam:	23	1
Final exam:	2	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)