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| SOS3014 | Social Structure of the Ottoman Empire | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of SOCIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Aslı ÖZCAN | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The social, political, and economic structure of the Ottoman Empire is the main content of the course. For this purpose, the institutional structure of the state, both in the center and in the provinces, the situation, and relations of the managers and the governed in this structure will be discussed. In this context, the social and economic structure of these elements that make up the Ottoman society will also be analyzed. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Students will have information about the social structure of the Ottoman Empire. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 | | | LO - 2 : | Students will have knowledge of the Ottoman Empire and the religious, legal, cultural, and economic principles that make up its social structure. | 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 | | | LO - 3 : | Students will have the theoretical knowledge to follow the establishment, state formation, centralization, and disintegration processes of the Ottoman Empire. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 | | | LO - 4 : | Students will receive the analysis of the Ottoman Empire and its social structure, and in summary, reach detailed information about its groups classified as ?the rulers - the ruled?, ?urban - peasant and nomadic - migrant?. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 | | | LO - 5 : | Students will gain information about the people and institutions that make up the central and provincial organization of the Ottoman Empire, and the positions of the elements that make up the society in the context of these institutions and have different languages, religions, and cultures. | 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The main objective of the course is to analyze the social structure formed by people from different languages, religions, and origins during the six hundred years of existence of the Ottoman Empire. In this context, the principles of the management philosophy that the Empire applied during the establishment, rise, decline, and collapse periods will also be discussed. Within the scope of the course, the structure of the central and provincial organization, institutions and the officials of these institutions will be discussed, the changes that took place in the state administration and social structure in the 17th century will be examined from religious, legal, economic, and cultural perspectives and how the 19th century modernization efforts affected the state and the groups that make up the society will be analyzed. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, course plan and bibliography, teaching method and rules of the course.
Conceptual and theoretical framework: Society, social structure, and social institutions. | | | Week 2 | Ottoman Identity Who are Ottomans? The issue of periodization of Ottoman history in political/economic/social contexts. | | | Week 3 | State tradition and management philosophy in the Ottomans: The Ottoman Dynasty and the Ottoman Sultan. | | | Week 4 | Elements Constituting Ottoman Society: ?The Rulers ? The Ruled? | | | Week 5 | Elements Constituting Ottoman Society: ?Urban - Peasant and Nomadic ? Migrant?. | | | Week 6 | Nations System in the Ottoman Empire: The socio-economic status of Muslims and non-Muslims | | | Week 7 | Central government elements of the Ottoman Empire in the Classical Period | | | Week 8 | Rural Administration and organization of the Ottoman Empire in the Classical Period. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam. | | | Week 10 | Land management and "Tımar" in the Ottoman Empire. | | | Week 11 | Sections from the Ottoman social structure: Vaqf system and Vaqfs | | | Week 12 | Sections from the Ottoman social structure: Daily life. | | | Week 13 | Sections from the Ottoman social structure: Education system | | | Week 14 | Ottoman Society and socio-economic changes in the 17th and 18th centuries. | | | Week 15 | Westernization Process and Social Change in the 19th Century | | | Week 16 | End of term Exam | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 06/04/2022 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 04/06/2022 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 9 | 1 | 9 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 9 | 1 | 9 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 12 | 24 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 100 |
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