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| ULS5760 | Middle East History | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Süleyman ERKAN | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Coşkun Topal | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to examine issues of Middle East whose power is felt extensively day by day in agenda of international politics and to have idea about historical background of the issues. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn historical background of Middle East Area. | 2,6,10 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | explain the structure of the Middle East Area and the events occured there from past to day. | 2,6,10 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | evaluate events which have great effect for Area as well as for international community. | 2,6,10 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | analyze historical events in chronological order. | 2,6,10 | 1, | | PO - 5 : | present and evaluate Middle East Area in the light of historical developments. | 2,6,10 | 1, | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Geographical and strategy characteristic of Middle East Area; ethnic and religious structure of the Area; political conflict in Area; Great Powers and their Middle East policies. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Strategical features and boundaries of Middle East region | | | Week 2 | Ethnicity of Middle East region | | | Week 3 | The changes of ethnicity of Middle East in historical process | | | Week 4 | Religious of Major World and Middle East | | | Week 5 | Arising of Islam and Middle East | | | Week 6 | Islamic states established in Middle East | | | Week 7 | Middle East in Ottoman Empire | | | Week 8 | Middle East after WWI | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Mandate in Middle East | | | Week 11 | Egypt | | | Week 12 | Suez Canal and its creation of world competition
| | | Week 13 | Lebanon | | | Week 14 | Iraq | | | Week 15 | Saudi Arabia and Gulf Countries | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Arı,Tayyar,2005; Geçmişten Günümüze Orta Doğu,İstanbulRubın,Barry,Rubın,Judıth C.2005,Arafat,Tercüme:Ali Çakıroğlu,İstanbul | | | 2 | Cleveland,William L. 2008;Modern Ortadoğu Tarihi, Agora Kitaplığı | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 16/4/2024 | 2 | 50 | | Quiz | 12 | 09/05/2024 | | | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 04/6/2024 | 2 | 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 | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Arasınav | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Uygulama | 4 | 10 | 40 | | Kısa sınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 8 | 48 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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