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TRH6090Turkish and Iranian Relations3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseThird Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of HISTORY
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDoç. Dr. Müslüme Melis SAVAŞ
Co-LecturerAssoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet ÇOĞ
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To help the students about more acquaintance of them with the neighboring Iranian geography and culture, to get them to learn how the two nations can found more good and strong relations in the next.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : summarize short history and subject of the Turkish and Iran relations1,2,3,6,10,11,12,13,14,151
PO - 2 : can very well understand their relations with the present events between the two nations, updating those relations coming from the history 1,2,3,4,7,10,11,12,13,14,151
PO - 3 : use their knowledge in their research about the topic1,2,3,4,7,10,11,12,13,14,151
PO - 4 : present before an audience the results and outcome of this lesson1,2,3,4,7,11,12,13,14,155
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

 
Contents of the Course
Turkish relations with the Iranian geography from the ancient times, political, commercial, religious and diplomatic relations between the two nations, struggle for the Silk Road, Turkish rules in Iran during the Seljukids, Mongol Kaghanate, Timurids and the Safavids
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Conceptions of Turkish, Turanian and Iranian worlds
 Week 2Cultural geography of Iran in Antiquity and the first relations with the nomadic tribes / the Turks
 Week 3Persian relations with the Huns and the Turks and struggle for the Silkroad
 Week 4Sasanian and Turkish Relations during the Turkic Kaganate
 Week 5Dynasties in Iran during the Islamic period and their relations with Turks
 Week 6Iranian factor in becoming Islam of the Turks
 Week 7Influences of Iranian culture and civilization upon the Turks during the Seljukid period
 Week 8Iran during the Khwarezmshahs and its conquest by the Mongols
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10The period of Ilkhanids in Iran
 Week 11Ghazan Khan's reforms in Iran
 Week 12Effects of Iranian culture upon the Turks during the Anatolian Seljukids
 Week 13Some Turkish dynasties in Iran and Eastern Anatolia after the Mongols: Karakoyunlu and Akkoyunlu Turkmens
 Week 14Iran during the Timurids
 Week 15Turks during the period of the Safavids and Turkish effects there
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Blockley, Roger 1985; The History of Menander the Guardsman. Liverpool.
 
Recommended Reading
1Ögel, B. 1971; "Eski Türk -İran Kültür İlişkileri Hakkında Notlar", İran Şehinşahlığının 2500. Kuruluş Yıldönümünde Armağan, MEB Yayını, İstanbul, s. 351-366.
2Sinor, D. (Derl.) 2000; Erken İç Asya Tarihi, İletişim Yayınları, İstnabul.
3Frye, R. N. 1984; The History of Ancient Iran, Verlag C.H. Beck.
4Frye, R.N. 2009; Antİk Çağlardan Türklerin Yayılmasına Orta Asya Mirası, Çeviri: F. Tayanç - T. Tayanç, arkadaş Yayınevi, Ankara.
5Özgüdenli, O. G. 2006; Turco-Iranica. Ortaçağ Türk - İran Tarihi Araştırmaları, kaknüs yayınları.
6Saray, M. 1999; Türk - İran İlişkileri, Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi, Ankara.
7Aka, İ. 2001; İran'da Türkmen Hakimiyeti (Kara Koyunlular Devri), TTK, Ankara.
8Manz, B. F. 2006; Timurlenk. Bozkırların Son Göçebe Fatihi, Çeviri: Z. Bilgin, Kitap Yayınevi, İstanbul.
9Alan, H. 2007; Bozkırdan Cennet Bahçesine Timurlular (1360-1506), Ötüken Neşriyat, İstanbul.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 30/11/2023 0,8 30
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 15 10/01/2024 1 20
End-of-term exam 16 18/01/2024 1,6 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 8 14 112
Arasınav için hazırlık 10 1 10
Ödev 8 2 16
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 18 1 18
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Total work load200