History 301
Office Hours:
Fall 2004
Monday and Wednesday
11:30- 12:20 and 12:30-13:20
SOS 151 and SOS 171
Yonca Köksal SOS 231 M. W. 14:00-16:00
Zafer Toprak M. W. 14:00-16:00
Instructors: Cenk Palaz, Eda Daloğlu
Hande Özkan, Murat Yüksel, Nalan Turna
History of the Turkish Revolution
This course covers the general outlines of the evolution of reforms in the history of Turkey. This subject
will treat not only the reforms of the Republican period, but also those of the Ottoman period that led to
the foundation of the Turkish Republic. This course is a unified approach including the political, economic
and social aspects of Turkish reforms. This semester will concentrate on the reforms of the Ottoman
period that led to the foundation of the Turkish Republic.
Course Requirements:
Grading will be as follows:
1)
discussion session: 30%
-- participation: 15%
-- presentation: 15%
If you miss more than 3 discussion sessions with or without medical excuses, you will not get any points
for the discussion session.
2)
mid-term exam: 35%
3)
final exam: 35%
In the examinations, students will be responsible for material covered in both the lectures and the
readings.
It is required that students do not miss the exams (in case of illness, a valid medical excuse has to be
submitted within one week of absence).
Attendance:
The general catalogue of the university states: “Students are required to attend all classes”(p.36).
Academic Honesty:
Please refer to p. 37 of the general catalogue.
Class Schedule:
Week I: September 27 - 29
After the French Revolution: Europe and the Ottoman Empire
Nation-state, secularization and bureaucratization
Wim Blockmans, “Europe on the Move,” chapter in A History of Power in Europe, Antwerp: Fonds
Mercator, 1997, pp: 315-361.
Week II: October 4 - October 6
Ottomans in Search of Modernity
The classical system, Millets, administration, taxation
Norman Itzkowitz, “Ottoman Society and Institutions” and “Ottoman Consciousness,” in Ottoman Empire
and Islamic Tradition, pp. 37-62, 87-109.
Week III: October 11- October 13
Early Reforms and the Eastern Question
Eastern Question, Mahmud II, military reform and the end of ayans, economy
Erik J. Zürcher, “Between Tradition and Innovation: Sultan Selim III and the ‘New Order’, 1789-1807” and
“The Early Years of Sultan Mahmut II: the centre tries to regain control,” chapter in Turkey - A Modern
History, by Erik J. Zürcher, I. B. Tauris, 1997, pp: 23-51.
A.L. MacFie, “The Eastern Question” and “The Great Powers and the Ottoman Empire,” chapter in The
Eastern Question by A.L. MacFie, Longman, 1996, pp: 1-4 and 74-77.
Week IV: October 18 - October 20
The French Revolution and the Tanzimat Edict: A Proto-Constitution
The Reform Edict; premises and the Reception Movement, education
Erik J. Zürcher, “The Era of the Tanzimat, 1839-71,” chapter in Turkey - A Modern History, by Erik J.
Zürcher, I. B. Tauris, 1997, pp: 52-74.
Ilber Ortaylı, “Laik Hukuk ve Eğitimin Gelişmesi” chapter in İmparatorluğun En Uzun Yüzyılı, pp: 151-178.
Week V: October 25-27
The Reign of Abdulhamid II and Political Opposition
The First Constitution and the Parliament; Young Ottomans, the Foundation of PDA; the Young Turks
Young Ottomans and Young Turks, educational reforms, censorship
Erik J. Zürcher, “The Crisis of 1873-8,” and “Reactionary Despotism or Culmination of the Reforms?”
chapters in Turkey - A Modern History, by Erik J. Zürcher, I. B. Tauris, 1997, pp: 75-94.
Şükrü Hanioğlu, The Young Turks in Opposition, New York : Oxford University Press, 1995,
pp. 16-32 and 200-208.
Week VI: Nov 1-Nov 3
Ottoman Economy in the 19th Century
Liberalism, Fiscalism (economic policies), land, labor, capital, end of guilds
Donald Quataert, “The Ottoman Economy,” chapter in The Ottoman Empire 1700-1922, Cambridge
University Press, 2000, pp. 110-39.
Week VII: Nov 8-Nov 10
The “Fin-de-Siecle” Ottoman Empire: Social Structure, Public Culture and Diversity
Gender issues, change in the millet, women, family life, religion
Roderic Davison, “The Millets as Agents of Change in the 19th Century Ottoman Empire,” in eds. B. Lewis
& B. Bradue, Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire, pp. 319-337.
D. Quataert, “Ottoman Society and Popular Culture,” chapter in The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922, pp.
140-171.
Nov 17
Review before the mid-term
Mid-Term Nov 17, 5:00 pm Suna Kıraç and Sevgi Gönül Auditoriums