Office Hours:
History 301
Fall 2007
Monday and Wednesday
MW 11:30-12:20, 12:30-13:20
and 14:30-15:20
ENG Auditorium
Yonca Köksal SOS 231 M. W. 14:00-15:00
Aslı Niyazioğlu SOS 263 M.W. 11:00-12:00
Instructors: Pelin Aksoy, Nazan Albayrak,
Efe Baysal, Eda Daloğlu, Melih Egemen,
Hüseyin Yener Erköse, Şaziye Burcu Giray,
Yavuz Sezer, Pelin Ünsal
SOS 171, SOS 241, SOS 242
Hist 301
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 has 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
a) participation: 14
-- pop quizzes: 8
-- participation to class discussions: 6 (≠ attendance)
b) presentation: 16
If you miss more than 3 discussion sessions with or without medical excuses, you will not
get any points for the discussion session.
Medical excuses are not accepted for presentations and pop quizzes.
If you come to discussion sessions more than 15 minutes late, you will be considered
absent.
If you get F’s from both mid-term and final exams, discussion session points will not
help you pass the class.
2) mid-term exam: 35%
3) final exam: 35%
The readings are electronically available at:
http://libunix.ku.edu.tr/search/r?SEARCH=hist+301&SUBMIT=Search
For further information on this matter please see İlkay Gürbüz at Suna Kıraç Library.
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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.60).
Academic Honesty:
Please refer to p. 62 of the general catalogue.
Class Schedule:
Week I: September 17-19
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: September 24 – September 26
Ottomans in Search of Modernity
The classical system, Millets, provincial administration, military, taxation
Norman Itzkowitz, “Ottoman Society and Institutions” and “Ottoman Consciousness,” in
Ottoman Empire and Islamic Tradition, pp. 37-62, 87-109.
Week III: October 1– October 3
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 8 – October 10
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.
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Week V: October 15- 17-22
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: October 24-31
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: November 5- November 7
The “Fin-de-Siecle” Ottoman Empire: Social Structure, Public Culture and Diversity
Change in the millets, 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, 17001922, pp. 140-171.
Mid-Term, in Week VII, 5:00 pm
Week VIII: November 12-November 14
The Young Turks in Power: 1908-1913
The Young Turk Revolution of 1908; the Ottoman Parliament; the Balkan Wars, the National
Economy; the Emancipation of Woman
Eric j. Zurcher, “The Second Constitutional Period,” chapter in Turkey- A Modern History,
I.B. Taurus, pp. 97-118.
Feroz Ahmad, “The Constitutional Revolution, Reform, and War, 1908-1918,” in Turkey –
The Quest for Identity, Oxford; Oneworld, 2003, pp. 49-63.
Week IX: November 19- November 21
War and Peace: A Path towards a Homogeneous Nation State
The Fall of the Ottoman Empire; World War I; the Armistice; The Sèvres Treaty; The
Struggle for Independence.
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Feroz Ahmad, “The Constitutional Revolution, Reform, and War, 1908-1918,” in Turkey –
The Quest for Identity, Oxford; Oneworld, 2003, pp. 63-73.
A. L. Macfie, “The End of the Ottoman Empire,” in The End of the Ottoman Empire, 19081923, Longman, 1998, pp. 182-208.
Week X: November 26- November 28
Independence War and the Lausanne Treaty
The Lausanne Treaty; the 1924 Constitution; the foundation of the Republican People’s Party.
Lozan Barış konferansı, Tutanaklar, Belgeler: Konferansta İmzalanan Senetler (2. Takım 2.
cilt), pp. 1-18, 82-87.
Bernard Lewis, “The Kemalist Republic,” chapter in The Emergence of Modern Turkey,
Oxford University Press, 1968, pp. 238-256.
Week XI: December 3-5
Establishment of the Turkish Republic
Early Reforms; the Legal Reception Movement; the Great Speech and the Congress of 1927;
the Uprisings.
Bernard Lewis, “The Kemalist Republic,” chapter in The Emergence of Modern Turkey,
Oxford University Press, 1968, pp. 256-291.
Week XII: December 10 – December 12
Reforms and The Single-Party Era
The 1931 and 1935 Congresses of the RPP; The Opposition; New Cultural Institutions and
Reforms; Turkey on the Eve of World War II.
Kemal Karpat, “The Establishment and Development of the Republic,” chapter in Turkey’s
Politics – The Transition to a Multi-Party System, by Kemal H. Karpat, Princeton University
Press, 1959, pp: 32-76.
Week XIII: December 17-December 24
Turkish Economy and Society in the Inter-War Years : 1923-1939
İzmir Economic Congress; National Economic Policy; Great Depression; Economic
Recession and Distress; Economic Planning in the 30s’; Sumerbank and Etibank
Kemal Karpat, “The Economic and Social Transformation,” chapter in Turkey’s Politics –
The Transition to a Multi-Party System, by Kemal H. Karpat, Princeton University Press,
1959, pp: 77-97.
Eric J. Zurcher, “The Kemalist One-Party State”, a chapter in Turkey- A modern History,
203-209.
Week XIV: December 26
World War II and the End of Single Party Era
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“National Chief” and the RPP; Turkish Neutrality; War Economy and Inflation; National
Defence Law; the Capital Tax; the Lot of the Peasantry
Kemal Karpat, “The Social Classes and Wartime Developments,” chapter in Turkey’s
Politics – The Transition to a Multi-Party System, by Kemal H. Karpat, Princeton University
Press, 1959, pp: 98-133.
Bernard Lewis, “The Republic after Kemal,” chapter in The Emergence of Modern Turkey,
Oxford University Press, 1968, pp. 294-319.
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