GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
EARLY MUSLIM TURKISH STATES HISTORY-I/ TAR-237
Course Title: EARLY MUSLIM TURKISH STATES HISTORY-I
Credits 2 ECTS 4
Semester 3 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Varis ÇAKAN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/varis
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  varis@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Invasion of Middle Asia by Muslim Arabs and early Turkish-Arab relations, reasons and results of conversion of Turks into Islam is taught.
Sources and studies on History of First Muslim Turkish States is offered.
Establishment of Karahanlı Empire, its development and conversion into Islam and integration to the Muslim world, its culture and governmental structr
Emergence of Gazneli Empire, its history and its relations with other Muslim Turkish states, its governmental structure and culture is lecutured and e
Imprtance of first Muslim Turkish states in Turkistan in Islamic world can be learned.




 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Invasion of Middile Asia by Muslim Arabs, first contact of Turks with Islam and expansion of Islam in Turkistan.
2. Week  Similarities and Differences between previous Gök Tengrizm and Islam, causes of conversion of Turks into Islam.
3. Week  Sources and researches on History of First Muslim Turkish States, origins of Karanhanlı Empire, its establishment and early periods.
4. Week  Satuk Buğra Karahan and conversion of Karahanlı Empire into Islam, first conquests.
5. Week  Relations of Karahanlıs with non-Muslim Turks.
6. Week  Relations of Karahanlıs with Gazneli and Seljukid Empires.
7. Week  Seperation of Karahanlı Empire, East-West Karahanlıs and Fergane Khanate.
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  Turkish cultre and state structure during the Karahanlıs.
10. Week  Samanoğlus and Turks.
11. Week  Establishment of Gazneli State, its development and its politicak and military history.
12. Week  Indian campaigns of Gazneli Mahmud
13. Week  Relations of Gazneli State with the Seljukid Empire and battle of Dendanakan, fall of Gazneli State.
14. Week  State structure of Gazneli
15. Week  In the period of Gazneli, civilization, language and literature.
16. Week  Finals.
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Osman Turan,Selçuklular Tarihi ve Türk-İslâm Medeniyeti (Ankara, 1965) Türk Cihan Hâkimiyeti Mefkûresi Tarihi I, (İstanbul, 1969), “İlig Unvanı Hakkında” (TM, VII-VIII, İstanbul, 1952), Selçuklular ve İslamiyet (İstanbul, 1971), Müslüman Türk Devletleri Tarihi (Yayına Hzr:İ.Kafesoğlu, H.D.Yıldız, E.Merçil,İstanbul, 1999), W.Barthold, İlk Müslüman Türkler (İstanbul, 2008), Moğol İstilasına Kadar Türkistan (Yay.Hzr:H.D.Yıldız, Ankara, 1990), Hakkı Dursun Yıldız, Doğuştan Günümüze Büyük İslâm Tarihi, c.4, İstanbul, 1992, M.Çağatay Uluçay, İlk Müslüman Türk Devletleri (Ankara, 1975), Nesimi Yazıcı, İlk Türk –İslam Devletleri Tarihi (Ankara, 2007), Vâris Abdurrahman, “Karahanlılar İle Koçu(İdikut) Uygur Devletinin Münasebetleri” (Basılmamış Doktora Tezi, Ankara, 2002), Orta Asya Türk Tarihinin Kaynakları (Vâris Çakan, 2009), Orta Asya Türk Tarihine Giriş-I Cilt:1 İslam’a Kadar (Varis Abdurrahman ÇAKAN, 2015), Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Türk Tarihi ve Hukuk (İstanbul, 1947), O.Pritsak, Karahanlıl
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  no
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
16
2
32
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
8
2
16
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
2
10
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
5
3
15
 Preparing Presentation
5
3
15
 Presentation
5
3
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
2
2
 Final and Studying for Final
1
2
2
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
107
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.28
 ECTS: 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1The graduate of this program, has a grasp of the basic concepts, knowledge and literature of his/her fieldX
2is able to assess historical events from different perspectives and can conclude original consequential connectionsX
3is able to utilise his/her knowledge in accordance with the history methodology and is in possession of the necessary methods and toolsX
4is able to utilise his/her knowledge at resolving/analysing current issuesX
5has a grasp of the communication and computation technologies which are related to the field of historyX
6gives importance to have a multidisciplinary approachX
7is in possession of a high academic confidence and has the ability to discuss his/her knowledge in various platformsX
8is able to conduct research on and discuss historical events and social developments. He/she also has the ability to analyse events in their own capacity, as well as to write academic papers and rapportsX
9is able to follow and update the recent findings in his/her field as well as related fieldsX
10is able to define and criticise historical events, as well as asking questions, and making interpretationsX
11is always considerate of his ethical principles and social responsibilitiesX
12is able to perform in a single or multidisciplinary working environment, as well as actively communicating with othersX