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TRH6070 | Sources for the General Turkish History | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | Third Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of HISTORY | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Derya DERİN PAŞAOĞLU | Co-Lecturer | Dr. Mustafa Altunbay | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | To teach the students to look at the sources more closely on the way of becoming an academician and to be able to read them
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Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | would be learned sources about the General Turkish History | 3 | 1,6, | PO - 2 : | would be made increased their information about the sources, reading passages from them | 6,12 | 1,6, | PO - 3 : | use their knowledge in their research about the topic | 1,2 | 1,6, | PO - 4 : | present before an audience the results and outcome of this lesson
| 1,12,13 | 1,6, | 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 | |
From the Pre-Islamic periods, a short history of the Turks about their coming from Central Asia to the Near East, a general view of the Chinese sources, Greek, Latin, Armenian, Islamic and Turkic sources.
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Importance of the Chinese sources for Turkish History: principal Chinese sources for the Xiongnu and Turkic periods | | Week 2 | Evaluation of information about the nomadic tribes the Turks in Latin and Greek sources | | Week 3 | Information in the Armenian sources about the Kushans, Hephthalites and Turks | | Week 4 | Turks in Indian sources, principal Indian sources and their writings | | Week 5 | Iranian and Sogdian sources, Information there about Turks and Central Asian nomads | | Week 6 | Importance of the numismatic sources for Central Asian history, principal Greek and Sogdian coins and their special features | | Week 7 | Numismatic data about the Kushans, Hunas, Hephthalites and the Turks | | Week 8 |
Orkhon Turkic inscriptions: Bilge-Kaghan, Kol-tigin and Tonyukuk and the general characteristics of the inscriptions | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | Week 10 | Some readings from Turkic inscriptions and their interpretations | | Week 11 | Comparative interpretations of the information given in Turkic and Chinese sources | | Week 12 | Parts relating with the Turks in Shahname by Firdousi and their importance for us | | Week 13 | Mahmud of Kashgari's work: Divanu Lugat al-Turk and its information about Turkish history and culture | | Week 14 | Yusuf Hass Khajib and his work: Kutadgu Bilig and its importance for Turkish culture | | Week 15 | Readings from Kutadgu Bilig | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Chavannes, E. 2007; Çin Kaynaklarına Göre Batı Türkleri, çev. Mustafa Koç, Selenge Yayınları, İstanbul. | | 2 | Liu Mau-Tsai, 2006; Çin Kaynaklarına Göre Doğu Türkleri, çev. Ersel Kayaoğlu-Deniz Banoğlu, Selenge Yayınları, İstanbul. | | 3 | Onat, Ayşe vd., 2004; Çin Kaynaklarında Türkler Han Hanedanlığı Tarihi Bölüm 94 A/B Hsiung-nu(Hun)Monografisi, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara. | | 4 | Togan, İsenbike vd., 2006; Çin Kaynaklarında Türkler Eski Tang Tarihi (Chiu Tang-shu) 194a ?Türkler Bölümü? Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara. | | 5 | Syma Qian 1993; Records of the Grand Historian Han Dynasty I, translated by Burton Watson, Columbia University Press Book, 3 vols, Newyork. | | |
1 | ÖGEL, Bahaeddin 1981; Büyük Hun İmparatorluğu Tarihi, 2 Cilt, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | 18/11/2024 | 1 | 30 | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 15 | 05.01.2025 | 1 | 20 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 13/01/2025 | 1 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 14 | 112 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 8 | 24 | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ödev | 3 | 1 | 3 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 6 | 42 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | Total work load | | | 225 |
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