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| TRH6050 | Religious History of the Turks | 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 | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Derya DERİN PAŞAOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | Assistant Prof. Mustafa Altunbay | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach in deeply the students the religious history of the Turks, and as a consequence of that knowledge, to give them information about why the Turks tolerated the other nations and religions and founded some worldwide empires during their history.
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| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | summarize subject of primarily religions that were accepted by the Turks and their effects on the Turks | 1,2,3,4,7,8,10,11,12,14,15 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | describe the relations of those religions with the Islam that was accepted by the Turks lastly and some co-relations between them | 1,2,3,4,6,7,10,11,12,14,15 | 1 | | PO - 3 : | use their knowledge in their research about the topic | 1,2,3,4,7,8,10,11,12,14,15 | 1 | | PO - 4 : | present before an audience the results and outcome of this lesson | 1,2,3,6,7,10,11,12,13,14,15 | 5 | | 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 | | |
| Some principal characteristics of the Turks on account of history of religions, which separate them from other nations, main religions accepted by the Turks during the history, the roles played by those religions both in the history and culture of the Turks, and also in their helps to the world civilizations
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | A General description of the sources and available works about the earliest religious customs and beliefs of the Turks | | | Week 2 | Principal religions and religious systems accepted by the Turks in Central Asia and China | | | Week 3 | Buddhism during the Xiongnu, Turks and Uyghurs and its acceptance by the Turks | | | Week 4 | Buddhist influences upon the Turks and principal works written in Turkish about Buddhism | | | Week 5 | Manichaism and Acquaintance with the Turks with the Iranian world | | | Week 6 | Manichaean Turkish works written in the Uyghur period and their characteristics | | | Week 7 | Readings from Manichaean Turkish works | | | Week 8 | Christianity, its principal sects and their spreading in Central Asia | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | The case of the Nastorianism / Eastern Christianity among the Central Asian Turks and the Mongol tribes | | | Week 11 | The Islam, Turks' acquaintance with the Muslim Araps and the forms of acceptance of Islam by them | | | Week 12 | The first Turkish groups accepted the Islam, Battle at Talas River and its importance from the point of acceptance of the Islam by the Turks | | | Week 13 | Sufi's role in accepting of the Islam and the first Turk and Islam sufis | | | Week 14 | The first Turkish works written in Mavara an-Nahr during the Karakhanids and the Seljukids | | | Week 15 | Some characteristics of the first Turkish works written under the influence of the Islam and their importance for religious history of the Turks | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Orkun, H. Namık 1939-1941; Eski Türk Yazıtları, 4 Cilt, Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları,Ankara. | | | 2 | Ögel, B. 1988; Dünden Bugüne Türk Kültürünün Gelişme Çağları, Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Barthold, V. V. 2006; Orta-Asya Türk Tarihi Hakkında Dersler, Yayına Hazırlayanlar: Kâzım Yaşar Kopraman-İsmail Aka, Türk Tarih Kurumu, Ankara. | | | 2 | Günay, Ünver - Harun, Güngör, 2003; Başlangıçlarından Günümüze Türklerin Dini Tarihi, Rağbet Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 3 | Esin, Emel 1978; İslâmiyetten Önceki Türk Kültür Tarihi ve İslâma Giriş, (Türk Kültürü el-Kitabı, II, CildI/b'den Ayrı Basım), Edebiyat Fakültesi Matbaası, İstanbul. | | | 4 | Eliade, M. 1999; Şamanizm, çev. İsmet Birkan, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara. | | | 5 | Schımmel, A. 1955; Dinler Tarihine Giriş, Ankara Üniversitesi İlâhiyat Fakültesi Yayınları, Ankara. | | | 6 | Whitby, Michael and Mary 1988; The History of Theophylact Simocatta. An English Translation with Introduction and Notes, Clarendon Press, Oxford. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 12/11/2022 | 1 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 15 | 09.12.2022 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 12.01.2023 | 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 | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 8 | 2 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 16 | 1 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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