|
|
| TRH5660 | Ottoman Economy History | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second 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. Ahmet KÖKSAL | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Melek ÖKSÜZ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The purpose of this lesson is to axamine the economic policy of Ottoman Empire, the structure and working of Ottoman economic mind, money and tax policy of the state, commerical and industrial development in the Ottoman Empire. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Summarize the general characteristics of Ottoman economy from the foundation of the empire. | 8 | 1,3, | | PO - 2 : | Describe the formation of Ottoman economic mind, Ottoman economical policy, global economic development and the effect on the Ottomans, economical foundations of the state. | 1 | 1,3, | | PO - 3 : | Use their knowledge in their research about the topic. | 4 | 1,3, | | PO - 4 : | Present before an audience the results and outcome of this lesson. | 10 | 1,3, | | 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 | | |
| Economic and commercial structure of Ottoman society in the world to be adressed in parallel with developments. |
| |
| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Analysis of the scope of and archival sources for Ottoman economic history | | | Week 2 | Centralization and its fundamental institutions: The kul system, janissaries and timariots; land regime in the fiscal organization | | | Week 3 | Provincial administration in the fiscal organization and decentralization (land regime and budgets) | | | Week 4 | Agricultural economy | | | Week 5 | Economic mind of the centralization and decentralization in the fiscal system | | | Week 6 | Ottoman trade and capitulations | | | Week 7 | Economic mind in the trade | | | Week 8 | Monetary and financial system | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | American silver and price revolution | | | Week 11 | The economic mind of the financial system | | | Week 12 | Transportation and industry in the economy | | | Week 13 | Fiscal transformation in the Ottoman economy and budgetary deficits | | | Week 14 | Economic transformation: Industrial revolution and the Ottoman Empire | | | Week 15 | Financial Transformation: Banking sector; tobacco producers and the regie; domestic and foreign debts | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | İnalcık, Halil & Quataert, Donald (ed.). 1994; An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire: 1300-1914, Cambridge University Pess, Cambridge. | | | |
| 1 | İnalcık, Halil. 1973; The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age, 1300-1600, Weidenfield and Nicolson, London. | | | 2 | Cook, M. A. (ed.). 1976; A history of the Ottoman Empire to 1730, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. | | | 3 | Goffman, Daniel. 2002; The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. | | | 4 | Finkel, Caroline. 2005; Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923, John Murray, London. | | | 5 | Imber, Colin. 2002; The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650, Palgrave Macmillan, London. | | | 6 | Sayar, Ahmed Güner.1986; Osmanlı İktisat Düşüncesinin Çağdaşlaşması, Der Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 15/20.04.2025 | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 18/05/2025 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 10720.06.2025 | 2 | 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 | 10 | 10 | 100 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 3 | 45 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 7 | 2 | 14 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 3 | 21 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
|