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TRH2050Turkey and Caucasus2+0+0ECTS:4
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of HISTORY
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDr. Öğr. Üyesi Emre ÇELİK
Co-LecturerProf. Dr. Melek ÖKSÜZ
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The aim of the course is to teach how local historical dynamics can be examined together with general developments, starting from the Caucasus region
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : They will have information about the geography, history and population structure of the Caucasus.1 - 3
LO - 2 : They will learn the lifestyles of the local elements of the Caucasus
LO - 3 : They will learn about the changes in the ethnic structure of the region in the 19th and 20th centuries.
LO - 4 : They will analyze the regional strategies of the Great Powers and the strategic place of the Caucasus
LO - 5 : They will understand the changing role of the Caucasus during the Republic of Türkiye
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), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
The course content consists of the political, social and economic relations of the Caucasus region around its relations with the Ottoman Empire (Republic of Turkey) and the Russian Empire (USSR).
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Course introduction and weekly plan
 Week 2Geographic, ethnic and religious structure of the Caucasus ?
 Week 3Caucasus at the beginning of the 19th century
 Week 4Caucasian Policy of the Russian Empire
 Week 5Ottoman Empire and Caucasian Migrations
 Week 6Caucasus during and after the '93 War
 Week 7Caucasus Before World War I
 Week 8Caucasus between 1914-1918
 Week 9Mid-term Exam
 Week 10New regimes in the region and the Caucasus
 Week 11Caucasus Strategy of the Republic of Türkiye
 Week 12Stalin Era Great Purge and the Caucasus
 Week 13The Caucasus During and After World War II
 Week 14Independence Movements in the Caucasus
 Week 15Caucasus in the Post-Cold War Era
 Week 16Final Exam
 
Textbook / Material
1James Forsyth , Kafkasya, çev. Timuçin Binder, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2022
2Wilhelm Barthold, Kafkasya ve Doğu Avrupa Tarihi, çev. Eva Gurbanova, Pınar Yayınları, İstanbul, 2021
3Sadık Müfit Bilge, Osmanlı Çağı'nda Kafkasya 1454-1829 (Tarih - Toplum - Ekonomi), Kitapevi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2023
4Ahmet Yüksel, Rusların Kafkasya'yı İstilası ve Osmanlı İstihbarat Ağı, Dergah Yayınları, İstanbul, 2014
5Lev Tolstoy, Kafkas Tutsağı, çev. Mazlum Beyhan, Türkiye İşbankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010
6Lev Tolstoy, Hacı Murat, çev. Mazlum Beyhan, Türkiye İşbankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2008
7Egnate Ninoşvili, Guria'da İsyan, çev. Nina Şahin, Klaros Yayınları, İstanbul, 2024
 
Recommended Reading
1Stephen Kotkin, Stalin İktidar Paradoksları (1878-1928) / Cilt 1, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul, 2018
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 22.04. 2025 2,00 50
End-of-term exam 16 14.062025 2,00 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 14 1 14
Sınıf dışı çalışma 14 5 70
Arasınav için hazırlık 5 2 10
Arasınav 2 1 2
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 5 2 10
Dönem sonu sınavı 2 1 2
Diğer 1 5 2 10
Diğer 2 2 1 2
Total work load120