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| TRH3048 | Trabzon Urban History | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of HISTORY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Deniz ÇOLAK | | Co-Lecturer | Dr. Aslı ÖZCAN | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to address the concept of the city through its theoretical and historical dimensions; to examine Trabzon?s urbanization process extending from antiquity to the Republic; and to analyze the historical, cultural, and spatial identity of Trabzon through fieldwork based on selected sites. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Discusses the concept of the city from historical and theoretical perspectives. | 1 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Analyze the urbanization process of Trabzon through different periods. | 2 - 3 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Evaluate historical buildings in the context of urban memory, identity, and space. | 1 - 2 | 1,3, | | LO - 4 : | Acquires fieldwork, observation, and text reading skills. | 5 | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The Trabzon Urban History course will be conducted in the form of theoretical lessons and fieldwork within the framework of concepts such as building stocks of the city and their transformation over time, public space, and civil, religious, and commercial architecture. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | What's the urban? Urbanization in the Black Sea Region and the city of Trabzon. | | | Week 2 | Komnenos Dynasty and the Byzantine architecture | | | Week 3 | Trabzon in the Ottoman Period and urban structure | | | Week 4 | Trabzon of the Republican Period and urbanization | | | Week 5 | Boztepe Excursion (Panagia Theoskepastos Monastry-Yeni Cuma Mosque- The Mansion of Nemlioğlu) | | | Week 6 | Trabzon Castle Excursion (City Walls-Gates-the Valley of Zağnos) | | | Week 7 | Bedesten and Kemeraltı Excursion (Ottoman bazaar and historical port area) | | | Week 8 | Meydan Region Excursion (İskender Paşa Mosque-Kostaki Mansion- Trabzon ŞehirMuzeum) | | | Week 9 | Mid-Term | | | Week 10 | Ayasofya Excursion | | | Week 11 | Akçaabat Excursion | | | Week 12 | Sumela Monastry Excursion | | | Week 13 | Historical Cemeteries and memory of the city: Sülüklü Cemetery Excursion | | | Week 14 | Presentations | | | Week 15 | Evoluation of the term | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Öksüz, Hikmet, 2025; Trabzon Tarihi, TTK, Ankara. | | | 2 | Bryer, Antony, David Winfield, 2020; Karadeniz'in Ortaçağ Dönemi Eserleri ve Topografyası, I. Cilt, TTK, Ankara. | | | |
| 1 | Tuluk, Ömer İskender (ed.), 2010; Trabzon Kent Mirası, Klasik Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Öztürk, Temel, (ed.), 2021; Trabzon Fetih ve Şehir, Trabzon Kitaplığı, Trabzon. | | | 3 | Evliya Çelebi, 2024; Seyahatname, IV. Cilt, Yeditepe Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 4 | Eastmond, Antony (ed.), 2016; Bizans'ın Öteki İmparatorluğu: Trabzon, ANAMED, İstanbul. | | | 5 | Karpuz, Haşim, 2018; Trabzon Merkez ve İlçelerindeki Önemli Tarihi Yapılar, TTK, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 10.04.2026 | 1 | 25 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 14 | 22.05.2026 | 1 | 25 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 05.06.2026 | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 2 | 4 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 15 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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