GEP0514 Ottoman Cultural HistoryBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs FILM AND TELEVISIONGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementBologna CommissionNational Qualifications
FILM AND TELEVISION
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
GEP0514 Ottoman Cultural History Fall 3 0 3 5
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: GE-Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: E-Learning
Course Coordinator : Assist. Prof. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Dr. NEJDET ÖZTÜRK
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The main purpose of this course is to teach the material and spiritual dynamics of the rise of the Ottoman Principality, which emerged in the Söğüt-Eskişehir-Bilecik region in the early 14th century, from a principality to a state, and from a state to an empire, the functioning of the Ottoman state order, legal structure, diplomacy, how social life was shaped; belief motifs, daily life; scientific and cultural activities and intellectual life.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students;
1)Learn the basic elements that constitute the Ottoman social structure.
2)Know the cities where industrial, commercial, political, administrative, military and religious activities took place in the Ottoman Empire.
3)Have an idea about the material culture in the Ottoman Empire.
4)Have information about the general structure of Ottoman law.
5)Know the daily life in the Ottoman society in the 16th and 17th centuries and the process of modernization in Western-style daily life in the following years.
6)Know the "Vakıf" System and the importance of the Foundation institution in the Ottoman Empire.

Course Content

Justice and tolerance culture, Ottoman social order and social life, legal order, scientific and intellectual life, bazaars, weddings, gift tradition, architectural works, areas of interest of the sultans, entertainment venues, thoughts of Ottoman ambassadors on European society, observations of foreign travelers in the Ottoman lands, foundation culture, Ottoman cultural heritage in the Balkans.

Teaching methods and techniques used in the course are: lecture, individual study, reading, discussion and suggested excursions.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the Course a) Oghuz Migrations to Anatolia. b) Political, Economic and Ethnic Situation in 13th Century Anatolia. c) Emergence of the Ottoman Principality.
2) Advantages (material and spiritual dynamics) effective in the establishment of the Ottoman Principality.
3) Ottoman Administrative Mechanism. Ottoman Social Structure:countrymen-townsmen, administrators-subjects,horizontal-vertical mobility.
4) “Tolerance culture,” “Muslim-non-muslim relations” and “art of coexistence” in the Ottoman society.
5) Ottoman Legal System and its operation process Osman Gazi Law. Pencik Law. Ottoman Law (shariah and customary law) and its functioning. Duties of Judges.
6) Penalties (imprisonment, corporal punishment, exile, death penalty, etc.). Bribery.
7) The Fratricide Issue (discussion). Ottoman Diplomacy (first two centuries) and the Embassy Institution.
8) Midterm Week
9) Ottoman wedding ceremonies and gifts. The gifts which are presented in the diplomatical relations.
10) Festivities and Visual Arts (1582 Circumcision Wedding).
11) Beliefs and Belief Motifs; Legends.
12) Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire through the Eyes of Foreign Travelers (16th and 17th centuries).
13) A General View of the Ottoman Scientific and Cultural Life.
14) Reformist thoughts of Kâtip Çelebi and Koçi Bey.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Hans Dernschwam, İstanbul ve Anadolu’ya Seyahat Günlüğü, çev. Yaşar Önen, Mersin 1992.
Joseph de Tournefort, Tournefort Seyahatnamesi, I, ed. Stefanos Yerasimos, İstanbul 2005.
M. Fuad Köprülü, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun Kuruluşu, 2. baskı Ankara 1972.
Metin And, Osmanlı Şenliklerinde Türk Sanatları, Ankara 1982.
Necdet Öztürk, 14-15. Asır Osmanlı Kültür Tarihi, Devlet Düzeni-Sosyal Hayat, İstanbul 2014.
References: Osmanlı’da Adalet ve Hoşgörü Kavramları”, Boztepe, sayı 1 (Sakarya/Ekim-2002), s. 7-8;
Osmanlı Devleti’nin Kuruluşunda Etkili Olan Maddî ve Manevî Dinamikler”, Boztepe, sayı 2 (Ocak-2003), s. 7-8.
“Osmanlılarda Hukuk Sistemi ve Uygulanışı”, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, sayı 4 (1999), s. 43-53.
Osmanlılarda Hapis Olayları (1300-1512)-Türkçe Kroniklere Göre -”, Hapishane Kitabı, edl. Emine Gürsoy Naskali-Hilal Oytun Altun, İstanbul 2005, s. 101-129.
“Fatih Sultan Mehmed’in Çok Tartışılan Kararı: Kardeş Katli Meselesi”, Boztepe, sayı 3, Nisan 2003, s. 5-6.
“Osmanlı Devleti’nde Bazı Kamu Görevlilerinin Hapisle Cezalandırılmalarına İlişkin İlk Bilgiler (1300-1453)”, Sosyal Siyaset Konferansları, Prof. Dr. Turan Yazgan’a Armağan Özel Sayısı, İ.Ü. İktisat Fakültesi yayını, İstanbul 2005, 899-909.
“Osmanlıda İdamlar (1299-1500)”, İğdiş, Sünnet, Bedene Şiddet Kitabı, edl. Emine Gürsoy Naskali-Aylin Koç, İstanbul 2009, s. 5-22.
“Alp-erenlerden Anadolu ve Rumeli Gazilerine”, Türk Dünyası Tarih Dergisi (TDTD), sayı 194 (Şubat-2003), s. 58-59.
“Osmanlı İlim ve Kültür Hayatındaki Önemli Gelişmeler (1421-1512)”, Türk Kültürü İncelemeleri Dergisi (TKİD), II (2000), 49-70.
“Fatih Sultan Mehmed Devri İlim ve Kültür Hayatına Genel Bir Bakış”, TDTD, sayı 210 (Haziran-2004), 36-43.
İmparatorluk Tarihinin Kalemli Muhafızları Osmanlı Tarihçileri Ahmedî’den Ahmed Refik’e-, Bilge Kültür Sanat, İstanbul 2015, 357 s. + Ekler (Osmanlı Türkçesi Örnek Metinleri: s. 361-448).
Robert Mantran, 17. Yüzyılın İkinci Yarısında İstanbul, I, çev. Mehmet Ali Kılıçbay-Enver Özcan, Ankara 1990.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 50
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 13 3 39
Study Hours Out of Class 13 6 78
Midterms 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 121

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society 4
2) Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art 3
3) Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area 1
4) Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey 1
5) Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product 2
6) Being able to write a script ready to be shot 2
7) Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment 1
8) Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations 1
9) Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages 1
10) Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage 1
11) Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white 3
12) Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility 5