PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY
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
GEP0134	Introduction to Turkish Classical Music	Fall	3	0	3	4

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	GE-Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Hybrid
Course Coordinator :	Instructor KENAN SAYACI
Course Lecturer(s):	Instructor KENAN SAYACI
Course Objectives:	The aim is to provide students with a general culture and impression about our music, which is an important element of our culture, by providing information from different perspectives about the general structure, character (maqam, usul, form, pitch, interval…), genres, important composers and their works, and by having them practice.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Developing a perspective on our national music, which is an important part of our culture, by learning about its general structure, historical development, character, types and periods
• Understanding the differences between Turkish music and Western music
• Gaining an impression by learning about “makams” through various examples through recitals and meşk
• Gaining an impression by learning about “usuls” through various examples through recitals and meşk
• Gaining an impression by learning about Turkish music forms through 70 different examples through recitals and meşk
• Gaining an idea about the closeness of poetry and music in our culture by examining the lyrics in the verbal works to be meşk from a literary perspective
• Gaining information about 27 different musical instruments used in our music
• Gaining information and an idea about 28 important composers of classical Turkish music since its beginning
• Gaining the ability to listen to, appreciate and perform classical Turkish music - albeit limited

Course Content

Historical development of Turkish music
Differences between Turkish music and western music
“Maqams” through various examples through recitals and meşk
“Usuls” through various examples through recitals and meşk
Turkish music forms through 70 different examples through recitals and meşk
27 different musical instruments used in our music
28 important composers of classical Turkish music since the beginning

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE, METHODS OF PROCESSING THE COURSE, GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT TURKISH MUSIC, INTRODUCTION OF ABDULKADIR MERAGÎ AND HAFIZ POST AND PLAYING ONE OF THEIR WORKS INFORMATION ABOUT TURKISH FOLK SONGS AND SONG FORMS THROUGH TWO HICAZ EXAMPLES
2)	HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSICAL TURKISH MUSIC INTRODUCTION OF ITRÎ AND 3. SELİM, PRACTICE OF ONE WORK EACH INTRODUCTION OF THE KANUN-KIOMAN INSTRUMENTS
3)	HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSICAL TURKISH MUSIC INTRODUCTION OF İSMAİL DEDE EFENDİ AND ZEKÂÎ DEDE EFENDİ, PRACTICE OF ONE WORK EACH INTRODUCTION OF UD-LAVTA INSTRUMENTS
4)	HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSICAL TURKISH MUSIC INTRODUCTION OF HACI ARİF BEY AND ŞEVKİ BEY, PRACTICE OF ONE WORK EACH INTRODUCTION OF NEY-REBAB INSTRUMENTS
5)	CLASSICAL TURKISH MUSIC THEORY INTRODUCTION OF NEYZEN TEVFİK AND EKREM GÜYER, PRACTICE OF ONE WORK EACH INTRODUCTION OF SANTUR-TANBUR INSTRUMENTS
6)	CLASSICAL TURKISH MUSIC THEORY INTRODUCTION OF FEHMI TOKAY AND OSMAN NİHAT AKIN, PRACTICE OF ONE WORK EACH INTRODUCTION OF STRING TAMBUR-CLASSICAL KEMENÇE INSTRUMENTS INTRODUCTION OF NIM SOFYAN METHOD
7)	CLASSICAL TURKISH MUSIC THEORY INTRODUCTION OF SELAHATTİN PINAR, ŞEKİP AYHAN ÖZIŞIK and SADETTİN KAYNAK, PRACTICE OF ONE WORK EACH INTRODUCTION OF KUDÜM-BENDİR INSTRUMENTS INTRODUCTION OF DARBUKA- TEF-HALILE INSTRUMENTS INTRODUCTION OF SEMÂÎ USUL INTRODUCTION OF THE SOFIAN SYSTEM
8)	MIDTERM WEEK
9)	INTRODUCTION OF MÜNİR NURETTİN SELÇUK, YESARİ ASIM ARSOY AND ALAATTİN ŞENSOY, PRACTICE OF ONE WORK EACH INTRODUCTION OF CÜMBÜŞ-TAR INSTRUMENTS INTRODUCTION OF TURKISH AKSAĞİ USUL
10)	INTRODUCTION OF ARİF SAMİ TOKER AND FETHİ KARAMAHMUDOĞLU, PRACTICE OF ONE WORK EACH INTRODUCTION OF BAĞLAMA-MEY-KAVAL INSTRUMENTS INTRODUCTION OF YÜRÜK SEMAİ USUL
11)	INTRODUCTION OF YILDIRIM GÜRSES AND YUSUF NALKESEN, PRACTICE OF ONE WORK EACH INTRODUCTION OF KABAK KEMANE SAZI INTRODUCTION OF DEVR-İ HİNDÎ USUL
12)	INTRODUCTION OF TEOMAN ALPAY AND SELAHATTİN İÇLİ, PRACTICE OF ONE WORK EACH INTRODUCTION OF SIPSI- DUDUK- ÇIĞIRTMA INSTRUMENTS INTRODUCTION OF DÜYEK USUL
13)	INTRODUCTION OF AVNİ ANIL AND ALAATTİN YAVAŞÇA, PRACTICE OF ONE WORK EACH INTRODUCTION OF TULUM- BLACK SEA KEMENÇESİ INSTRUMENTS INTRODUCTION OF AKSAK USUL
14)	INTRODUCTION OF AMİR ATEŞ and EROL SAYAN, PRACTICE OF ONE WORK EACH INTRODUCTION OF DAVUL-ZURNA INSTRUMENTS INTRODUCTION OF CURCUNA USUL

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

References:

GEP 1134 dersi için İtslearning portalında yer alan yazılı, sözlü, görsel ve işitsel tüm belgelerdir. Bunlar, aynı zamanda dersin içeriğidir

Türk Müzik Tarihine Genel Bakış, Ahmet Gümüştekin
Osmanlı Döneminden 21. Yüzyıla Türk Musikisi, Mehmet Güntekin
Türk Musikisi Nazariyatı ve Usulleri, İsmail Hakkı Özkan
Türk Musikisi Kimindir, Hüseyin Sadettin Arel
Saz ve Söz Meclisi, Türkan- M. Hakan Alvan

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	1	% 20
Homework Assignments	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	3	39
Study Hours Out of Class	13	4	52
Homework Assignments	1	10	10
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			105

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)	To prepare the students to become communication professionals by focusing on strategic thinking, professional writing, ethical practice and innovative use of traditional and new media.	2
2)	To be able to have the ability to explain and identify problems associated with the relationships between events and facts in the areas of public relations, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.	2
3)	To be able to understand how an organizational culture works and how employees and leaders create messages as a communication tool.	2
4)	To be able to critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools and ideas in the field of public relations.	1
5)	To be able to create effective public relations plans using fundamental planning components that include situation analysis, public profile, objectives, strategies and tactics.	1
6)	To be able to analyze primary and secondary research data in the fields of perception and reputation management and corporate communication practices.	2
7)	To be able to develop creative and persuasive management skills in terms of reputation, employee relations, leadership and similar corporate practices.	2
8)	To be able to explain and describe business marketing activities, economics, business law and global business practices.	3
9)	To be able to search, write, and design articles, newsletters, and fliers, brochures, and announcements, in styles and formats appropraite various audiences, mediums and settings.	2
10)	To be able to to use information, communication technologies and computer software with the required level of public relations, marketing communication, persuasive communication, communication management, corporate communications.	2
11)	To be able to recognize national and international, social and cultural dimensions of public relations.	3
12)	To be able to apply theoretical concepts related to mass communication, consumer behavior, psychology, persuasion,sociology, marketing, and other related fields to understand how public realtions works.	3
13)	To be able to apply the underlying theories of communication and the necessities of work safety to different types of public relations processes and campaigns.	2
14)	To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity or as a team in generating solutions to given scenarios which can occur in public relations processes.	1