GEP0204 Istanbul in Social and Historical PerspectivesBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs INDUSTRIAL DESIGNGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
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
GEP0204 Istanbul in Social and Historical Perspectives Fall 3 0 3 4
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: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi NURAN FERYAL TANSUĞ DOURLARİS
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi NURAN FERYAL TANSUĞ DOURLARİS
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: It aims to provide background to understand multi-cultural Istanbul society within the framework of peaceful coexistence and to analyze dynamics of Istanbul society through exploring social and cultural life in the city.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Students shall understand the transformation process of the Ottoman society into modern Turkish society by using Istanbul as an example.
2. Students shall learn to analyze and critique historical developments in an interdisciplinary perspective.
3. Students shall learn to various actors of the cosmopolitan city.
4. Students shall develop ability for connecting historical debates to current historical and/or political, social, cultural and economic debates.
5. Students shall learn about various pioneer academic works about Istanbul.
6. Students shall develop presentation and communication skills in an international class environment.

Course Content

This course deals with social and cultural life in multi-cultural Istanbul in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Ders Tanıtımı ve de Ders İçeriğinin Açıklanması
2) The end of the Byzantine Constantinople & Formation of the Ottoman Istanbul Halil İnalcık, The Status of the Greek Patriarch Under the Ottomans Philip Mansel, Constantinople, chapter 2, “City of God”
3) Ruling of multi-religious & multi-ethnic Istanbul under the Ottoman Rule Halil İnalcık, The Status of the Greek Patriarch Under the Ottomans Philip Mansel, Constantinople, chapter 2, “City of God”
4) The Golden Age of the Ottomans Hagia Sophia: From an imperial church to an imperial mosque. Sinan: The Chief Architect of the Empire Gülru Necipoglu, The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire (Reaktion Books, London, and Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005, 2010). Excerpt. Gülru Necipoğlu, “The life of an Imperial Monument: Hagia Sophia after Byzantium,” in Hagia Sophia from the Age of Justinian to the Present, R. Mark, A. S. Çakmak (NY: Cambridge University Press, 1992): 195-225.
5) Oppressive imperial policies, 16th & 17th centuries Istanbul Society in pre-Tanzimat Period Madeline Zilfi, “The Kadızadelis: discordant Revivalism in the 17th Century Istanbul”, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 45, no. 4, 1986, 251-269. Ekrem Işın, “Daily Life in Istanbul in Pre-Modern Period” in Daily Life in Istanbul.
6) Leisure and Pleasure in the City Shirine Hamadeh, The City’s Pleasures, Istanbul in the 18th Century, Excerpt Cengiz Kırlı: “Coffeehouses in Istanbul”
7) Modernization / Westernization in the Empire Enraged Sultan and “the Greek Intrigue” (1821) Difficult times in the city & Social Tension Philip Mansel, “Mahmud II” in Constantinople, city of the World’s Desire, chapter 10. Hakan Erdem, “Do Not Think of the Greeks as Agricultural Labourers’: Ottoman Responses to the Greek War of Independence,” in Citizenship and the Nation-State in Greece and Turkey, pp. 67-84.
8) Istanbul Society after the years of the Greek Revolt (1821) Declaration of Reforms Tanzimat –Reorganization– 1839 Imperial Reform Edict Şükrü Hanioğlu, A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire, Princeton, Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2008, chapters 2, 3 & 4. Philip Mansel, Mahmud II,” in Constantinople, city of the World’s Desire, chapter 10.
9) European armies in Istanbul, Crimean War Municipal Reform & Imperial Power Exhibition Murat Gül: Istanbul Between the Crimean War and First World War, in Emergence of Istanbul, chapter 2. Philip Mansel, “City of Marvels” in Constantinople, City of the World’s Desire, chapter 11.
10) Social & Cultural Life in the City Theatres, Literary Societies Populations in the city Philip Mansel, Constantinople, City of the World’s Desire, chapter 12. Aron Rodrigue, The Beginnings of Westernization and Community Reform Among Istanbul’s Jewry, 1854-1865.
11) Istanbul in the eyes of the travelers Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Turkish Embassy Letters (Longman) Ubicini, The Letters From Turkey Gerard Nerval, Voyage to the Orient. Excerpt
12) Ottoman Parliament / Constitution (1876) Ottoman-Russian War & The difficult year, 1878 Philip Mansel, “Yıldız”, in Constantinople, City of the World’s Desire, Chapter 13. Florian Riedler, “Armenian Labor Migration to Istanbul” in The City on the Ottoman Empire, Migration and the Making of Urban Modernity, eds. U. Freitag, M. Fuhrmann, N. Lafi, F. Rriedler, New York: Soass, Routladge, 2011.
13) A new Hope: Second Ottoman Parliament 1908 /The Young Turk Revolution Celebration & Disappointment Nationalism in Cosmopolitan Istanbul Philip Mansel, “Young Turks” in Constantinople, City of the World’s Desire, chapter 14.
14) First World War I The city under occupation Lausanne & forced exchange of populations Istanbul under the rule of Turkish Republic Philip Mansel, “The Death of a Capital” in Constantinople, city of the World’s Desire, chapter 15. John Freely, The Imperial City, the last Chapter
15) Final Exam
16) Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Philip Mansel, Constantinople, The World’s Desire, chapters 1, 2, 10-15.
Halil İnalcık, “Policies of Mehmed II towards Greek Population of Istanbul and Byzantine Buildings of the City”.
Halil İnalcık, The Status of the Greek Patriarch Under the Ottomans
Gülru Necipoglu, The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire (Reaktion Books, London, and Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2005, 2010). Excerpt.
Gülru Necipoğlu, “The life of an Imperial Monument: Hagia Sophia after Byzantium,” in Hagia Sophia from the Age of Justinian to the Present, R. Mark, A. S. Çakmak (NY: Cambridge University Press, 1992): 195-225.
Madeline Zilfi, “The Kadızadelis: discordant Revivalism in the 17th Century Istanbul”, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 45, no. 4, 1986, 251-269.
Ekrem Işın, “Daily Life in Istanbul in Pre-Modern Period” in Daily Life in Istanbul.
Shirine Hamadeh, The City’s Pleasures, Istanbul in the 18th Century, Excerpt
Cengiz Kırlı: “Coffeehouses in Istanbul”
Hakan Erdem, “Do Not Think of the Greeks as Agricultural Labourers’: Ottoman Responses to the Greek War of Independence,” in Citizenship and the Nation-State in Greece and Turkey, pp. 67-84.
Şükrü Hanioğlu, A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire, Princeton, Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2008, chapters 2, 3 & 4.

References: Murat Gül: Istanbul Between the Crimean War and First World War, in Emergence of Istanbul, chapter 2.
Aron Rodrigue, The Beginnings of Westernization and Community Reform Among Istanbul’s Jewry, 1854-1865.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Turkish Embassy Letters (Longman)
Ubicini, The Letters From Turkey
Gerard Nerval, Voyage to the Orient. Excerpt

Florian Riedler, “Armenian Labor Migration to Istanbul” in The City on the Ottoman Empire, Migration and the Making of Urban Modernity, eds. U. Freitag, M. Fuhrmann, N. Lafi, F. Rriedler, New York: Soass, Routladge, 2011.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Homework Assignments 1 % 20
Presentation 1 % 10
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 30
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 70
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 30
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 12 2 24
Presentations / Seminar 1 6 6
Homework Assignments 1 15 15
Midterms 1 8 8
Final 1 10 10
Total Workload 105

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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Program Outcomes Level of Contribution