ECONOMICS
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
GEP0709	The Lives of Turkish Intellectuals	Spring	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:
Course Coordinator :	Instructor KENAN SAYACI
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The subject of this lecture is to introduce the leading names in Turkey who had an important influence on the intellectual, political and the art life thoroughout the period of Republic.A large span of characters either socialist, Kemalist, Islamic, liberal, or nationalist etc. We will specifically focus on 15 of these names and draw their 'Portraits" around their lives, their thoughts, works, their influence on their periods.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who take discourse:

- will be familiar with major political thoughts of Turkish close past.
- will be familiar with Turkish thinkers and their works.
- will be able to deconstruct these works by using close reading.

Course Content

The pioneer political and social thinkers in Turkey

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Mehmet Fuat Köprülü	Türk Tarihinin Ana Hatları,Türkiye Tarihi,Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi
2)	Şerif Mardin	Türk Modernleşmesi,Religion, Society and Modernity in Turkey
3)	Muhsin Ertuğrul	İnsan ve Tiyatro Üzerine Gördüklerim, Turkish Theatre
4)	Muazzez İlmiye Çığ	Sumerology http://muazzezcig.blogcu.com/
5)	Emin Onat
6)	Şevket Süreyya Aydemir
7)	Midterm
8)	Ziya Gökalp
9)	Aydın Gün
10)	Nazım Hikmet
11)	Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
12)	Fahr-ül Nisa Zeyd
13)	Yaşar Kemal
14)	Sedat Hakkı Eldem İbrahim Çallı
15)	Final Exam
16)	Final Exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Emre Kongar “Türk Toplumbilimcileri”, “Toplum ve Bilim” dergileri, ilgili düşünürlerin kitapları, çıkardıkları dergiler, Büyük Doğu, Yön, vb.
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Homework Assignments	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 30
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	14	3	42
Application	1	2	2
Study Hours Out of Class	3	3	9
Presentations / Seminar	1	2	2
Project	1	3	3
Quizzes	3	6	18
Midterms	1	10	10
Final	1	10	10
Total Workload			96

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)	As a world citizen, she is aware of global economic, political, social and ecological developments and trends.
2)	He/she is equipped to closely follow the technological progress required by global and local dynamics and to continue learning.
3)	Absorbs basic economic principles and analysis methods and uses them to evaluate daily events.
4)	Uses quantitative and statistical tools to identify economic problems, analyze them, and share their findings with relevant stakeholders.
5)	Understands the decision-making stages of economic units under existing constraints and incentives, examines the interactions and possible future effects of these decisions.
6)	Comprehends new ways of doing business using digital technologies. and new market structures.
7)	Takes critical approach to economic and social problems and develops analytical solutions.
8)	Has the necessary mathematical equipment to produce analytical solutions and use quantitative research methods.
9)	In the works he/she contributes, observes individual and social welfare together and with an ethical perspective.
10)	Deals with economic problems with an interdisciplinary approach and seeks solutions by making use of different disciplines.
11)	Generates original and innovative ideas in the works she/he contributes as part of a team.