ARCHITECTURE (TURKISH, NON-THESIS)
Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
MIM5124 Turkish Architecture I Spring 0 3 3 8
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: Tr
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖKSUN AKYÜREK ALTÜRK
Course Objectives: This course aims to develop a wider perspective on various productions of architectural field starting from the late Ottoman period till the 1980s. In this respect, it is aimed to identify and comparatively discuss the multiple processes and various actors of these architectural productions.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1.Identify the historical and chronological developments of the architectural field in Turkey since the late nineteenth century.
2.Recognize significant products of recent architecture and their authors/architects in reference to their contextual significance within the defined period.
3.Analyze urban processes and the professional mechanism of architectural production(s) comparatively.
4.Develop notions of dynamic social, political, economic factors in national and global levels as active constituents of the architectural field.

Course Content

This course aims to discuss the architectural productions of Turkey starting from the late Ottoman period within the context of larger sociopolitical and cultural developments including cross-cultural influences, formation and transformation of an urban culture in contact with global networks of communication, economy and culture. Accordingly analysis and comparison of architectural discourses, criticisms, buildings, urban conditions as architectural productions is included in the content of this course.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction; How to define the content of a "Turkish Architecture"? How to liberate its content from its cultural limitations?
2) The national identity of any architecture in question. Baydar, Gülsüm. (2004), "The Cultural Burden of Architecture," Journal of Architectural Education, 57: 19–27.
3) Architectural Context of the Late Ottoman Period: Last century of the empire and its architecture(s).
4) Shifting paradigms-Transition to the Turkish Republic and the birth of a new architectural era Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 1, Architecture of Revolution, 17-48. -Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 2, Building for the Modern Nation State, 49-80.
5) Architecture of the house - Living in a modern house/family/city Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 3, The Modern House, 81-104.
6) Post-war architecture in Turkey Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 4, Populist Democracy and Post-war Modernism, 105-138.
7) Architecture and the city Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 5, Housing in the Metropolis, 140-170.
8) Student presentations
9) Architecture and the State Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 6, Architecture under Coups d'État, 171-202.
11) City/Housing/Spontaneity Bozdoğan & Akcan, Turkey, Chapter 8, The Illegal City and New Residential Segregation, 235-263.
13) The Istanbul case Çağlar Keyder, Istanbul: Between the Global and the Local, Boston: Rowman&Littlefield, 1999, pp.1-31.
14) Architecture in Turkey in reference to the international realm To be announced
15) Preparations for the final paper
16) Final paper submission

Sources

Course Notes: Will be announced weekly.
References: -

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments 2 % 20
Presentation 1 % 30
Project % 0
Seminar % 0
Midterms % 0
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final % 0
Paper Submission 1 % 40
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 100
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 0
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 78
Presentations / Seminar 1 8
Project
Homework Assignments 2 12
Quizzes
Preliminary Jury
Midterms
Paper Submission
Jury
Final 1 16
Total Workload 156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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9) 9