Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC USAN428 8. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Tolga BOZKURT
Assistants
Goals The course is aimed to introduce the attempts to create a national architectural style in Turkish Architecture, seen from the beginning of the XXth century within the scope of leading architects and their practices.
Course Content The first and the second national architectural movements are examined with their political and socio-economic extents.
Learning Outcomes 1) Recognizes the buildings and the leading architects of the first and the second architectural movements.
2) Has information about the foreign architects problem lived in the Republican period.
3) Has general information about the first zoning movements of the capital Ankara.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to the topic and presenting the important literature. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week The Ottoman Architecture in the westernization period: a general evaluation. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week The foreign architects issue - I. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week The First National Architecture period. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week The First National Architecture period. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week The First National Architecture period. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week The searches for a modern architecture between the years 1930-1940. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week The foreign architects issue - II. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Midterm exam. Question Answer

 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)
10. Week The foreign architects issue - III. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
11. Week The Second National Architecture period. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week The Second National Architecture period. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week The Second National Architecture period. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Opinion Pool; Colloquium
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week Final exam Question Answer

 Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Aslanoğlu, İ., Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi Mimarlığı, Ankara 1980.
Batur, A., M.Vedat Tek Kimliğinin İzinde Bir Mimar, İstanbul 2003.
Bernd Nicolai, Modern ve Sürgün Almanca Konuşan Ülkelerin Mimarları Türkiye'de 1925-1955, Ankara, 2011.
Metin Sözen, Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Mimarlığı, Ankara, 1984.
Metin Sözen, Mete Tapan, 50 Yılın Türk Mimarisi, İstanbul, 1973.
Yıldırım Yavuz, Birinci Ulusal Mimarlık Dönemi ve Mimar A. Kemalettin Bey, Ankara, 1981.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY115000
PY125000
PY135000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 5
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 7 5
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 8 6
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
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