Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
POLITICAL HISTORY OF MIDDLE EAST	UARP423	7. Semester	2 + 0	2.0	5.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Mehmet Faruk TOPRAK
Assistants
Goals	The goal of this course is to learn important events and affairs that have occured in the Middle East studing documents and essential sources.
Course Content	Political History of the Middle East
Learning Outcomes	1) To provide students with the knowledge of the Middle East 2) To provide students with the knowledge of political history of the the Middle East 3) To provide students with the evaluation of important events and affairs that have occured in the Middle East

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Background of the Crusades	Lecture Debate Storyline	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week	Religious and Ethnic Structure in the Middle East	Question Answer Storyline	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week	The First Christian Missionaries	Question Answer Debate	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week	Ottoman-Irani Rivalry	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week	Ottoman-Mamluki Conflicts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week	Presswork and Journalism	Lecture Debate Storyline	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week	Works for the First Constitution	Lecture Debate Storyline	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week	Constitution of Political Parties	Lecture Debate Storyline	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week	Educational foundations built in the western style	Lecture Debate Storyline	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week	Development of the national movements	Question Answer Debate Storyline	Homework
11. Week	Discovering of Petrol	Question Answer Debate Storyline	Homework
12. Week	Opening of the Suez Canal	Question Answer Debate Storyline	Homework
13. Week	Impact of the First and Second World Wars on the Region	Lecture Debate Storyline	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week	Non Aligned Movement	Lecture Debate Storyline	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Recommended Sources

Fahir Armaoğlu, 20. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi, 2014

Oral Sander, Siyasi tarih : İlkçağlardan 1918’e, İMGE Yayınları 2016

Oral Sander, Siyasi tarih : İlkçağlardan 1918-1994, İMGE Yayınları 2017

William L. Cleveland, Modern Ortadoğu Tarihi, çev. Mehmet Harmancı, İstanbul 2008

Bernard Lewis, İkibin Yıllık Ortadoğu Tarihi, Arkadaş yaıncılık 2005

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	2	28
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	14	3	42
Homework	14	3	42
Midterm Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	1	4	4
Final Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Final Exam	1	2	2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30