Graduate Education Institute · History and Civilization Studies · Master
Course Objective
To be able to understand the socio-economic structure of the Ottoman Empire and recogninze the institutions, practice and staff associated with it.
Course Content
A short social and economic evaluation of Ottoman history. Economic mentality, money, finance, tax farming-Iltizam, malikane and esham system in the Ottoman Empire. Trade, trade roads, settlement, city and village life in the Ottoman Empire. The importance of villages in terms of social and economic history. Non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire. Foundations-Waqf in the Ottoman Empire.
Required Resources
Mehmet Genç, Osmanlı İmparatorluğunda Devlet ve Ekonomi, Ötüken Yayınları, İstanbul.
Mehmet Genç, Osmanlı Ekonomisine Dair Konuşmalar I, Ötüken Yayınları.
Mehmet Öz, Osmanlı Tarihi Üzerine 2 İnsan Toplum Ekonomi,Cedit Neşriyat.
Caroline Finkel, Rüyadan İmparatorluğa Osmanlı: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun Öyküsü 1300-1923, Tercüme Zülal Kılıç, Timaş Yayınları.
Halil İnalcık ve Donald Quataert. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun Ekonomik ve Sosyal Tarihi, cilt 1/1300-1600, Çevirmen Halil Berktay, Eren yayıncılık.
Halil İnalcık, Devlet-i ‘Aliyye, Kronik Yayınları, İstanbul.
Mustafa Nuri Paşa, Netayic ül-vukuat: kurumları ve örgütleri ile Osmanlı Tarihi, cilt -I, Yayına hazırlayan: Neşet Çağatay, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Learn the fundamentals of Ottoman management system and development process.
- Learn the foundations and elements of Ottoman society structure.
- Learn the structure of Ottoman economic order
- Learns the social structure of the Ottoman Empire
- Examines the reasons and the nature of the change in classical Ottoman order.
- Learn Ottoman money and finance system.
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction of the resources related to the course and Society in the Ottoman Empire | Reading an article |
| 2 | Social Life and Social Organizations | Reading an article |
| 3 | Money and financial system in the Ottoman Empire | Reading an article |
| 4 | Itizam, Malikane and Esham system in the Ottoman Empire | Reading an article |
| 5 | Trade and Trade Road in the Ottoman Empire | Reading an article |
| 6 | Settlement-Iskan and settlement in the Ottoman Empire | Reading an article |
| 7 | Settlement-Iskan and settlement in the Ottoman Empire | Reading an article |
| 8 | Exam | Study |
| 9 | City in the Ottoman Empire | Reading an article |
| 10 | City in the Ottoman Empire | Reading an article |
| 11 | Social stratification and city life in the Ottoman Empire | Reading an article |
| 12 | Village life and the importance of villages in terms of social and economic history in the Ottoman Empire | Reading an article |
| 13 | Yoruks in the Ottoman Empire and their importance in social and economic history | Reading an article |
| 14 | Non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire | Reading an article |
| 15 | Foundations-Waqf in the Ottoman Empire | Reading an article |
| 16 | Exam | Study |