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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / TAR228 - HISTORY

Code: TAR228 Course Title: CAUCASIA TURKISH HISTORY Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department HISTORY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer TEKİN TUNCER (tekintuncer@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) TEKİN TUNCER,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
to teach the history of the Turks of the Caucasus. To understand the history of the Turks who lived in the Caucasus.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 able to explain the geography of the Caucasus. PO-1 To have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of history such as Prehistory, Ancient History, Medieval Era, New Age, Modern Age, and the Era we are in with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and define these concepts.
PO-2 Discover, assess, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of historical data.
PO-6 By comprehending the developmental features of the societies and their differences, relate their history to their current situation.
Examination
LO-2 able to evaluate the history of the Caucasian Turks. PO-1 To have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of history such as Prehistory, Ancient History, Medieval Era, New Age, Modern Age, and the Era we are in with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and define these concepts.
PO-4 Use the interdisciplinary approach at learning process.
PO-5 By having national and universal values, connect national culture to international culture and civilizations, protect the national heritage.
PO-6 By comprehending the developmental features of the societies and their differences, relate their history to their current situation.
Examination
LO-3 able to explain the history of the Caucasus. PO-1 To have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of history such as Prehistory, Ancient History, Medieval Era, New Age, Modern Age, and the Era we are in with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and define these concepts.
PO-2 Discover, assess, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of historical data.
PO-3 Define the historical problems, evaluate with a critical approach, analyze with theoretical and applied knowledge.
PO-4 Use the interdisciplinary approach at learning process.
PO-5 By having national and universal values, connect national culture to international culture and civilizations, protect the national heritage.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Geography of the Caucasus, the Caucasian peoples, prehistoric geography of the Caucasus, North Caucasus the Turks, Nogai, Karachay-Balkar, Kumuk Turks.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The general geography of the Caucasus. Lecture
2 General history of the Caucasus. Lecture
3 Prehistoric geography of the Caucasus. Lecture
4 The peoples of the Caucasus. The geography of the Caucasus migrations. Lecture
5 The peoples of the North Caucasian Turks. Lecture
6 Nogai, Karachay-Balkar Turks. Lecture
7 Evaluation. Lecture
8 mid-term exam
9 Kumuk Turks. Lecture
10 Cultures of Turks in the Caucasus. Lecture
11 Languages ​​spoken in the Caucasus. Lecture
12 Problems experienced by the Turks of the Caucasus. Lecture
13 Ethnic and socio-economic problems. Lecture
14 Russia and the Caucasus. Lecture
15 Evaluation. Lecture
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Adolf Berje, Kafkasya ( Dağlı Halkların Göçü ve Kısa Tarihi ), 2010.
2 Seyit Tuğul, Kafkasya Halkları Volga-Ural-Sibirya, 2011.
3 M. Sadık Bilge, Osmanlı Devleti ve Kafkasya, 2006.
Required Course instruments and materials
Adolf Berje, the Caucasus (A Brief History of Mountain Peoples and Migration), 2010. Tugul Sayyed, the Peoples of the Caucasus Volga-Urals-Siberia, 2011. M. Sadik Bilge, the Ottoman Empire and the Caucasus, 2006.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 6 24
       b) Search in internet/Library 5 4 20
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 4 8
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 4 8
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 90