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HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ RESEARCH AND APPLICATION INSTITUTE / AİK 505 - ALEVİ-BEKTASHI SCIENTIFIC SOURCES

Code: AİK 505 Course Title: OTTOMAN TURKISH DOCUMENT TYPES Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ALEVİ-BEKTASHI SCIENTIFIC SOURCES
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer İLGAR BAHARLU (ibaharlu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To be able to understand the Ottoman bureaucratic order and to evaluate the documents in terms of their contexts in this direction, to teach students the types of Ottoman documents in terms of content and form in order to make document criticisms. Thus, to be able to realize the importance of Ottoman document series in terms of being a source in order to reveal a more complete history writing.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Students will learn types of Ottoman handwriting PO-1 Based on its undergraduate level qualifications, it develops and deepens its knowledge in the same or different area at the level of expertise.
PO-2 Understands the interdisciplinary interaction related to the field and conducts joint studies with different disciplines.
PO-3 Uses resources in the related area effectively based on their undergraduate level qualifications.
PO-4 Uses the research methods and techniques applied in the field, has theoretical and practical knowledge.
Examination
LO-2 Students will be able to criticize documents in the context of Ottoman bureaucratic order and diplomatic science. PO-1 Based on its undergraduate level qualifications, it develops and deepens its knowledge in the same or different area at the level of expertise.
PO-2 Understands the interdisciplinary interaction related to the field and conducts joint studies with different disciplines.
PO-3 Uses resources in the related area effectively based on their undergraduate level qualifications.
PO-4 Uses the research methods and techniques applied in the field, has theoretical and practical knowledge.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Especially Ottoman handwritten document types used as the main source in historical research will be introduced. The said documents will be analyzed in terms of diplomatic science. Examinations will be made on the census registers produced by the Classical Period Ottoman bureaucracy, jizye and avariz registers, the sher ,iyye registers, ahkam registers, judgment books, the birth registers produced by the modern Ottoman bureaucracy, the temettuat books and the series of documents written in lef style. Information will be given about the State Archives Presidency Ottoman Archive funds that will be used to access documents, and how to benefit from these funds will be explained.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 General introduction of Ottoman script types (Sülüs, Nesih, Ta'lik, Divani, Siyakat writings Narration Method, Source Scan
2 Examination of document types in terms of paper and shape features Narration Method, Source Scan
3 Document types and funds in the Ottoman Archive Narration Method, Source Scan
4 Reading and evaluating Tahrir Notebooks, Cizye and Avârız notebooks Narration Method, Source Scan
5 Reading and evaluating Şer‘iyye registers, Ahkâm Books, Hurufât Books Narration Method, Source Scan
6 Reading and Evaluating Population Books, Temettu‘ât Books Narration Method, Source Scan
7 Illustrating the use of notebook series produced by the Ottoman bureaucracy in historical studies Narration Method, Source Scan
8 mid-term exam
9 Reading and evaluating documents of the type of Ferman and Berat Narration Method, Source Scan
10 Reading and evaluating a Hatt-ı Hümâyûn and Will-type document Narration Method, Source Scan
11 Reading and evaluating documents such as Tezkire and Sadaret Tezkire Narration Method, Source Scan
12 Reading and evaluating a commanded and Arzuhal type document Narration Method, Source Scan
13 Reading and evaluating a document like Irrirat and Mazbata type Narration Method, Source Scan
14 Exemplifying the use of document series produced by the Ottoman bureaucracy in historical studies Narration Method, Source Scan
15 Exemplifying the use of document series produced by the Ottoman bureaucracy in historical studies Narration Method, Source Scan
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Mübahat S. Kütükoğlu, Osmanlı Belgelerinin Dili, İstanbul 1994
Required Course instruments and materials
Book, Computer

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) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 10 30
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 4 3 12
       e) Term paper/Project 5 6 30
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 5 10
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 6 12
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180